Fuel Prices

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6feetdown

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Sent this earlier, maybe an idea as what is happening is legalised extortion

Copy pasted...and prices updated :)

We are hitting £1.XX a litre in some areas now and soon we will be faced with paying £2 per litre. So here’s the idea:

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day campaign' that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.

Please read it and join in!

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS - not sellers control the market place. With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:

For the rest of this year DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one) i.e. ESSO and BP.

If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!

Now, don't wimp out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I am sending this note to ten people. The person who sent it to me also sent it to 29 other people. If all of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 100) it will have reached 300...and if those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on. By the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it.....

THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all YOU have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all (and not buy at ESSO/BP). How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell,Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Jet etc.
i.e. Boycott BP and Esso.
 
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topkit

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In the news last week they said OPEC had agreed to produce and refine more oil to help drive the price of fuel down, Somebody is making alot of money out of us and no one seems to be prepared to do anything about it, As soon as a barrel of oil goes up petrol goes up immediately at the pumps which is a rip off as that petrol was refined way before the oil price increased and equally when the price of a barrel is reduced its weeks before the fuel at the pumps is reduced. Even a bit of fake news and the speculators up their prices its becoming a rip off and is going to cause inflation to go through the roof, The Chancellor tried to help in the budget but half the garages did not play ball none of the other political parties want to grasp the nettle or get involved they are all keeping quiet as they have no solutions either they are too busy trying to stoke up Partygate! As for Shell they are just as bad as Esso and BP here in the south east I believe there is a syndicate that owns alot of the Shell forecourts so they will not be selling cheap petrol!
 
Lancs Lad

Lancs Lad

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Looking on the bright side ...they'll hardly be a run on the pumps with today's headlines 😏
 
Bob

Bob

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Looks like its the gov thats making millions with vat at 20% the more it goes up the more they make
 

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Lynchy

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Looks like its the gov thats making millions with vat at 20% the more it goes up the more they make
All part of the plan,net zero.....by pricing ice cars off the road while government coins it in,and as a bonus,net zero left of the economy,to 'build forward better'
 
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6feetdown

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In the news last week they said OPEC had agreed to produce and refine more oil to help drive the price of fuel down, Somebody is making alot of money out of us and no one seems to be prepared to do anything about it, As soon as a barrel of oil goes up petrol goes up immediately at the pumps which is a rip off as that petrol was refined way before the oil price increased and equally when the price of a barrel is reduced its weeks before the fuel at the pumps is reduced. Even a bit of fake news and the speculators up their prices its becoming a rip off and is going to cause inflation to go through the roof, The Chancellor tried to help in the budget but half the garages did not play ball none of the other political parties want to grasp the nettle or get involved they are all keeping quiet as they have no solutions either they are too busy trying to stoke up Partygate! As for Shell they are just as bad as Esso and BP here in the south east I believe there is a syndicate that owns alot of the Shell forecourts so they will not be selling cheap petrol!

All part of the plan,net zero.....by pricing ice cars off the road while government coins it in,and as a bonus,net zero left of the economy,to 'build forward better'
Yep agree a manufactured recession looming
 
TiltyShaun

TiltyShaun

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Looks like its the gov thats making millions with vat at 20% the more it goes up the more they make
They are claiming that the increase in VAT from fuel is only offsetting the same fall in consumer spending. Cost of living crisis is a result of continuing using the made money tree…
 
craig

craig

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Buckle up ☹️ , 9 - 10ppl rise next week

UKF 159.59ppl up 9.09p
Esso 159.58ppl up 10.46p
Shell 159.64ppl up 9.73p
Applegreen 158.42ppl up 8.04p

No price off Texaco.
All plus VAT
 
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Maxus

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Buckle up ☹️ , 9 - 10ppl rise next week

UKF 159.59ppl up 9.09p
Esso 159.58ppl up 10.46p
Shell 159.64ppl up 9.73p
Applegreen 158.42ppl up 8.04p

No price off Texaco.
All plus VAT
I just got my texaco fuel card from fuel card services yesterday. Went to fill up, all smug as I always complain to the fella about how ridiculous the price is, looked at my receipt... and the smug look on my face seemed to transfer over the Pakistani clerk, who wobbled his head in a self satisfied manner. I paid the same price as the bloody pump price! What's the point I ask you? I have to pay £12 annually for the privilege too! Anyway not the experience I was hoping for when I applied for a fuel card.
 
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hiluxman

hiluxman

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I just got my texaco fuel card from fuel card services yesterday. Went to fill up, all smug as I always complain to the fella about how ridiculous the price is, looked at my receipt... and the smug look on my face seemed to transfer over the Pakistani clerk, who wobbled his head in a self satisfied manner. I paid the same price as the bloody pump price! What's the point I ask you? I have to pay £12 annually for the privilege too! Anyway not the experience I was hoping for when I applied for a fuel card.
It will say pump price on receipt they give, you'll only know what it's cost you when they send you the invoice, although they should email you a weekly price.

Oh a never pay for one. They will also waive the joint charge when you say no
 
craig

craig

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I just got my texaco fuel card from fuel card services yesterday. Went to fill up, all smug as I always complain to the fella about how ridiculous the price is, looked at my receipt... and the sumg look on my face seemed to transfer over the Pakistani clerk, who wobbled his head in a self satisfied manner. I paid the same price as the bloody pump price! What's the point I ask you? I have to pay £12 annual for the privilege too! Anyway not the experience I was hoping for when I applied for a fuel card.
You`ll get an invoice off the fuel card supplier, with an itemized page listing the drawings and the price they quoted you for the week, always worth checking because, I`ve had it come through wrong, especially if you`ve managed to screw them down on price, "the system hasn't been updated" :rolleyes:
Most cards if using them in a garage, not a bunkering site, you get given a till receipt with the pump details/price.
 
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Maxus

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Oh a never pay for one. They will also waive the joint charge when you say no

They neglected to tell me there was a charge! Found out on the 'congratulations in your fuel card' letter (thought I'd won a prize at first). Either that I want listening when the sales man was blabbering on.. credit where credit is due he hounded me for weeks after I made an enquiry and got me signed up 🙄
 
craig

craig

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They neglected to tell me there was a charge! Found out on the 'congratulations in your fuel card' letter (thought I'd won a prize at first). Either that I want listening when the sales man was blabbering on.. credit where credit is due he hounded me for weeks after I made an enquiry and got me signed up 🙄
Ring them up saying you thought is was free for the first year or something, refund or stick it.
 
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Maxus

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Ring them up saying you thought is was free for the first year or something, refund or stick it.
I'll probably do something like that, I feel now like i have my foot in the fuel card door anyway.

Feel a bit better knowing I may not have actually paid pump price! We'll see on the invoice 😂
 
hiluxman

hiluxman

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I'll probably do something like that, I feel now like i have my foot in the fuel card door anyway.

Feel a bit better knowing I may not have actually paid pump price! We'll see on the invoice 😂
I laugh on our local fb group about our petrol station saying avoid them because they are the most expensive in the area (they have been on local news about it) but it makes no odds when you pay with fuel card...in fact its better as there is less morons there only putting a tenner in and wasting 10 mins in the shop
 
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