Tesco and/or Morrisons contaminated Petrol

Gorgeous_George

The ONLY person you can sue is the company that provided the fuel i.e., the forecourt operators (Tesco/Morrisons). They are the only people with whom you had a contract.

You need proof of purchase (to identify the retailer) and, rather oddly, this can be a till receipt, credit/debit card statement or even loyalty card statement. None of these prove the fuel went into your particular car but I guess they'll accept it. A better and fool-proof form of ID would be the cameras that are used for security purposes. Of course, this would mean the company providing the evidence to sue themselves.

If you don't have proof of purchase, claim off your insurance (if you are fully comprehensive and don't mind making the claim).

Garages must have seen this as nice little earner, don't you think.

"Ooh, it's the O2 sensor, that's £250 Sir/Madam."



GG

daymo

Did anyone see bbc news today,there is talk of a rise in fuel prices due to petrol stations having to re-fill their tanks! .... nice, they !!!! up then charge the innocent consumer....
wow the word !!!! up has been changed,nice system,although since when has a male chicken been a swear word.....he he...my uncle keeps chickens and a !!!!,,,,

pinkfluffybabe

daymo wrote:

Did anyone see bbc news today,there is talk of a rise in fuel prices due to petrol stations having to re-fill their tanks! .... nice, they !!!! up then charge the innocent consumer....
wow the word !!!! up has been changed,nice system,although since when has a male chicken been a swear word.....he he...my uncle keeps chickens and a !!!!,,,,

It's already gone up 2p/litre near me

Gorgeous_George

daymo wrote:

Did anyone see bbc news today,there is talk of a rise in fuel prices due to petrol stations having to re-fill their tanks! .... nice, they !!!! up then charge the innocent consumer....
wow the word !!!! up has been changed,nice system,although since when has a male chicken been a swear word.....he he...my uncle keeps chickens and a !!!!,,,,

...but, who else is going to pay?

Shareholders demand ever-increasing returns. They own the company and get what they want. Customers always pay.

When OFWAT or some other Quango fines a water company (or whatever), it's the customers that pay. The same customers that weren't getting the right level of service that the company was fined for in the first place.



GG

smokieUK

Gorgeous_George wrote:

I love Tesco's. As a supermarket they provide a great service and we have saved £££s by using clubcard points. It is my supermarket of choice (although I don't shop because that's for girls ).

Mrs GG buys her petrol at the supermarkets because she believes it's all the same. I prefer to use quality fuel and to support locasl garages Our town had two outlets in 1999 when we moved here. The second one closed before Christmas and is likely to be developed for housing.

Cheapest isn't always best.



GG

Not picking on George especially, but all fuel has to meet UK standards. It is therefore silly to say that supermarket fuel is inferior. This problem could have happened to any of the petrol companies. ISTR that Shell had to withdraw Optimax due to some issues - and that is a VERY premium fuel.

btw I have an affected car - filled up 3 times in Feb, only at Tesco's. Engine management light has come on - Vauxhall dealer diagnosed last Monday (before the scare) as too much oxygen in exhaust or faulty sensor. He reset the light but it came on again yesterday.

It goes in tomorrow for corrective action. I spoke to Tesco's today who were extraordinarily pleasant, they took all relevant information and said send them the bills etc... I will be asking for an emissions test to check that the cats are still operational...as many people might not know whether they have been affected until MOT time.

Woby_Tide

likewise, Vauxhall aswell and emission light came on today along with juddering performance. Last filled up at an 'affected' Tesco station nearly 10 days ago but only done 150 miles in meantime. Have to ring garage in morning to try and get it looked at but cvurrently I can't see how it isn't realted going by the symptoms I've had so far. Lodged it with Tesco anyway, they obviously know now it's PR that matters as all claims will be passed on to supplier

markbloke

Gorgeous_George wrote:

...but, who else is going to pay?

Shareholders demand ever-increasing returns. They own the company and get what they want. Customers always pay.

When OFWAT or some other Quango fines a water company (or whatever), it's the customers that pay. The same customers that weren't getting the right level of service that the company was fined for in the first place.



GG

All true. The only reason it seems unfair is because they're directly putting the price of fuel up. If Tescos put the price of beans up to pay for it then nobody would notice.
Likewise, when the government screw something up they just recoup the losses out of your pocket via taxation without any fuss.

Gorgeous_George

smokieUK wrote:

Not picking on George especially, but all fuel has to meet UK standards. It is therefore silly to say that supermarket fuel is inferior.

All TVs have to meet UK standards.

Therefore, all TVs are the same.

All cars have to meet UK standards.

Therefore all cars are the same.

Maybe all TVs are the same as all cars.



GG

markbloke

Fuel doesn't actually have to do much though does it? It just has to burn in a predictable way and not produce too many harmful by-products. There's a lot of mystique around cars though which means you're mocking someone's faith if you dare to suggest that the magnets they've got on their fuel line aren't really making their car run smoother, or the fuel catalyst in their tank won't convert their car to unleaded. It actually is a leap of faith when you stick that hose in the tank and pray that what's going in isn't ten gallons of diet-cola.

As far as own-brand petrol snobbery goes, I'm pretty sure it'd be a different matter if M&S started selling petrol. "It's not just petrol, it's hand-pumped, double-refined, extra-virgin petrol from Marks and Spencer.....".

anewman

Anyone know if running Super Unleaded in a car that recommends Premium Unleaded RON 95, (the wording in haynes says minimum). I am guessing the only difference is that super costs a few pence more and if the engine cannot take much advantage of the increased RON then it is simply costing me a few pence more per litre and not doing any damage to the car?!