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[Entwood]

Local petrol station to me is out of diesel and out of normal unleaded. Only had super unleaded at £145.9 per litre.

Had to buy it as nearly out. And I filled a jerry can  In fairness need the fuel for the bike and the angle grinder this weekend, not panic buying honest. 

they are charging that for unleaded round here robbers should be wearing a mask when serving you 

Bet they are not .....  and I'll bet a lot of money .......     (like taking candy from a baby ...   )

texaco and they are

you sure about that ??  £50.00 sure ...     (come to daddy .. come on ..    )   

[Amigo]

Let's face it in the worlds news it's no great shakes really, worse things going on.......

   ....& both the my cars have full tanks!!!

[bertie1.8vectra]

to be honest i filled my veccy up last night... but only because it was payday and its the first thing i do with the wages to make sure i can get to work.... so i just dont understand why there was so much panic buying as the unions had to give 7 days notice to strike and we all know they will come to an agreement i just think it was sheer stupidity on the govts behalf and petty little minded civil servants not talking to each depts and no 1 dept just saying LOOK THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF FUEL JUST GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY BUSINESS AND FILL UP WHEN NEEDED!!! but this the UK and we do lead the world in stupidness....

[Rods2]

But just think what the Government has achieved. 

Winners
1. Government as cars with full tanks of petrol, so strike will have less effect. 

2. Government may or may not make end of year on 5th April budget deficit target. Surge in fuel duty and VAT, every little helps. 

3. Garages / Oil companies make more money by putting price up in temporary blip. 

4. Tanker drivers get overtime money. 

5. Arguments over safety with overtime are diluted, so strike less effective. 

6. Banks as credit card fees and mugs credit card interest given a boost. 

7. Unions get headlines by flexing the industrial bribery. 

8. Fuel spending splurge may be enough to stop second quarter negative GDP growth after negative Q4 2011, this would stop this officially being called a double-dip recession. 

Losers
1. Consumers as petrol prices have increased.

2. Consumers as they have spent money on high tax item instead of normal shopping.

3. Consumers with more credit card interest.

End Score:
Government +3, Garages +1, Tanker Drivers +1, Unions +1, consumers -6

So now you know who are being taken for a ride on their fuel filling and billing habits, simples 

[noel]

Local petrol station to me is out of diesel and out of normal unleaded. Only had super unleaded at £145.9 per litre.

Had to buy it as nearly out. And I filled a jerry can  In fairness need the fuel for the bike and the angle grinder this weekend, not panic buying honest. 

they are charging that for unleaded round here robbers should be wearing a mask when serving you 

Bet they are not .....  and I'll bet a lot of money .......     (like taking candy from a baby ...   )

texaco and they are

you sure about that ??  £50.00 sure ...     (come to daddy .. come on ..    )   

bring it home to papa the camera never lies but i will let you keep your £50 this time    taken at beckington A36 this morning

[Taxi_Driver]

Local petrol station to me is out of diesel and out of normal unleaded. Only had super unleaded at £145.9 per litre.

Had to buy it as nearly out. And I filled a jerry can  In fairness need the fuel for the bike and the angle grinder this weekend, not panic buying honest. 

they are charging that for unleaded round here robbers should be wearing a mask when serving you 

Bet they are not .....  and I'll bet a lot of money .......     (like taking candy from a baby ...   )

texaco and they are

you sure about that ??  £50.00 sure ...     (come to daddy .. come on ..    )   

bring it home to papa the camera never lies but i will let you keep your £50 this time    taken at beckington A36 this morning

Sorry, but Entwood wins, on a technicality. The price on that sign is in pence. Mantahatch put the decimal point in the wrong place 

[noel]

Local petrol station to me is out of diesel and out of normal unleaded. Only had super unleaded at £145.9 per litre.

Had to buy it as nearly out. And I filled a jerry can  In fairness need the fuel for the bike and the angle grinder this weekend, not panic buying honest. 

they are charging that for unleaded round here robbers should be wearing a mask when serving you 

Bet they are not .....  and I'll bet a lot of money .......     (like taking candy from a baby ...   )

texaco and they are

you sure about that ??  £50.00 sure ...     (come to daddy .. come on ..    )   

bring it home to papa the camera never lies but i will let you keep your £50 this time    taken at beckington A36 this morning

Sorry, but Entwood wins, on a technicality. The price on that sign is in pence. Mantahatch put the decimal point in the wrong place 

ok he does no good reading through bleary eyes well spotted

[Taxi_Driver]

I can better that price for diesel tho.....my nearest Texaco is 149.9ppl and he'd totally run out last night. Shell garage just up the road and a few pence cheaper had about 30 cars queuing waiting for a tanker to refill the tanks and that was at 8.30pm last night  That was the shell garage's 2nd delivery that day 

[noel]

