Newbury petrol prices 5p/litre higher than those in Wiltshire, Another Benyon flop Options

[motormad]

XJay (?) is correct. The vouchers I used stated up to five could be used in any one transaction.

[JeffG]

It sounds like a bit of a scam.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-10p-Off-Tesc...=p2047675.l2557

Doesn't look like a scam to me. Just a canny money-making opportunity. Looking at the bottom of that page, it seems quite a few people are selling vouchers for different products.

(By the way, I have a rare £10 note for sale for £12: the only one with that number!)

[Biker1]

Doesn't look like a scam to me. Just a canny money-making opportunity. Looking at the bottom of that page, it seems quite a few people are selling vouchers for different products.

Also look at bottom of description that they expired on 4/12?

[motormad]

Also look at bottom of description that they expired on 4/12?

And if you look at the top of the screen it said the advert ended on the 26th of November.

His feedback is largely positive aside from 1 neutral and 1 negative, both are just delayed postage which is probably due to Royal Fail.

Also that guy made a small fortune on that lot, nearly £500 including the postage charges.

[Biker1]

And if you look at the top of the screen it said the advert ended on the 26th of November.

Not much point in linking to it after that date then?
I wonder how he got his hands on so many vouchers?
Or don't we ask those sort of questions?

[motormad]

Not much point in linking to it after that date then?

Just showing how to save fuel.. Tesco always have this deal on, so another will come along later.

I wonder how he got his hands on so many vouchers?
Or don't we ask those sort of questions?

Maybe he/she has a large family or does a lot of shopping......

[Andy Capp]

Doesn't look like a scam to me. Just a canny money-making opportunity. Looking at the bottom of that page, it seems quite a few people are selling vouchers for different products.

(By the way, I have a rare £10 note for sale for £12: the only one with that number!)

Not much point in linking to it after that date then?
I wonder how he got his hands on so many vouchers?
Or don't we ask those sort of questions?

Biker1's got the idea.

[Sherlock]

Meanwhile, the fuel price map here is quite handy

http://www.whatprice.co.uk/petrol-prices/#petrol

[JeffG]

Biker1's got the idea.

This isn't a particularly important point in the great scheme of things, but a scam is where someone is trying to cheat someone out of something (usually money). In this case, the vouchers appeared to be valid at the time they were offered, regardless of how the seller got hold of them. Or maybe you are suggesting they were stolen goods.

[On the edge]

Interesting reasoning but let's not go into that. What action do you propose, exactly?

I don't propose any action - I'm quite happy with the market as it is. OK so drivers in Swindon are paying a few pence less this week; but who wants to live in Swindon? My view is that our MP was simply reacting to concerns raised by his constituents - which is exactly what you've been wanting him to do!

[On the edge]

Meanwhile, the fuel price map here is quite handy

http://www.whatprice.co.uk/petrol-prices/#petrol

There you go then, no secrets; market forces in action. If price is your buying determinant, you know where to go. And to think, Adam Smith had worked that out in the 1750s!

[motormad]

This isn't a particularly important point in the great scheme of things, but a scam is where someone is trying to cheat someone out of something (usually money). In this case, the vouchers appeared to be valid at the time they were offered, regardless of how the seller got hold of them. Or maybe you are suggesting they were stolen goods.

Of course he is suggesting they are stolen goods.
Even though you can easily get 5 as part of a shop you might do 2 or 3 times a week. So if you go shopping twice a week it would take like a month to get the vouchers. That's not forgetting they may be being given them off non-driving friends.
Because Biker1 owns a Nissan he thinks he's a private detective.

[JeffG]

'Ere watch it - I own a Nissan too. At least Nissans are designed so they don't scrape on the road if they go over a slight bump.

[motormad]

fair enough.

[Andy Capp]

This isn't a particularly important point in the great scheme of things, but a scam is where someone is trying to cheat someone out of something (usually money). In this case, the vouchers appeared to be valid at the time they were offered, regardless of how the seller got hold of them. Or maybe you are suggesting they were stolen goods.

I''ll leave it for you to work it out. I'll just say buyer beware and shoppers make sure you get what you are entitled to at the till. This isn't to say anything has been stolen in this case, but it is clearly open to abuse.

[blackdog]

I wonder how he got his hands on so many vouchers?

Taxi driver / volunteer driver taking non-drivers to do their shopping?

[CBW137Y]

Meanwhile, the fuel price map here is quite handy

http://www.whatprice.co.uk/petrol-prices/#petrol

Oh, that's a handy link! Confirms my thoughts though about petrol prices where I am in Wilts. Average price 134.9ppl at the moment which has come down a bit.

[dannyboy]

Also that guy made a small fortune on that lot, nearly £500 including the postage charges.

until he was sacked from the Tesco forecourt.

[Berkshirelad]

It's very rewarding having a wife who works in Tesco's.
She very often gets the discount vouchers from non driving customers. Only the other day, I had a 40 pence per litre saving. That was just over £20 off a £67 bill!

...and she'll get a P45 if caught/identified

[motormad]

until he was sacked from the Tesco forecourt.

That too is a possibility but for a day just trying believing not everyone is a ar$e