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Pertol Scam be AWARE

Mick0208
Mick0208 Posts: 12 Forumite
edited 21 August 2010 at 2:29PM in Consumer rights
:mad:Dear Freinds, Brother and Sisters ,Romans and fellow Peasants.

Just went to Shell Petrol station to get a Vpower Unleaded and Price was
£1.145 per Litre

Paid the bill for 30.19 Litres totaling £36.20

After thinking a bit realised to use maths

£36.20 divided by 30.19 Liters = £1.199 for Litre instead of £1.145

Be AWARE:A
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Comments

  • pitkin2020
    pitkin2020 Posts: 4,029 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Did you go back in ask why its advertised at one price yet you were charged another price?

    Its hardly a scam, more like a simple error, either theirs or yours.
    Everyones opinion is the most important.....no wonder nothing is ever agreed on.
  • Mick0208
    Mick0208 Posts: 12 Forumite
    No I did not went back REalised it once I got home to far to drive just to ask
    and I do regret using word scam in this contest BAD PRICING
  • BFG_2
    BFG_2 Posts: 2,022 Forumite
    Mick0208 wrote: »
    and I do regret using word scam in this contest BAD PRICING

    Click on the edit button on your iniitial post, then 'Go Advanced' and lo and behold you can edit the title.
  • Mark_Hewitt
    Mark_Hewitt Posts: 2,098 Forumite
    It's unusual for a petrol station to advertise a price at 114.5, the 119.9 price sounds more usual to me.
  • Equaliser123
    Equaliser123 Posts: 3,404 Forumite
    Hardly think it will be all Shell stations, do you?

    Suggest you amend the title to refer to a mistake!
  • Anihilator
    Anihilator Posts: 2,169 Forumite
    Not a chance you would be getting Vpower at that price I would suggest.

    Vpower is normally if I recall 7p a litre dealing, and most petrol is about 109-113 at moment.

    I suspect you misread the pump
  • wuckfit
    wuckfit Posts: 544 Forumite
    What's Pertol, anyway? ;)
  • barvid
    barvid Posts: 405 Forumite
    If you're editing the word "scam" then you'd better edit the word "pertol" as well.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Did you not look at the price on the big thing they have on entered the forecourt and look at the price when filling up, i know i do to make sure that im paying the price thats on the pump
  • Definitely better at Maths than English.

    Is the opening post part of a spelling test competition??
    Beware of imitations e.g. Robert Sterling
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