I can better that price for diesel tho.....my nearest Texaco is 149.9ppl and he'd totally run out last night. Shell garage just up the road and a few pence cheaper had about 30 cars queuing waiting for a tanker to refill the tanks and that was at 8.30pm last night  That was the shell garage's 2nd delivery that day 

just another case of rip off britain

[Andy B]

I can better that price for diesel tho.....my nearest Texaco is 149.9ppl and he'd totally run out last night. Shell garage just up the road and a few pence cheaper had about 30 cars queuing waiting for a tanker to refill the tanks and that was at 8.30pm last night  That was the shell garage's 2nd delivery that day 

It was 149.? at our local ethnic run BP petrol station too 

[Varche]

This made me smile. http://www.metro.co.uk/news/894730-anti-petrol-panic-man-is-a-web-hit-after-promising-free-slap-on-the-head

Look how cheap the fuel was too!

[Entwood]

Local petrol station to me is out of diesel and out of normal unleaded. Only had super unleaded at £145.9 per litre.

Had to buy it as nearly out. And I filled a jerry can  In fairness need the fuel for the bike and the angle grinder this weekend, not panic buying honest. 

they are charging that for unleaded round here robbers should be wearing a mask when serving you 

Bet they are not .....  and I'll bet a lot of money .......     (like taking candy from a baby ...   )

texaco and they are

you sure about that ??  £50.00 sure ...     (come to daddy .. come on ..    )   

bring it home to papa the camera never lies but i will let you keep your £50 this time    taken at beckington A36 this morning

Sorry, but Entwood wins, on a technicality. The price on that sign is in pence. Mantahatch put the decimal point in the wrong place 

All to easy realy .. not only a decimal in the wrong place .. but a £ sign added as well ..  OP actually says £145.9 ... 

I only ever bet on certainties .. and that was a definite one .. 

[noel]

Local petrol station to me is out of diesel and out of normal unleaded. Only had super unleaded at £145.9 per litre.

Had to buy it as nearly out. And I filled a jerry can  In fairness need the fuel for the bike and the angle grinder this weekend, not panic buying honest. 

they are charging that for unleaded round here robbers should be wearing a mask when serving you 

Bet they are not .....  and I'll bet a lot of money .......     (like taking candy from a baby ...   )

texaco and they are

you sure about that ??  £50.00 sure ...     (come to daddy .. come on ..    )   

bring it home to papa the camera never lies but i will let you keep your £50 this time    taken at beckington A36 this morning

Sorry, but Entwood wins, on a technicality. The price on that sign is in pence. Mantahatch put the decimal point in the wrong place 

All to easy realy .. not only a decimal in the wrong place .. but a £ sign added as well ..  OP actually says £145.9 ... 

I only ever bet on certainties .. and that was a definite one .. 

cant believe i missed the obvious  , i must pay more attention to detail

[Rods2]

But just think what the Government has achieved. 

Winners
1. Government as cars with full tanks of petrol, so strike will have less effect. 

2. Government may or may not make end of year on 5th April budget deficit target. Surge in fuel duty and VAT, every little helps. 

3. Garages / Oil companies make more money by putting price up in temporary blip. 

4. Tanker drivers get overtime money. 

5. Arguments over safety with overtime are diluted, so strike less effective. 

6. Banks as credit card fees and mugs credit card interest given a boost. 

7. Unions get headlines by flexing the industrial bribery. 

8. Fuel spending splurge may be enough to stop second quarter negative GDP growth after negative Q4 2011, this would stop this officially being called a double-dip recession. 

Losers
1. Consumers as petrol prices have increased.

2. Consumers as they have spent money on high tax item instead of normal shopping.

3. Consumers with more credit card interest.

End Score:
Government +3, Garages +1, Tanker Drivers +1, Unions +1, consumers -6

So now you know who are being taken for a ride on their fuel filling and billing habits, simples 

What did I tell you on the 31st March, that there was method, in the supposed Government madness in getting people to panic buy fuel and store illegal quantities at home. That it may make the difference between positive and negative growth in the first quarter of 2012 and guess what, it has, with 0.1% growth largely down to the panic buying of fuel. As in the last quarter of 2011 the economy contracted 0.3% and two negative quarters would have mean't the country is officially back into a recession. 

The Government would rather spread the plague than be accused of leading the country into a double dip recession and the political damage that would do. They can now afford a dip in this quarter as long as they pull a stunt so we have growth in the third quarter of 2012. I've personally no doubt the collateral damage incurred by the Government's actions: woman badly burnt, people queuing for hours at petrol stations or not being able to get essential fuel at all and inflated fuel prices was a price well worth paying to keep the country out of a double-dip recession. 

At times I'm a vary cynical person over peoples and especially over Government's motives, unfortunately, I'm too often proved all too right. 

Sir Humphrey Appleby would have been proud of this one. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9216238/Petrol-panic-and-warm-weather-may-have-kept-UK-out-of-recession.html

[bored bigyin54]

a well petrol will go up again it did the last time