The part of a penny in petrol costs.

Woby_Tide

vikingaero wrote: »

So the best place to shop - without confusion - is Poundland?!

just avoid their 3 for 2 offers otherwise you'll end up with loads of stuff costing 66.66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666p though

d123

LandyAndy wrote: »

Petrol is not dispensed in discrete units so the unit of one litre is an arbitrary break point in the dispensing. If fuel was 115p per litre it would be 522.73p per gallon.

Similarly if apples were 85 p a kilo they would be 38.64 p a pound.

In both cases the unit price is payable in metric units and unpayable in imperial ones.

except of course it would be illegal for the shop to sell you a lb of apples

socks_uk

Nothing to add but just wanted to be the first to thank chrisinessex for an interesting post. :beer:

LandyAndy

d123 wrote: »

except of course it would be illegal for the shop to sell you a lb of apples

It might be Ok if I paid them 7 shillings eight pence three farthings;) .

Of course I'd need 14 thousandths of an old penny in change.

harveybobbles

So, to go back to the OP... If petrol was 110.9p per litre and I wanted to buy just one litre, how do I pay...?

So if I sell a car today at £5995, on the invoice could I round it upto 6 grand?

I think thats what the OP was getting at...

Twopints

harveybobbles wrote: »

So, to go back to the OP... If petrol was 110.9p per litre and I wanted to buy just one litre, how do I pay...?

By credit card? Or you could file a bit off one of the coins, but that's probably not legal

If you can get the thing to stop on £1.11 then you could be getting anything between £1.105 and £1.115 (approx) worth of fuel. So how would you pay back the difference if you are actually getting more fuel than you have paid for?

harveybobbles

That's their fault then. If something is wrongly priced in my favour, I'm the first to make full advantage of it!

chrisinessex

d123 wrote: »

except of course it would be illegal for the shop to sell you a lb of apples

No, it is quite legal to sell a lb or Kg of anything in the UK. You can also buy things by feet and inches pints and gallons.

EU commission ruling May 2007

But how many petrol stations would want to sell in gallons so you can see the 12p a time jumps in price.

d123

chrisinessex wrote: »

No, it is quite legal to sell a lb or Kg of anything in the UK.

No, actually it's not. EU ruling says it's ok to buy in lb or kg, but it's only legal to sell in kg, so you ask for a lb of apples, the retailer must weigh and sell you 454grams of apples.

From Trading Standards

[FONT=Arial, Chicago]Subsequent headlines such as "Victory for metric martyrs" and "Brussels has given up the fight to make the UK drop pints, pounds and miles", which appeared during September, caused some confusion among traders, particularly greengrocers and those selling fruit and vegetables at market stalls.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Chicago]To clear up this confusion Roger Marles, [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Chicago]Head of Trading Standards, issued the following statement:

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Chicago]"The legal position on the use of Imperial measures has not changed. Pre-packed goods and goods sold loose from bulk, such as fruit and vegetables, are still required to be sold in metric quantities and weighing scales must be calibrated in metric units of measurement.
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[FONT=Arial, Chicago]Suggestions that goods can now be sold in pounds and ounces are incorrect.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Chicago]The only change, which has come about as a result of a recent EU ruling, is that goods can continue to be labelled with both metric and imperial quantities and with dual price per weight indications, indefinitely. Prior to this recent ruling dual marking was due to end in 2009.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Chicago]Of course a shopper can ask for a pound of apples or half a pound of mince meat, but the retailer must weigh in metric and sell the metric equivalent.[/FONT]

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