Panic at the pumps again

funnyguy

I just went to do my fortnightly fill up this morning and was confronted by a large volume of vechiles queing for petrol.I decided to wait for 5/10 minutes and when I came out of the shops it was even worse.I,ve never known such a nation of panicers,ok Libyia is in turmoil but petrol wont run dry and if it goes up soon it will be a few pence which you have wasted ticking over in the petrol queues,.Just top up when you need too and we will be ok.

LandyAndy

funnyguy wrote: »

I just went to do my fortnightly fill up this morning and was confronted by a large volume of vechiles queing for petrol.I decided to wait for 5/10 minutes and when I came out of the shops it was even worse.I,ve never known such a nation of panicers,ok Libyia is in turmoil but petrol wont run dry and if it goes up soon it will be a few pence which you have wasted ticking over in the petrol queues,.Just top up when you need too and we will be ok.

The local Waitrose was 2p a litre cheaper than everywhere else round here yesterday. I didn't fancy the 20 minute wait to save 60p.

king100

funnyguy wrote: »

I just went to do my fortnightly fill up this morning and was confronted by a large volume of vechiles queing for petrol.I decided to wait for 5/10 minutes and when I came out of the shops it was even worse.I,ve never known such a nation of panicers,ok Libyia is in turmoil but petrol wont run dry and if it goes up soon it will be a few pence which you have wasted ticking over in the petrol queues,.Just top up when you need too and we will be ok.

Is this the few pence you are talking about

Mon = +1.04
Tue = +.33
Wed = +.79
Thur = +1.33
Frid = So far -.28

Thats at least 3 ppl that hasent even hit the pumps plus the rise of 5ppl in April.

They legally have to have supplies for 120 days I believe. But the crude coming out of Libya is high quality low sulpher. Places like Nigeria have the same sort of crude.

savemoney

It was quiet at the one I went too yesterday and on a normal day its busy

funnyguy

Where I filled up it was £1.24 per ltre for unleaded ,which has been the same for a few weeks now/

aurongrande_2

funnyguy wrote: »

Where I filled up it was £1.24 per ltre for unleaded ,which has been the same for a few weeks now/

£1.24 per litre?? Dang that's cheap. The average in my town is £1.30 per litre.

The funny thing is, that in our town it's so high, yet if you leave town it's practically 5p a litre cheaper.

Even though I can no longer drive due to medical reasons, I still find the fuel price lottery stupid.

property.advert

Sainsburys hanging on at 127.9 today but others have crept up higher than that yesterday.

Gordon_Hose

The news reported increaes of up to 10p. People are just trying to get fuel before the price rises, they aren't worrying the pumps will run dry.

Strider590

Pointless, even on a big car like mine.... Which takes £70 worth of fuel, the savings by panic buying now would be about £2 over a full tank!!!!
What's the point? Some people are sooooooooo stupid!! lol

ChiefGrasscutter

During the 2000 petrol tanker strikes.....
I didn't panic....unlike everybody else. I assumed that all would be settled before I needed fuel.

Wrong.
I was the one that ran out of fuel.

If you are going to panic..panic early and get in the stocks

scragend

aurongrande wrote: »

£1.24 per litre?? Dang that's cheap. The average in my town is £1.30 per litre.

The funny thing is, that in our town it's so high, yet if you leave town it's practically 5p a litre cheaper.

Even though I can no longer drive due to medical reasons, I still find the fuel price lottery stupid.

It's been 124.9 at both Morrisons and Sainsbury's here for quite some time.