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Biker1
post Jun 8 2010, 09:56 PM
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Just been up to Stafford today to move my son down from university and paid 113.9 per litre in a local petrol station.

The local ASDA was the same price.

119.9 is the cheapest I can find it locally.

Why the marked difference between them & us?

Is it something to do with the transport of the stuff or just a measure of the local cost of living?

Whatever it is we are loosing out. sad.gif
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post Jun 8 2010, 10:02 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 8 2010, 10:56 PM) *
Just been up to Stafford today to move my son down from university and paid 113.9 per litre in a local petrol station.

The local ASDA was the same price.

119.9 is the cheapest I can find it locally.

Why the marked difference between them & us?

Is it something to do with the transport of the stuff or just a measure of the local cost of living?

Whatever it is we are loosing out. sad.gif


Followed the petrol tanker from Sainsburys Newbury to Sainsburys Calcot. Newbury is far dearer than Calcot yet from the same tanker. Beer is far cheaper in the Midlands than Newbury yet it is brewed in Reading.
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post Jun 9 2010, 11:15 AM
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Makes no sense does it...

It's clear we are being ripped off. Boycott them. I buy my gas when I drive to Reading or elsewhere.
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post Jun 9 2010, 11:31 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 8 2010, 10:56 PM) *
Just been up to Stafford today to move my son down from university and paid 113.9 per litre in a local petrol station.

The local ASDA was the same price.

119.9 is the cheapest I can find it locally.


On 30 May it was 115.9 at Morrisons in Warminster.

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Is it something to do with the transport of the stuff or just a measure of the local cost of living?

Whatever it is we are loosing out. sad.gif

Or LOSING out, to use correct English.

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post Jun 9 2010, 12:21 PM
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QUOTE (oldharry @ Jun 9 2010, 12:31 PM) *
On 30 May it was 115.9 at Morrisons in Warminster.


Or LOSING out, to use correct English.

Remarkable (Unleaded) uniformity in Newbury; Wantage Sainsbury's is often cheaper than Newbury, despite Wantage having little competition.

Chieveley Motor Company Thatcham 5.46 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010
Shell Newbury Newbury 5.88 miles 119.9p 07-06-2010

Sainsburys Newbury Newbury 6.76 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010
Tesco Newbury Extra Newbury 7.79 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010

Falkland Service Station Newbury 7.81 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010
Sainsburys Wantage Wantage 8.84 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010

Bp Georgetown Didcot 9.73 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010
Shell Georgetown Didcot 9.98 miles 119.9p 07-06-2010

Berkshire Downs Filling Station Didcot 5.53 miles 120.9p 08-06-2010
Bellingers Service Station Wantage 9.69 miles 120.9p

Sainsburys Oxford £1.179
Asda Fareham & Eastleigh (Near Fawley refinery) £1.139
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post Jun 9 2010, 02:45 PM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ Jun 8 2010, 10:02 PM) *
Followed the petrol tanker from Sainsburys Newbury to Sainsburys Calcot. Newbury is far dearer than Calcot yet from the same tanker. Beer is far cheaper in the Midlands than Newbury yet it is brewed in Reading.


However (and I accept that it doesn't cover all of the difference), the tanker has to travel further from the refinery. AIUI, Sainsbury's petrol comes from Essex, not Fawley.

One of the reasons that motorway fuel is so expensive is that to deliver it to a motorway service area (MSA) involves not only sending the tanker and driver along the motorway to the MSA, but also onto at least the next junction to get back.

The main brewery in Reading (Courage/Fosters) closed months ago. The majority of beer is brewed in the Midlands - Burton and Northampton.
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post Jun 9 2010, 04:14 PM
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I think that it's a bit laughable that £1.13 is considered the cheap option!
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post Jun 9 2010, 09:23 PM
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QUOTE (Berkshirelad @ Jun 9 2010, 03:45 PM) *
One of the reasons that motorway fuel is so expensive is that to deliver it to a motorway service area involves not only sending the tanker and driver along the motorway to the MSA, but also onto at least the next junction to get back.

Cripes & I thought it was the petrol companies exploiting their captive market!
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post Jun 9 2010, 09:39 PM
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QUOTE (gel @ Jun 9 2010, 01:21 PM) *
Remarkable (Unleaded) uniformity in Newbury; Wantage Sainsbury's is often cheaper than Newbury, despite Wantage having little competition.

