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[Shawz]

My apologies if this has already been posted.

when signing up for the petrolbusters site. Why not sign up for emails alerts for home and work.(ie enter two postcodes)
I have recently done this and managed to save a couple of pence a litre.

http://www.aapetrolbusters.co.uk/

[Smudge32]

Message for Martin! (Or anyone else who knows)

Is there an alternative to the now defunct AA Petrolbusters website?

[Smudge32]

Message for Martin! (Or anyone else who knows)

Is there an alternative to the now defunct AA Petrolbusters website?

[lohwj]

Came on the boards to look for exactly the same info..

Anybody knows?

(and why did they close it in the 1st place!!!)

[Shawz]

Originally Posted by lohwj

Came on the boards to look for exactly the same info..

Anybody knows?

(and why did they close it in the 1st place!!!)

It probably cost them too much to run

[vanoonoo]

Originally Posted by Shawz

It probably cost them too much to run

thats pretty much the long and the short of it - I believe martin even asked if it was possible to take over the running of it but there was some problem with the implications of the transfer if memory serves me correctly.

the explanation (such as it was) was sent out by the aa shortly before they stopped sending the alert and martin followed up with some comments in his tips newsletter not long after that - if I stumble across any links to the articles/info I'll come back to post them

hth

[vanoonoo]

lol I think I was being generous to AA in my memory of the version of events:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi...01933747,88991,

"DISGRACEFUL AA. IT’D RATHER KILL PETROLBUSTERS THAN SAVE IT.The AA’s announced it’s closing AA Petrolbusters, its wonderful website that finds your cheapest local petrol station. Desperate to save a unique resource I wanted to keep it running, and could muster a fee to buy it. It refused to consider it, preferring to scrap Petrolbusters rather than even let it live. "



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[Richard_Collins]

In answer to the questions above regarding alternatives to AA petrolbusters, one that I have found is Overdrive at

http://www.overdrive.co.uk/fuel_table.htm

This site gives exactly the same information that the AA one supplied previously

[Shawz]

Originally Posted by Richard_Collins

In answer to the questions above regarding alternatives to AA petrolbusters, one that I have found is Overdrive at

http://www.overdrive.co.uk/fuel_table.htm

This site gives exactly the same information that the AA one supplied previously

Thanks, looks to be good

[vanoonoo]

whooohooo! great stuff

[wirm]

typical! doesn't work for N.I.

[vanoonoo]

get in touch with them wirm - they probably need help collating the info and we have a wealth of info collectors here ....