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Title: 10p off a ltr
Post by: biggriffin on 29 December 2012, 10:39:41
Sainsbugs have got 10p off a litre with a £60 shop.
 dont like sainsbugs but 10p off is 10p off,and super unleaded aint cheap. :y
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: tunnie on 29 December 2012, 10:51:03
LPG is  :P
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: biggriffin on 29 December 2012, 10:53:09
If i wanted a gas powered motor i would buy a forklift. ;D
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: tunnie on 29 December 2012, 10:54:24
If i wanted a gas powered motor i would buy a forklift. ;D

Having driven a 3.2 with a seamless LPG integration (not mine!) you don't know what its running on LPG or Petrol.

But you notice the difference at the pump when its 69p litre  :)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 29 December 2012, 11:17:29
If i wanted a gas powered motor i would buy a forklift. ;D

Having driven a 3.2 with a seamless LPG integration (not mine!) you don't know what its running on LPG or Petrol.

But you notice the difference at the pump when its 69p litre  :)

Bet you TB can  ::) ;D

It was only about 30ppl when i started buying LPG.....and unleaded/diesel hasnt more than doubled in price in the same time span....just goes to show, as its become more popular, how much more tax its attracted  ::)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: Bionic on 29 December 2012, 11:27:58
 ;D At only 10p off per litre only if you have already spent £60.00 in the shop doesn't seem to be much of a saving at all. You would need to do full tank! Considering that the majority of weekly shops by regular customers, according to their own stats, is around the £40.00 mark then the offer is aimed at those who do one giant shop per visit. Most of their customers then by their own stats make a few shopping trips a week and so would be excluded from the offer.
Nice try Sainsbury........but I for one will not fall into that trap. You can also pretty well guarantee that they had already put up the prices of the more regularly bought items to compensate for any loss they might otherwise encounter by this offer. Their marketing teams are not as daft as that or logically they would simply go bust.
As for the LPG option....what good is that when the fillionmg points are so rare, far apart, or even non-existent in many areas? At least petrol and deisel are readily available and it keeps the old girl as she was originally designed to be fed!
 ::)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: Lazydocker on 29 December 2012, 11:30:23
As for the LPG option....what good is that when the fillionmg points are so rare, far apart, or even non-existent in many areas? At least petrol and deisel are readily available and it keeps the old girl as she was originally designed to be fed!
 ::)

I've been running LPG cars for about 7 years now and very rarely do I struggle to find LPG for filling up, anywhere in Europe ;)

But, if you do run out there's still petrol to run on as a back up ;) ;)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: Lazydocker on 29 December 2012, 11:32:23
It was only about 30ppl when i started buying LPG.....and unleaded/diesel hasnt more than doubled in price in the same time span....just goes to show, as its become more popular, how much more tax its attracted  ::)

Yep, I was paying about 27ppl at expensive garages when I got my first one :o :o

Mind you, although it's gone up more it doesn't seem to have reduced the saving in the last 3 years ;)

What I mean is petrol/diesel has gone up by the same amount, just not the same percentage ;)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: tunnie on 29 December 2012, 11:41:44
As for the LPG option....what good is that when the fillionmg points are so rare, far apart, or even non-existent in many areas? At least petrol and deisel are readily available and it keeps the old girl as she was originally designed to be fed!
 ::)

Never once been not able to find LPG when I need it, although 9/10 I always fill up at Asda High Wycombe as its so cheap. Often pass by on my way home, so fill up when its low.

Within 5 miles of my London flat there are 2 stations, that do LPG  :)

At my parents there is one within 1/2 mile & another several others around 10 miles away  :)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: flyer 0712 on 29 December 2012, 11:46:02
Its the old saying.....you dont get owt for nowt......so i will stick with asda.... :y
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: Andy B on 29 December 2012, 12:00:59
;D At only 10p off per litre only if you have already spent £60.00 in the shop doesn't seem to be much of a saving at all. You would need to do full tank! Considering that the majority of weekly shops by regular customers, according to their own stats, is around the £40.00 mark then the offer is aimed at those who do one giant shop per visit. Most of their customers then by their own stats make a few shopping trips a week and so would be excluded from the offer.
Nice try Sainsbury........but I for one will not fall into that trap.....

Of course you'd do a full tank if you have a ?pence/litre off .... you'd be daft not to, and that, on an Omega is giving you over 10% off your £60 shop. By & large, our shop is for just the two of us, & £60 is no problem, not sure where your £40 shop comes from - that would barely cover the bottom of a trolly.
Can't see a trap either ....... if you only have so much to spend each week/month, all the offer is doing is encouraging you to spend it in £6o lumps at Sainsbury
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: STMO123 on 29 December 2012, 12:06:34
Sainsbugs have got 10p off a litre with a £60 shop.
 dont like sainsbugs but 10p off is 10p off,and super unleaded aint cheap. :y

Asda is £1.28.7 a litre, but I'll save a lot more than you paying Sainsbury prices.
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: TheBoy on 29 December 2012, 12:07:25
At my parents there is one within 1/2 mile & another several others around 10 miles away  :)
Nope. The local BP. Next nearest is Bicester, about 14-16m (depending on route - other side of town centre), and 15m to Pottersbury. Then the BP on northbound A34, and the 2 at Jnc15a on M1.

