Petrol prices in Newbury Options

[Jonno]

I realise this has been discussed before but, for the last week, we have reached an even higher level of pricing inequality! It now costs 6p per litre more to buy petrol in Newbury than it does in Swindon. As I do about 20,000 miles per year that is £180 extra for the privilege of buying it at home. Possibly we should have a town-wide collection to help Asda fund a local store with a petrol station. I'd throw in £180........

[Andy Capp]

Simon's right, this is down to market forces and also Newbury being one of the wealthier and more desirable places to live in the country. If you want to pay less for fuel, buy less or move somewhere worse off.

Indeed, we're talking about 10p on the price of a litre, and that's the same as finding an extra 3-4 mpg on the economy of a typical family saloon. So if you're price-conscious (and no reason why you shouldn't be) then driving more slowly and accelerating and braking less harshly will more than save you that, and if you're not already driving something that returns 70 mpg and costs nothing in road fund licence, then that's something to look at too.

None of this disguises supermarkets in Newbury taking the piss and I am also sure we are aware of the measures that can be taken to avoid Newbury's rip-off fuel prices, but the dumbness in Simon's suggestion is that one could make those savings as well as saving if petrol was cheaper.

The OP isn't about how one could save on petrol, but to complain about being ripped off by the price of fuel in Newbury.

PS - public services have to pay these rip-off prices too, thus raising the cost of public services in the area.

[user23]

The OP isn't about how one could save on petrol, but to complain about being ripped off by the price of fuel in Newbury.

We're under no obligation to buy from them, nor is their any hidden cost.

[Andy Capp]

We're under no obligation to buy from them, nor is their any hidden cost.

We are obliged to buy from them unless we want to pay even more buy travelling further to get cheaper petrol. I wonder if the extra cost in supplying the fuel compared to the other towns is due to extra cost of being located in Newbury.