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Dishonest claims by Tesco on Fuel prices

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  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
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    agarnett wrote: »
    It wasn't the cheapest.

    I could have bought another brand down the road at 98p and of course that wasn't Tesco!

    How so?
    Do elaborate.
  • agarnett
    agarnett Posts: 1,301 Forumite
    edited 21 December 2014 at 8:09PM
    DUTR wrote: »
    How so?
    Do elaborate.
    No tricks. I just paid the pump price. It has been dropping constantly and daily - sometimes more than once a day - because of the *** oil price crash *** which also means half price flyaway holidays are now on sale. I'd give Tesco a miss if I were you.
  • tripled
    tripled Posts: 2,886 Forumite
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    DUTR wrote: »
    How so?
    Do elaborate.

    Probably in the Channel Islands or suchlike
  • agarnett
    agarnett Posts: 1,301 Forumite
    Probably in the Channel Islands or suchlike
    Nope, of my 100p per litre, 60p was still tax.

    The cost of the petrol is 40p, so why is Tesco charging 3x that?
  • agarnett
    agarnett Posts: 1,301 Forumite
    Ah now I get it - if I spend £500 on shopping at Tesco, they will sell me their petrol at the proper price based on the oil price crash.

    Unless I spend £500 on shopping at Tesco, then they won't let me have the petrol at the right price.

    That's pretty despicable isn't it?
  • runningben16
    runningben16 Posts: 52 Forumite
    What's the 'right price'?
    But if you're unhappy with the price Tesco are charging, go somewhere else - no?
  • agarnett
    agarnett Posts: 1,301 Forumite
    runningben16 wrote: »
    What's the 'right price'?
    But if you're unhappy with the price Tesco are charging, go somewhere else - no?
    Ben, I think I have somehow missed out on some economics and cultural gems that you are obviously privy to - could you tell me where I can gain this fascinating new outlook on the world which you appear to recommend highly? It could save me hours of thinking ...
  • poppasmurf_bewdley
    poppasmurf_bewdley Posts: 5,946 Forumite
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    Tesco have become similar to the Tory Party. They are the 'nasty party' of the supermarket world.
    "There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    edited 1 January 2015 at 1:06PM
    Equally they could be said to be like Blairs labour party as they cooked the books.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    Asda don't reduce the price of fuel at all sites at the same time. There is a 24-48 hour difference between some sites.
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