Ready steady Queue

[Chrishazle]

Got some Diesel into the S204 a couple of days ago, none at Tesco (my normal place), BP had no ordinary diesel but Premium at £1.60/l. Got an email from petrolprices.com today, average price for normal diesel 1.42/l but premium 1.60 - why the massive difference? I did buy some as we're planning a weekend with daughter and family 120 miles away next weekend, have not noticed any difference driving the car, but 18p/l cost difference hurts when car does not need it!

 

[markjay]

Bought some fuel from a filling station in Cricklewood today for the first time in god knows how long. Straight into an empty forecourt and back out in about 5 minutes.

I am going to attempt this morrow... haven't filled up yet since before the 'crisis'.

 

[markjay]

Filled-up with Shell V-Power today at my local Shell garage. No queues, plenty of fuel. Albeit at £1.579...

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Could it be that people have stopped buying petrol at twice their normal rate?

Why would they do that ?

.

 

[Deleted member 166430]

Am I the only person who never has any idea how much petrol (or diesel, if you must) costs? I'm not going to drive around all over the place looking for the cheapest, whilst using up who knows how much of the stuff! When I need it I go to the petrol station and buy it - no more, no less. I've just looked at my receipt from last week when I bought 52.53 litres of Tesco Momentum @ £142.9 per litre - so what?

It reminds me of those idiotic questions journalists put to MPs in an attempt to belittle them about knowing nothing of what life is like for "normal people". I do the family's food shopping every week and have done for the last 25 years, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you how much bread and milk cost. I need them so I buy them, at whatever the price is in the supermarket where I'm buying the rest of the week's shopping.

 

[E55BOF]

Bully for you. I can't imagine neither knowing nor caring how much anything costs; are you sure you're not an MP?

I have a fair idea how much fuel costs at the stations in my area, and I buy it when I need it at the station usually cheapest for whatever I want, but I don't drive around looking for a better deal. The only exceptions were during the fuel shortage, when I bought both diesel and petrol at the local (Beaconsfield) motorway services, two miles away, because that was the only place I could find them. The price was high, but it was pay that or run out. The cost was irrelevant; I needed it, and I could afford it. If it had been twice the price, I'd still have bought it; I needed it, and I could afford it.

I too do the weekly shop, and again, I have a fair idea which supermarkets are better on price for the things I need. If something is only available at Waitrose (Two for the price of three...), then I'll buy it there; I need/want it, and I can afford it.

There's quite a considerable difference between not knowing the exact price of anything, and not caring whether or not you're paying more than you need to, though. I've got a few spare pints of milk, as it happens; three quid each to you, guv'nor - bargain at that price, cutting me own throat, can't say fairer than that...

Time poor, cash rich, eh? As I said, bully for you.

 

[merc estate]

Shortage of dicks at petrol stations now, everything is ok here and has been ok for a week or two, whatever it may be, if you cause a larger than normal run on thing people won't have the stock.
So there is no shortage of dicks, but they are busy trying find a new thing.

 

[Harrythedog]

No queues up here fir nearly two weeks however the price has shit up. Just been to Hartlepool and prices vary from £1.37lt to £1.46lt for unleaded

 

[Deleted member 166430]

Bully for you. I can't imagine neither knowing nor caring how much anything costs; are you sure you're not an MP?

I have a fair idea how much fuel costs at the stations in my area, and I buy it when I need it at the station usually cheapest for whatever I want, but I don't drive around looking for a better deal. The only exceptions were during the fuel shortage, when I bought both diesel and petrol at the local (Beaconsfield) motorway services, two miles away, because that was the only place I could find them. The price was high, but it was pay that or run out. The cost was irrelevant; I needed it, and I could afford it. If it had been twice the price, I'd still have bought it; I needed it, and I could afford it.

I too do the weekly shop, and again, I have a fair idea which supermarkets are better on price for the things I need. If something is only available at Waitrose (Two for the price of three...), then I'll buy it there; I need/want it, and I can afford it.

There's quite a considerable difference between not knowing the exact price of anything, and not caring whether or not you're paying more than you need to, though. I've got a few spare pints of milk, as it happens; three quid each to you, guv'nor - bargain at that price, cutting me own throat, can't say fairer than that...

Time poor, cash rich, eh? As I said, bully for you.

I didn’t say that I didn’t care how much things that I needed were, I said that I didn’t know how much they were. I’ll admit that I’m now in the fortunate position of not having to worry about the cost of essentials. Long gone are the days when my wife would walk the entire length of the street of shops in Ipswich in order to find out whether or not she could save sixpence, which invariably she didn’t!

