How do you work out petrol costs if delivering something?

Wesker

Hi, i'm selling something on ebay that i really dont want to post.
Someone has asked if i would post but i will be about 55 miles from them in a couple of weeks and have said i would deliver it myself for the cost of petrol.
I have a Peugeot 206 that i believe does approx 45mpg, petrol is approx £1.20 a litre. Is it 4 litres to a gallon?
How do i work this out?
TIA

emerald_starcat

Are you charging for your return trip or just the 55 miles there? I think it works out about £8 a gallon of petrol approx.

Wesker

emerald_starcat wrote: »

Are you charging for your return trip or just the 55 miles there? I think it works out about £8 a gallon of petrol approx.

Probably the return trip too. So that would be £16. It would cost £15 to post it anyway with the level of insurance needed so not much difference. Thanks

pug_in_a_bed

you need to take care, as if they pay by paypal you won't have a tracking number.

a naughty buyer might claim item not received and win a dispute because of this. will they pay cash instead at all?

Wesker

pug_in_a_bed wrote: »

you need to take care, as if they pay by paypal you won't have a tracking number.

a naughty buyer might claim item not received and win a dispute because of this. will they pay cash instead at all?

Yeah i know about that, i have put 'cash on collection' in my listing. But it will obviously be 'cash on delivery'
But thanks anyway

cyberbob

Wesker wrote: »

Yeah i know about that, i have put 'cash on collection' in my listing. But it will obviously be 'cash on delivery'
But thanks anyway

They can still if they want pay via paypal. As you have to accept it

Rolandtheroadie

£5.46 a gallon @ £1.20

tomstickland

Wesker wrote: »

Hi, i'm selling something on ebay that i really dont want to post.
Someone has asked if i would post but i will be about 55 miles from them in a couple of weeks and have said i would deliver it myself for the cost of petrol.
I have a Peugeot 206 that i believe does approx 45mpg, petrol is approx £1.20 a litre. Is it 4 litres to a gallon?
How do i work this out?
TIA

4.54 l per gallon.

cost = distance_in_miles/mpg * 4.54 * price_per_litre

110 miles, 45mpg, £1.20 per litre gives just over £13.
ie: around 12p per mile.

Wesker

cyberbob wrote: »

They can still if they want pay via paypal. As you have to accept it

Its ok, they have agreed to pay cash