Petrol price a puzzle (From York Press)
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Petrol price a puzzle
8:23am Thursday 6th December 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
CALL me simple if you like, but how can the price of petrol/diesel be displayed/ charged in a non-existent currency – for example £1.31.9?
I always thought the lowest denomination coin since decimalisation was 1p? How do the petrol companies get away with this?
Barbara Hudson, Eastfield Crescent, York.
Comments(8)
Buzz Light-year
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1:02pm Thu 6 Dec 12
Thisisnotasmile wrote:You can't buy just one litre. Garages usually have a minimum fill.
Per litre. You don't often buy just one litre of petrol.
bolero
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2:24pm Thu 6 Dec 12
Ichabod76
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4:30pm Thu 6 Dec 12
bolero wrote:So you buy 15 litres at £1.31.9 for £19.78.5
Sorry, but I will have to call you simple. 10litres x .1p = 1 whole pence; Oh forget it. Can't remember buying just one litre.
do they round it up or down ?
bolero
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4:45pm Thu 6 Dec 12
Ichabod76 wrote:Er! I usually find it's rounded up.I don't know about you.
bolero wrote:So you buy 15 litres at £1.31.9 for £19.78.5
Sorry, but I will have to call you simple. 10litres x .1p = 1 whole pence; Oh forget it. Can't remember buying just one litre.
do they round it up or down ?
Buzz Light-year
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5:59pm Thu 6 Dec 12
As in just putting a tenner's worth in.
So then it's the quantity in litres that has to be split to thousandths, which is no biggie what with grammes and all.
Where has the author seen these prices?
Ichabod76
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2:48pm Fri 7 Dec 12
that said the real scam is selling fuel by volume when it should be sold by weight as it expands and contracts with temperature
Tim Cronin
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11:15am Wed 12 Dec 12
Thisisnotasmile says...
9:16am Thu 6 Dec 12