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Petrol prices - what's the big idea?      4-Sep-08 04:56 PM    
Oil is down over a quarter, but petrol but just 6 per cent. If sterling recovers against the dollar, should we expect to see those figures match?
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Petrol prices - what's the big idea?
mr invest 4-Sep-08 04:56 PM  
 
when you look at recent highs on fuel @147 dollars a barrel its now down to 10 ...
Andrew L 4-Sep-08 05:33 PM  
 
Agreed....this country is getting worse and worse every year. Oil companie ...
SC 4-Sep-08 05:42 PM  
 
Rant No 2... trouble with a change of government is nothing will change - ...
FORTY 4-Sep-08 05:49 PM  
 
The excuses for not reducing petrol prices are typical. Now it is the fal ...
Sandra E 4-Sep-08 06:11 PM  
 
certainly looks like this is a sensitive issue with folks its pity 1 or 2 ...
Andrew L (1 Rating) 4-Sep-08 06:50 PM  
 
When are the British going to stand up against these $%^& prices. I liv ...
gmguk2002 6-Sep-08 02:00 PM  
 
Hey Andrew. Hve you never heard of the word GREED.
kat RATE IT 8-Sep-08 12:15 PM  
 
I AGREE! ..and I'm probably saying the same when I make the observation that wh ...
FORTY 4-Sep-08 05:39 PM  
 
WELL ITS TYPICAL RIP OFF BRITIAN AT LEAST ASDA ARE MAKING AN EFFORT, GORDO ...
Dave 4-Sep-08 05:47 PM  
 
What about the old independent garages trying to provide a service and at times ...
william 4-Sep-08 05:45 PM  
 
I would love to see lots of smaller, independent petrol stations but they' ...
FORTY 4-Sep-08 06:03 PM  
 
Rip off Britain once again. Its time that people power takes a hold and that br ...
JOHN 4-Sep-08 05:48 PM  
 
Great philosophy there! Trouble with Britain is that most will just sit b ...
FORTY 4-Sep-08 05:56 PM  
 
AGREE wholeheartedly and mistakenly clicked on the wrong rating for your a ...
chriseyevans... 4-Sep-08 06:19 PM  
 
The problem there is, the British are too lazy to make the effort to boyco ...
Dan H RATE IT 6-Sep-08 03:07 PM  
 
I agree with everyone's comments but I live in a rural area and had t ...
Angela R RATE IT 6-Sep-08 04:31 PM  
 
greatstuff
dmartini_235 RATE IT 31-Oct-08 09:20 PM  
 
i can't see how you can blem asda when it's the covament makes alot of money by ...
petrod RATE IT 4-Sep-08 06:04 PM  
 
Not 'blaming' Asda Petrod...As i said it's us who [wanting to save a few p ...
FORTY (2 Ratings) 4-Sep-08 06:13 PM  
 
I paid 110.9 per litre for unleaded petrol at a BP filling station near Carlisl ...
Howard (2 Ratings) 4-Sep-08 06:10 PM  
 
They reckon it costs more to transport it there. - On a motorway - who are ...
FORTY RATE IT 4-Sep-08 06:16 PM  
 
Tesco in Aylesbury are still charging 114.9 and thats gone UP 1p back end ...
John Aylesbu... RATE IT 4-Sep-08 08:54 PM  
 
Its 1 big rip off prices should be down 30%. This is where Gordon Brown should ...
David (2 Ratings) 4-Sep-08 06:14 PM  
 
Oh but don't yu know? - [when pressured into a comment] they don't make th ...
FORTY (2 Ratings) 4-Sep-08 06:19 PM  
 
Our government continues to miss the easy solution to solve our current financi ...
Jon M 4-Sep-08 06:17 PM  
 
It's only petrol. It's too cheap that I sometimes use it to wash my car.
Obooty343 4-Sep-08 07:22 PM  
 
Why do "WE" in the UK pay around £1.09 per litre for petrol when in countries l ...
GARY D 4-Sep-08 08:02 PM  
 
WE USE TO BE CALLED GREAT BRITAIN NOW ITS ROBBING BRITAIN GAS, ELEC ,PETROL ,C ...
geoff (1 Rating) 4-Sep-08 08:20 PM  
 
thats it rip of britain you pay more for gas now because we dont use as mu ...
dhbull@btint... (1 Rating) 4-Sep-08 09:47 PM  
 
If goveronment wants to put price up for oil they always put 0.50p up and then ...
ayazrajja (1 Rating) 4-Sep-08 08:27 PM  
 
its all about greed , when did your local mp last pay for his/her fuel and 2 da ...
stevengreen7... 4-Sep-08 09:27 PM  
 
In the town I live, we have 2 large tesco extra stores- the 1 in the cheap ...
sunder RATE IT 4-Sep-08 10:25 PM  
 
Britain is too greedy - Why Tax fuel so high ? Also why send tobacco to places ...
shaun d (1 Rating) 4-Sep-08 11:48 PM  
 
Come on everyone!! We should rejoice that we are driving less and going ...
andrew307944 5-Sep-08 06:46 AM  
 
AND all this b*s about CARBON EMISSIONS and saving the planet is RUBB ...
Stuart H (1 Rating) 6-Sep-08 12:39 PM  
 
Don't expect anything back in rip off britain, on gas , elec, petrol, if gov an ...
Richie C (1 Rating) 6-Sep-08 12:31 PM  
 
I wish everyone would stop connecting petrol prices with oil company prices per ...
Stuart H RATE IT 6-Sep-08 12:37 PM  
 
Well-----isn't it called "Rip Off" UK? I left the UK 4 years ago to live and wo ...
Its the Devi... (1 Rating) 6-Sep-08 12:40 PM  
 
'Every little counts'. The store with the said gimmick I thought was the cheape ...
HamEid Chau RATE IT 6-Sep-08 12:41 PM  
 
The AA have this wrong. In Glenrothes, Fife they have no ASDA only a Morrisons. ...
David F RATE IT 6-Sep-08 12:41 PM  
 
Yes, But thats Scotland aint it.
Andrew C RATE IT 6-Sep-08 01:44 PM  
 
Sorry but i think this Asda thing is utter nonsense. I live in Hull where the c ...
samantha (1 Rating) 6-Sep-08 12:41 PM  
 
Just come back from Belgium. Diesel price was around 1.2 euro/litre which equat ...
aalst107 (1 Rating) 6-Sep-08 12:42 PM  
 
i don't agree with the articles claim that it is asda at fault. firstly asda st ...
ricardo dona... RATE IT 6-Sep-08 12:45 PM  
 
This is the worst article I have ever read on this subject from AA & Yahoo, you ...
davei2424 RATE IT 6-Sep-08 01:04 PM  
 
All i would like to know is WHY is there such a price different between petro ...
Dennis K RATE IT 6-Sep-08 01:06 PM  
 
I think diesel was almost seen as a by product of petrol production as the ...
Man in stree... RATE IT 8-Sep-08 12:46 PM  
 
Excuse me but if Asda did not have pricing policy then fuel prices would be as ...
peter e RATE IT 6-Sep-08 01:15 PM  
 
how can the big supermarkets justify their pricing policy. In Abingdon (oxfords ...
matt c (1 Rating) 6-Sep-08 01:16 PM  
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