jbwrx300

Went to fill up this morning, expecting a pleasant surprise as they were advertising normal unleaded at 88.9p

Only to find that optimax was 98.9

I have taken my eye off the ball over recent weeks due to the fluctuating prices and just filled up and taken the hit, but I cant ever remember an 10p/litre difference between normal and optimax.

Does this seem right?

Allan

iTrader: (1)

My local was charging +15p a few weeks back, havn't checked recently to see what the diff is now.

Allan

corradoboy

Thieving tw@ts That's why I don't use Shell any more. SUL at my local Sainsbury's is 92.9 and only hit 95.9 during the silliness a week or two back I remember the oil crisis in the late 70's when my Dad was running Shell garages, and people would drive a couple of miles to save 1p per gallon. Funny how people have forgotten the gallon and how we come to accept similar rises now on each litre when 1p equates to 4.546p on a gallon

C2forWRX

out of order i know. At least its come down a bit though. its aparently going to go back up with the worker in the gulf doing one again with the threat of another hurricane

highlander68k

What is more annoying is the fact they pay the same price for either Optimax or 95RON (A fuel station owner tells me). - Seriously!

Can anybody else substantiate this?

mjb1

The last time I filled up at the Shell station in Bracknell I paid 100.9p/litre for Optimax!!! It's empty again now so I'll see what the price is later.

DannyBoy007

iTrader: (7)

paid 95.9 the other day in swindon (Cote water), it was over a pound at the other one, So why can two of the same garages charge different amounts when they are only a mile or so away from each other???? bloody franchise's

ben1413

iTrader: (5)

Exactly as you say, some Shell gargaes are independantly owned and therfore seem to make up their own prices. The shops trade under shell but the fuel is not.

Ben

Trap2Terrorist

iTrader: (3)

I went into a BP in Cardiff a couple of days ago expecting to get BP Ultimate for less than 100p/litre as for the previous two days the media had been full of "petrol prices to be cut by 4p/litre".

I got out the car, looked at the price on the pump.......

109.9p/litre!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the ****'s all that about, nearly £1.10 a litre even though BP had said it was cutting its prices by 4p!!!!!! Definately a gready franchise owner taking the pi55.
Needless to say I got back in my car and drive off, cursing the tw@ts.

DBY

Ive made the switch to Tesco's 99 ron at 93.99 per litre, Shell bunch of Robbing W*nkers

baz69birds

@ my local SHELL its 92.9 unleaded &
96.9 OPTIMAX


Just before the strike i popped into NEWPORT BAGNAL services (M1) & had to fill up with OPTIMAX & it was 101.9 i thought thats NOT that bad for a MOTORWAY services
after the STRIKE is!!! i had to use it again & guess what it was 104.9, it had go UP,
every where else had gone down???

Wannabe

my shell was 95.9 the other day come down from 99.9 so i was a little happier.
i tried to get the tesco one at the tesco near me as its a large one but still didnt have it on their pumps, hope they do soon so i can try it

Sy

StickyMicky

noticed my local one was back down to 96.9 the other day which was strange

Rasher

100.9 in Manchester

tonner_notts

102.9 i paid when i put the first fuel in my scooby, **** believe it what a rip off

7 Foot

I used to work at a Shell petrol station when I was at school.

The price charged for petrol was always dictated by Shell and the manager only made any money on the goods sold inside the shop, he didn't get a penny for petrol sales.

Whether this is still the case, or indeed the case with every franchise I don't know.

jbwrx300

Happily it seems every cloud has a silver lining, pissed myself laughing on Friday when I drove past and the shell signs were coming down, place was being shut down!

Serves the theiving ******* right!