If I still had to worry about the cost of fuel for my car I wouldn’t have a 3.5 litre Mercedes, I’d have a 1 litre Ford. And if I was still commuting 200 miles a day, as I once did, I may well be more selective about where I bought my fuel based on price. But when I was covering those miles my time was indeed more valuable than the small savings that I could achieve by being more selective. Other than knowing that fuel was far more expensive at motorway services, I still had no idea of the actual costs.

But it’s a very long time since I’ve been time poor and cash rich. I’ve been retired for 25 years now so I can take my time when buying things to try to get the best value. But I see no point in using up a significant amount of that plentiful time by leaving Tesco with most of my shopping then driving to Aldi to get my milk because it’s 2p cheaper. However, I will use a considerable amount of that precious time to research the best price for a new set of tyres.

I NEED milk and petrol and tyres. Of those three examples, I only consider tyres that I only need to buy ever four years or so as warranting the effort to get the best value. So perhaps you’re right and I don’t care about the price of milk and petrol and whether or not I’m paying more than I need to. I still only have a VERY rough idea about how much they are. I know that milk isn’t as much as £1 a pint and petrol isn’t as cheap as £1 a litre. That’s near enough for me. (Apologies for the mixture of imperial and metric units.)

 

[Petrol Pete]

"So there is no shortage of dicks, but they are busy trying find a new thing...."

merc estate . The new 'thing' is almost upon us , how many times have we heard some voice on the radio/tv saying 'pigs in blankets' or Turkey , brussels sprouts or some particular (made in China) plastic toy that is defiantly NOT going to be in short supply this Christmas ?

Cue a big queue (of Dicks) for all of those things coming to a town near you very soon !

 

[Darrell]

Am I the only person who never has any idea how much petrol (or diesel, if you must) costs? I'm not going to drive around all over the place looking for the cheapest, whilst using up who knows how much of the stuff! When I need it I go to the petrol station and buy it - no more, no less. I've just looked at my receipt from last week when I bought 52.53 litres of Tesco Momentum @ £142.9 per litre - so what?

It reminds me of those idiotic questions journalists put to MPs in an attempt to belittle them about knowing nothing of what life is like for "normal people". I do the family's food shopping every week and have done for the last 25 years, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you how much bread and milk cost. I need them so I buy them, at whatever the price is in the supermarket where I'm buying the rest of the week's shopping.

Same here. Couldn’t even tell you how much a pint of lager in the pub is either.

 

[Deleted member 150136]

Bully for me too.

I have a vague idea how much fuel is or a pint of milk.

But what I do know is, tesco is cheaper than shell for fuel and aldi is cheaper than M&S for food stuff etc.

So I shop at the cheaper places.

You don't need to know how much these things cost to the penny/10p unless you are really on the breadline(no pun intended), in which case you shouldn't be spending your money on a mercdes/internet/laptop/mobile phone and looking after your pennies more sensibly.

I think a pint of milk is 49p, a litre of fuel is £1.37ish and a pint of lager is anything from £3.80-£5.50 up my way.

No idea who my MP is though.

 

[190]

I think a pint of milk is 49p, a litre of fuel is £1.37ish and a pint of lager is anything from £3.80-£5.50 up my way.

You buy milk in pints ???

If you buy it in 2 pint containers it's 25% cheaper and 4 pints 50% cheaper. Pity they couldn't apply the same volume discounts to petrol and Lager.

 

[Darrell]

You buy milk in pints ???

If you buy it in 2 pint containers it's 25% cheaper and 4 pints 50% cheaper. Pity they couldn't apply the same volume discounts to petrol and Lager.

A 2 or 4 pint container would go off in our house.

 

[Bellow]

The price doesn't matter when the shelves are empty.

 

[Deleted member 113659]

Same here. Couldn’t even tell you how much a pint of lager in the pub is either.

Aye, I’ve heard your wallet is full of cobwebs. Shy at the bar are we?

 

[Deleted member 150136]

You buy milk in pints ???

If you buy it in 2 pint containers it's 25% cheaper and 4 pints 50% cheaper. Pity they couldn't apply the same volume discounts to petrol and Lager.

Yes, and usually throw most of it away.
Same with bread.

 

[Deleted member 166430]

We get through a gallon (that's 8 pints for all you lot too young to know) of milk a week. That's about the same rate that we get through petrol - but it tastes quite a bit better!

 

[markjay]

...how many times have we heard some voice on the radio/tv saying... brussels sprouts... that is definitely NOT going to be in short supply this Christmas ?...

I thought this was done on purpose.... reducing greenhouse gasses and all that?

 

[markjay]

We get through a gallon (that's 8 pints for all you lot too young to know) of milk a week. That's about the same rate that we get through petrol - but it tastes quite a bit better!

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