All that said, never really found it a problem, and there is always petrol if it is.


As to LPG prices and tax, yes, tax is increasing, but I think the LPG prices are more governed by gas prices. Look at the price of LPG heating gas (taxed at 5% I believe) this time of year. Same as heating oil.
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: TheBoy on 29 December 2012, 12:09:05
;D At only 10p off per litre only if you have already spent £60.00 in the shop doesn't seem to be much of a saving at all. You would need to do full tank! Considering that the majority of weekly shops by regular customers, according to their own stats, is around the £40.00 mark then the offer is aimed at those who do one giant shop per visit. Most of their customers then by their own stats make a few shopping trips a week and so would be excluded from the offer.
Nice try Sainsbury........but I for one will not fall into that trap. You can also pretty well guarantee that they had already put up the prices of the more regularly bought items to compensate for any loss they might otherwise encounter by this offer. Their marketing teams are not as daft as that or logically they would simply go bust.
As for the LPG option....what good is that when the fillionmg points are so rare, far apart, or even non-existent in many areas? At least petrol and deisel are readily available and it keeps the old girl as she was originally designed to be fed!
 ::)
There is only 2 of us, and the bloody moggie, here, and Mrs TB reckons our (Tesco - nought else around here) weekly shop is £100.
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: tunnie on 29 December 2012, 12:09:28
;D At only 10p off per litre only if you have already spent £60.00 in the shop doesn't seem to be much of a saving at all. You would need to do full tank! Considering that the majority of weekly shops by regular customers, according to their own stats, is around the £40.00 mark then the offer is aimed at those who do one giant shop per visit. Most of their customers then by their own stats make a few shopping trips a week and so would be excluded from the offer.
Nice try Sainsbury........but I for one will not fall into that trap.....

Of course you'd do a full tank if you have a ?pence/litre off .... you'd be daft not to, and that, on an Omega is giving you over 10% off your £60 shop. By & large, our shop is for just the two of us, & £60 is no problem, not sure where your £40 shop comes from - that would barely cover the bottom of a trolly.
Can't see a trap either ....... if you only have so much to spend each week/month, all the offer is doing is encouraging you to spend it in £6o lumps at Sainsbury

Not really his £40 figure is it, when he stated its Sainsbury's own stats  ::)

Not everyone uses a trolley when shopping, 9/10 I use a basket  :)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: Andy B on 29 December 2012, 12:17:58
;D At only 10p off per litre only if you have already spent £60.00 in the shop doesn't seem to be much of a saving at all. You would need to do full tank! Considering that the majority of weekly shops by regular customers, according to their own stats, is around the £40.00 mark then the offer is aimed at those who do one giant shop per visit. Most of their customers then by their own stats make a few shopping trips a week and so would be excluded from the offer.
Nice try Sainsbury........but I for one will not fall into that trap.....

Of course you'd do a full tank if you have a ?pence/litre off .... you'd be daft not to, and that, on an Omega is giving you over 10% off your £60 shop. By & large, our shop is for just the two of us, & £60 is no problem, not sure where your £40 shop comes from - that would barely cover the bottom of a trolly.
Can't see a trap either ....... if you only have so much to spend each week/month, all the offer is doing is encouraging you to spend it in £6o lumps at Sainsbury

Not really his £40 figure is it, when he stated its Sainsbury's own stats  ::)

Not everyone uses a trolley when shopping, 9/10 I use a basket  :)

So .............. that long walk & short plank I was talking about (http://www.subzerosiam.com/forum/images/smilies/wank.gif)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: tunnie on 29 December 2012, 12:25:35
At my parents there is one within 1/2 mile & another several others around 10 miles away  :)
Nope. The local BP. Next nearest is Bicester, about 14-16m (depending on route - other side of town centre), and 15m to Pottersbury. Then the BP on northbound A34, and the 2 at Jnc15a on M1.

All that said, never really found it a problem, and there is always petrol if it is.


As to LPG prices and tax, yes, tax is increasing, but I think the LPG prices are more governed by gas prices. Look at the price of LPG heating gas (taxed at 5% I believe) this time of year. Same as heating oil.

Did say around 10 miles  ;D
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: tunnie on 29 December 2012, 12:26:20
;D At only 10p off per litre only if you have already spent £60.00 in the shop doesn't seem to be much of a saving at all. You would need to do full tank! Considering that the majority of weekly shops by regular customers, according to their own stats, is around the £40.00 mark then the offer is aimed at those who do one giant shop per visit. Most of their customers then by their own stats make a few shopping trips a week and so would be excluded from the offer.
Nice try Sainsbury........but I for one will not fall into that trap.....

