BP Ultimate Premium Unleaded price difference between BP Stores

LTroymouni on 10/03/2014 - 22:43

Hey all

I exclusively use BP Ultimate Premium Unleaded and the arguement for using it against normal unleaded is beyond the scope of this discussion. The reason why I am posting this is that I have noticed that my local store in suburban Melbourne has it for .14 cents a litre more than normal unleaded, but if you travel to other BP service stations such as Taylors Lakes, Campbellfield, Essendon, or even on City Road in the city, they are charging .16 cents a litre difference than normal unleaded. Now someone will say whats .02 cents however over time it does mount up.

I have asked the stations themselves and I was told that it may make a difference if the store is company or privately owned.

My question is does anyone know why these stores can charge the extra .02 a litre for ultimate when my local store sells it for .14 cents a litre?

Thanks so much in advance.

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Comments

  • Geewhizz on 11/03/2014 - 06:37

    They do it because they can. There is no set price. You're querying .02 of a cent - I don't recall where it was now, but when passing through a particular town we always drove past one servo of a particular brand to to to the other, because there was a price difference of 4 to 6 cents.

  • ujwols on 11/03/2014 - 07:04

    .02 cents mounts up? even if you are using like 5000 litre per annum that adds upto only 1$ difference.. Do you care?

  • fruit on 11/03/2014 - 08:28

    Semi on topic, my local bp sells unleaded 91 at E10 prices. (I'm waiting someone to tell me 91 is E10)
    Right now it's 152c/L

    I've never seen petrol sold where the price was displayed in cents with two decimal places. xxx.9c/L yes. xxx.x2c/L never.

    $123.456 = 12345.6 cents

    • chuneeperformance on 11/03/2014 - 10:29

      rare to see RON91 but some western servos still sell this which is better then getting E10… wish my area had this…but there's costco which apparently is Mobil fuel

    • Troymouni on 11/03/2014 - 21:39

      My bad it should have read 2 cents a litre difference

  • apu on 11/03/2014 - 11:11

    If it's a franchise, the franchise owner can set their own prices can't they? I thought BP can't force retail prices.

  • Holysmoke on 11/03/2014 - 19:10

    I'm more interested in why you use BP Ultimate Premium Unleaded exclusively. Also will you use the other brands premium unleaded or still BP only?

    • Troymouni on 11/03/2014 - 21:48

      Holysmoke2, I use tiis fuel as BP is my local service station and I use BP Ultimate Premium Unleaded exclusively to ensure consistency in my sourcing of fuel. I try not to put in other manufacturers fuel again for the consistency factor.

      I understand that franchises are franchises as well, and that BP cannot force retail prices however have any of you noticed other brands of fuel do the same across their service stations. ie have a pricing discrepancy with their fuels between service stations?

      • Holysmoke on 12/03/2014 - 08:42

        Yes, Coles Express have different pricing across stations in Melb.

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