Chieveley Motor Company Thatcham 5.46 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010
Shell Newbury Newbury 5.88 miles 119.9p 07-06-2010

Sainsburys Newbury Newbury 6.76 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010
Tesco Newbury Extra Newbury 7.79 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010

Falkland Service Station Newbury 7.81 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010
Sainsburys Wantage Wantage 8.84 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010

Bp Georgetown Didcot 9.73 miles 119.9p 08-06-2010
Shell Georgetown Didcot 9.98 miles 119.9p 07-06-2010

Berkshire Downs Filling Station Didcot 5.53 miles 120.9p 08-06-2010
Bellingers Service Station Wantage 9.69 miles 120.9p

Sainsburys Oxford £1.179
Asda Fareham & Eastleigh (Near Fawley refinery) £1.139


Swindon is always cheaper, has been 113.9p for a fortnight in Asda, I pressumed that it was due to the refinery location (Bristol???) but also the competition too.
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post Jun 10 2010, 10:16 AM
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QUOTE (oldharry @ Jun 9 2010, 12:31 PM) *
Or LOSING out, to use correct English.



Here we go again ANOTHER grammar / spelling correcter! sad.gif
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post Jun 10 2010, 10:17 AM
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QUOTE (Newburymafia @ Jun 9 2010, 05:14 PM) *
I think that it's a bit laughable that £1.13 is considered the cheap option!


I didn't say it was cheap just noted the price difference.

£113.9 is still not cheap.

Will be even more when the next duty rise and VAT increase is added.
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post Jun 10 2010, 10:49 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 10 2010, 10:16 AM) *
Here we go again ANOTHER grammar / spelling correcter! sad.gif

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post Jun 10 2010, 11:19 AM
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QUOTE (misc @ Jun 10 2010, 11:49 AM) *
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I KNEW someone would take the bait! wink.gif
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post Jun 10 2010, 12:15 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 10 2010, 11:16 AM) *
Here we go again ANOTHER grammar / spelling correcter! sad.gif

Never mind. I don't think we have a big problem. This from another forum:

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To message 160
".....me and my family thought it was really ..."
should be "my family and I thought ...."
Where did you go to school? I shall make sure that my children attend elsewhere.

Message 163
That was a completely unnecesary and insulting comment, Hazel. You are questioning somebody elses grammar, but your manners are disgraceful and that is much worse.

To Message 164
"but your manners are disgraceful and that is much worse."
How will the poster learn if no-one mentions it?


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post Jun 10 2010, 05:45 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 10 2010, 11:16 AM) *
Here we go again ANOTHER grammar / spelling correcter! sad.gif

It is more a correction of usage than grammar or spelling. Lose and loose have different meanings, as you will find out if you consult a dictionary.

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post Jun 10 2010, 06:30 PM
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QUOTE (oldharry @ Jun 10 2010, 06:45 PM) *
It is more a correction of usage than grammar or spelling. Lose and loose have different meanings, as you will find out if you consult a dictionary.

It is a spelling error (this can be proven by the fact you knew what word should have been used) and I think picking people up on them is one of the most tedious things people can do, on a voluntary Internet forum. Not to mention arrogant and rude.
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post Jun 10 2010, 07:58 PM
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Morrisons in Reading, today was £113.9
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post Jun 10 2010, 09:25 PM
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If people don't spell properly and use good grammar once or twice I don't care. If it becomes a regular thing I take the poster much less seriously.
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post Jun 10 2010, 10:44 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Jun 10 2010, 07:30 PM) *
It is a spelling error (this can be proven by the fact you knew what word should have been used) and I think picking people up on them is one of the most tedious things people can do, on a voluntary Internet forum. Not to mention arrogant and rude.



Agreade!

If all grammatical errors were picked up on then it would become VERY tedious.
(Usually typos rather than a show of ignorance.)

Back to the subject - a big difference in fuel price even 18 miles apart.

I wonder why this is - perhaps we need more competition in Newbury?

6p a litre difference might not seem much but it soon adds up.
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post Jun 11 2010, 09:41 AM
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Americans pay roughly 50p per litre. And then they have the temerity to go and wreck BP's share price which affects all our pension funds, conveniently ignoring the fact it was an oil rig belonging to an American company staffed by Americans that blew up in the first place. I think Halliburton was in there somewhere, too.
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