Of course you'd do a full tank if you have a ?pence/litre off .... you'd be daft not to, and that, on an Omega is giving you over 10% off your £60 shop. By & large, our shop is for just the two of us, & £60 is no problem, not sure where your £40 shop comes from - that would barely cover the bottom of a trolly.
Can't see a trap either ....... if you only have so much to spend each week/month, all the offer is doing is encouraging you to spend it in £6o lumps at Sainsbury

Not really his £40 figure is it, when he stated its Sainsbury's own stats  ::)

Not everyone uses a trolley when shopping, 9/10 I use a basket  :)

So .............. that long walk & short plank I was talking about (http://www.subzerosiam.com/forum/images/smilies/wank.gif)

So when someone is picky as you with posts, you don't like it do you?  :D

Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: TheBoy on 29 December 2012, 12:28:04
Children, children....
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: dbug on 29 December 2012, 16:06:03
£40 spend a week - tell me where!!  Guess that was about 10 years ago - like TB ours is normally in excess of £100 per week.
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: tunnie on 29 December 2012, 16:12:01
£40 spend a week - tell me where!!  Guess that was about 10 years ago - like TB ours is normally in excess of £100 per week.

Mine is prob not far off that, usually once every 2 months or so we do a mega shop at Tesco stocking up on bulk items, like bog rolls, cleaners, dishwasher stuff, tins, wine, beer and so on. Usually around £100 as well.

But day to day i just pop over road spending a few quid at a time, its about 30 second walk from my flat building to a nice little supermarket  :)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: Kevin Wood on 29 December 2012, 16:25:32
£40 spend a week - tell me where!!  Guess that was about 10 years ago - like TB ours is normally in excess of £100 per week.

Damn right! Just the two of us, and a trolley load is into 3 figures these days. A £40 shop at a supermarket sounds like a wasted journey to me. Omega gets brimmed and so does the 20L jerry can when one of these offers comes round. As the Omega runs around on LPG, petrol tank is normally empty, so can always take full advantage. It then becomes a fuel bowser for filling the MX5 and Westfield. ;)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: TheBoy on 29 December 2012, 18:49:07
£40 spend a week - tell me where!!  Guess that was about 10 years ago - like TB ours is normally in excess of £100 per week.

Mine is prob not far off that, usually once every 2 months or so we do a mega shop at Tesco stocking up on bulk items, like bog rolls, cleaners, dishwasher stuff, tins, wine, beer and so on. Usually around £100 as well.

But day to day i just pop over road spending a few quid at a time, its about 30 second walk from my flat building to a nice little supermarket  :)
I wasn't including the bulk items, thats another £200-300 quid every few weeks on a Costco run...
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: feeutfo on 29 December 2012, 18:56:08
Sainsbugs have got 10p off a litre with a £60 shop.
 dont like sainsbugs but 10p off is 10p off,and super unleaded aint cheap. :y

Asda is £1.28.7 a litre, but I'll save a lot more than you paying Sainsbury prices.
and some spAsda stores do gas as well.
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: omega3000 on 29 December 2012, 19:01:10
Never shop at Sainsbugs, would be interesting to see if they have put a limit on how much fuel you can buy with this offer  ??? Some put these offers on and limit how much you can fill up  :(
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 29 December 2012, 19:02:42
Never shop at Sainsbugs, would be interesting to see if they have put a limit on how much fuel you can buy with this offer  ??? Some put these offers on and limit how much you can fill up  :(

I have never known Sainsbury's to do that, and I have filled the miggy tank right up when those offers are on :y :y
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: TheBoy on 29 December 2012, 19:03:53
Never shop at Sainsbugs, would be interesting to see if they have put a limit on how much fuel you can buy with this offer  ??? Some put these offers on and limit how much you can fill up  :(
Smallprint is normally 100l, but don't know about this specific offer
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: acope on 29 December 2012, 21:40:22
Get ya selves an older diesel and run it on veggie oil at 85p litre, smells good and does ya wallet good... ;)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: albitz on 29 December 2012, 21:45:30
Get ya selves an older diesel and run it on veggie oil at 85p litre, smells good and does ya wallet good... ;)

Your being ripped off mate.50p per litre is the norm if buying on a commercial basis. ;)
Filled my Cavalier yesterday,it took 40 litres and cost me £20. :) Im hoping to find a good direct supply in the near future at around 25p per litre,which would equate to approx. 200mpg. :)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: feeutfo on 29 December 2012, 23:50:06
Sainsbugs have got 10p off a litre with a £60 shop.
 dont like sainsbugs but 10p off is 10p off,and super unleaded aint cheap. :y

Nice thought though. Ungrateful buggers ain't they. ;)
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: BlueBridge on 30 December 2012, 00:35:39
Wonderful, just spent £62 in ......................................Morrisons!!!! ???
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: albitz on 30 December 2012, 00:40:15
The same stuff would have cost £100 in Sainsburys though. ;).....it would have been much better quality though. :)
I like Sainsburys,but the days of doing the weekly shop there are long gone unfortunately.
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: STMO123 on 30 December 2012, 08:07:56
Wonderful, just spent £62 in ......................................Morrisons!!!! ???

You will have got a lot more for your £62 in morrisons than sainsburys.
Title: Re: 10p off a ltr
Post by: omega3000 on 30 December 2012, 08:56:06
We buy the smart price stuff , the tin smart price stuff tastes better than the branded stuff especially the steam puddings with custard of course  :D