Hey guys did quite a bit of cruising on the weekend and petrol everywhere else was 1.30+ but then suddently when i entered western sydney found quite a few places selling for alot cheaper. Alot of shell's and proper places had it at 1.06 which i'm wondering how was possible? I ended up filling up 98 at 1.23 which i saw everywhere else at 1.55+. Is there anychance the petrol there is watered down or something?
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Just find it difficult to see how when every place in Sydney is 30 cents more expensive than places there.
Supply and demand + rent
I almost guarantee petrol will jump considerably on or before Christmas Eve.
The media likes to make a big deal out of fuel price rises before Christmas. Every year it's reported as price gouging and some sort of crisis.
But don't most people drive less over the Christmas break, not more? Many people are on holidays and thus not driving to work. Parents are not dropping children off at school and picking them up. I see a lot less traffic on main roads from about mid December to late January, when kids come back to school.
Petrol's gone from 108.5c/L to 136.9c/L overnight in Melbourne… Surprise surprise!
Driving to the country or some rural town for a holiday camp probably uses more petrol
Lol, watered down petrol….
Or in the case of United, not a full litre.
More like petrol-ed down water!
Download the Woolworths Fuel app. Some petrol stations that I thought were consistently cheaper are not always I found after downloading the app. I find that some petrol stations on the routes that I don't normally take can be a lot cheaper on some days. A slight detour can sometimes save me 10c/litre. If the petrol price is almost the same, I would normally just fill up where it is most convenient for me.
I use the Bowser Watch app to find the cheapest fuel. I'm not sure if it's applicable in all states but it works in WA.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.clark.fuel…
Yeah, most other states don't have anything that…
Price of Crude oil is at its lowest level since 2009 at sub $40USD a barrel, but expect it to get as low as $30USD a barrel in 2016. got something to do with OPEC nations trying to regain control of the oil market by over supplying and not backing down despite taking massive hits to their bottom line by doing so.
anyways, petrol should theoretically be a sub $1/liter at those crude oil prices but yeah, we all know how these petrol company's cry about it hurting their fat profits. also note, the aus gov double dips with gst and excise so they dont give a sh*t either. in fact, they'd rather keep prices high too.
Petrol price gouging at highest level on record.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-15/petrol-price-gouging-a…
WA Consumer Protection has www.fuelwatch.gov.wa.au which posts petrol prices by 2pm of fuel prices for the next day of every outlet in the state. You guys in E.S. should petition gov to enact the same regulation.
The E.S. also have constantly changing fuel prices.
1 Price all day long, if you mess up the pricing it's you're own fault.
Petrol too cheap? You ought to be drummed out of Ozbargain for saying anything is too cheap. Now go, and sin no more.
This is useful if you want to know where the cycle is at in every state - https://www.informedsources.com/petrol-pricing.aspx
filled up yesterday at BP, Premium Unleaded U98 ltimate, around 135/liter, happy!
1.08 here
$65 for 60 litres
too cheap but fantastic, i drive a v8
Petrol/fuels are NOT tampered with, as your modern car will not operate correctly with less than very high quality fuel. Petrol like everything else consumable we buy is a necessary evil and has a maxiumum price set by the Govt. On the other side, retailers as with other consumables, sell it as low/high a price as they wish, or free if they want to. It is sometimes a marketing ploy to get you into their outlet, to either make you feel ok to spend up big in store or become a new regular customer.
They can and will sell petrol for what ever lower than max allowed price they want, and the big companies have a simple price adjusting method, little known but absolutely fact. While working for Shell a little while ago, I asked a big bod how they work out and what their price difference and matching limits were. He said there were many variables, and at the end of the day, there was only one major factor to petrol pricing. We set our maxium price to "what ever the market can bare"! So, consider the max allowed by the Govt', compared to other localised outlets, and the market, that is you and me, and that is how prtol prices are set and varied.
At the end of the day, it is just another product that we all want, not need unless we are talking emergency, work or transport etc type vehicles), but as we want it, and we are always looking for a bargin we are always on the look out for low priced fuel. They can adjust the price up and down as much as they like and it should not matter to anyone because that is their store, their product and their advertising promotion to drop prices. If you want it, buy it, if not, don't.
If you really want to see price gouging, ridicules price fluctions and unreasonable retail prices, try having a good look at your overall spending on booze, water, electricity, plumbers, dealer car servicing and repair call or fees for your home. Petrol does not compare and becomes a non issue. Over the year, average it out, budget for it and be sensible, walk if you can, car pool, shop wisely etc etc, there are things you can doto help if it is a necessity.
Online and apps are only so good, as not all outlets are listed, and as prices can be varied at any time, they are always out of date anyhow. Where is your loyalty anyhow?
Same as a carton of coke at under cost price at the supermarket, no one complians when it goes back to full price. Petrol price drops are purely a marketing ploy, it is thier choice to do it, like every other retailer, and it is your/our choice to or not to buy it or any product at any price. I am sick of the hoo haa over the compliants on petrol pricing, and as they say if you don't like it, buy a petrol station and write your own fuel off to tax, and sell your petrol at one low price, have no marketing strategies, have no answer to competition, have no specials or promos, sack your advertising and promo dept, etc etc.
Keep it simple, accept the price varies and it legally their right. Keep an eye out, shop wisely, and change your way of thinking. Then we can all pay more next week to this week and way less on special the day after a long week end, but at least we can all sleep at night.
This is purely my opinion, and based on fact, and experience, and I in no way way intend to know everything about everything about this subject and I maybe wrong in being too general. I respect there maybe differences in specific sititions. I still just shop around with every product and it becomes a non issue. Remember, don't shoot the messenger.
imagine if we could use Sea-Water H20 to run our cars…
$1.02 for e10
Are you not watching/hearing the news??? It's already forecasted to go down as low as a dollar per litre on Christmas Day