What's with the fuel prices! And cheap whisky, apparently ...

[PeteXXX]

Average E10 131. 9 ppl around Hamtun at the moment. Not sure about Red House at the moment (my go to cheapest place nearby) but I'll see tomorrow.

 

[Electric_Andy]

My cheapest local petrol station has been £1.37.7 for weeks (for Diesel) and has now just gone up 1p, assuming to do with the middle east conflict

 

[Drago]

My cheapest local petrol station has been £1.37.7 for weeks (for Diesel) and has now just gone up 1p, assuming to do with the middle east conflict

Even though the wholesale price is down...

OPEC have been deliberately running under capacity for some time to inflate prices. If Iran were, say, nuked out of existant that would only be a loss of a nominal 3% of the entire worlds output and OPEC could easily raise output to cover that. The retailers use the weakest and most lame of excuses to bend the market over and insert the long hard rod of increased prices up their cusotmers nethers.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

With regard to McDonalds fuel, we passed it again this morning, but l took the opportunity to stop

 

[PeteXXX]

Red House, A43 twixt Kettering & Hamtun E10 128.7 ppl

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sadly, quite close to home, & I use it reasonably frequently
I hope the injured staff-member recovers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0g0nkyrppo

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

There’s been an arrest, in regard to the above ‘bilking hit & run’

Presumably due to ANPR, with the registration, as seen on the garages CCTV?

https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/...tion-that-left-man-critically-injured-4832769

 

[Drago]

I don't know why all fuel stations don't do pay at pump to stop this nonsense.

Did you know some less scrupulous forecourts used to dock the cost of drive-offs out of staff wages, as if theres anything a cashier could do to stop them. Not sure if that still goes on,

 

[Alex321]

I don't know why all fuel stations don't do pay at pump to stop this nonsense.

Did you know some less scrupulous forecourts used to dock the cost of drive-offs out of staff wages, as if theres anything a cashier could do to stop them. Not sure if that still goes on,

Almost all of the ones that do offer pay at pump also offer the choice of pay at kiosk. It would only stop this sort of thing if the only option was pay at pump.

In some countries, you are normally expected to go in and get your payment validated before you can actually fill up.