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MSE News: Drivers paid more for fuel in 2012

Former_MSE_Darryl
Former_MSE_Darryl Posts: 210 Forumite
in Motoring
"Drivers paid more to fill up during this year than last, despite a recent dip in petrol prices, AA figures show...."
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  • KTF
    KTF Posts: 4,858 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    The average price of something goes up. People pay more for it as a result. Well I never...
  • JohnRo
    JohnRo Posts: 2,887 Forumite
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    Yet inflation is somehow falling, or so we're told.
    'We don't need to be smarter than the rest; we need to be more disciplined than the rest.' - WB
  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    JohnRo wrote: »
    Yet inflation is somehow falling, or so we're told.
    The _rate_ of inflation is falling.
    Prices are still going up, but not going up as quickly as they were before.
  • im-lost
    im-lost Posts: 1,927 Forumite
    Captain obvious strikes again..

    Does mse employ tards in the newsroom?

    Name one thing that isn't more expensive than last year.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 2,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Name Dropper
    im-lost wrote: »
    Name one thing that isn't more expensive than last year.

    2012 calendars.
  • Yolina
    Yolina Posts: 2,262 Forumite
    And computers, TVs and tech stuff generally as everything is (seen as) obsolete very quickly - obviously it's not something you go and buy weekly though :rotfl:
    Now free from the incompetence of vodafail
  • danothy
    danothy Posts: 2,200 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    im-lost wrote: »
    Name one thing that isn't more expensive than last year.

    Marmite appears to have come down by about 50p for a big jar since 2010/2011 according to my spending diary.
    If you think of it as 'us' verses 'them', then it's probably your side that are the villains.
  • redux
    redux Posts: 23,146 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    How many MSE articles were there to tell us the price of fuel was falling?
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