I feel violated..

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Ducklakeview

Elite
 Merseyside
Stopped at Toddington services on my way home from Barnet earlier as had almost used the full tank I got at Costco last night, bearing in mind I paid £1.199 for super unleaded, to be faced with this...

Theiveing barstewards..

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Chose the bog standard unleaded, and paused filling at the gallon mark to check price..

Ffs..

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Highway robbery, literally..

Mike
 
Marlon said:
Broken the golden rule there Mike - don't fill at M-way service stations :(
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Had no choice, my route s motorway virtually door to door. I normally go for a wander and find a Tesco or the like. Don't worry though, only put £20 quid in Xmas as I got home the range reads 9 miles :D just enough to get me to the shop in a bit, via Costco..

Mike
 
They really are Highway Robbers. :thumbsdown:

Still paying 118.9 at Tesco. :D

We pulled into a motorway services on the way up to Snowdon recenbtly. Pulled right on out again and drove on until Shewsbury where we found some of the hard stuff for sensible money. :D
 
Had to pay £138.9p for standard unleaded from a BP garage on my journey up north after christmas. I think it was just past birmingham. Charnock Richard?

Further up at Killington lake, it was £127.9p. 11p cheaper from a BP garage in another service station.

It's a complete lottery.
 
There are a couple of apps that tell you where “cheap” fuel can be bought

I use petrolprices.com but there are others

We stopped on the M6 on the way back from Ireland at the weekend just to get a pint of milk to tide us over till the morning .. bloody hell its highway robbery

Who on earth pays those prices ?

If I was caught I couldn’t imagine buying more than a gallon to get me off the motorway
 
earthdweller said:
...We stopped on the M6 on the way back from Ireland at the weekend just to get a pint of milk to tide us over till the morning .. bloody hell its highway robbery. Who on earth pays those prices? If I was caught I couldn’t imagine buying more than a gallon to get me off the motorway
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You run your car on milk?! I suppose it is cheaper than petrol :P
 
BMWZ4MC said:
earthdweller said:
...We stopped on the M6 on the way back from Ireland at the weekend just to get a pint of milk to tide us over till the morning .. bloody hell its highway robbery. Who on earth pays those prices? If I was caught I couldn’t imagine buying more than a gallon to get me off the motorway
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You run your car on milk?! I suppose it is cheaper than petrol :P
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Haha no .. got off midnight ferry at Holyhead .. needed a pint of the white stuff for the morning

Easier to stop on motorway than find a shop open at 3am
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That is when they shout for you not to use your phone near a petrol pump :rofl:
 
earthdweller said:
BMWZ4MC said:
earthdweller said:
...We stopped on the M6 on the way back from Ireland at the weekend just to get a pint of milk to tide us over till the morning .. bloody hell its highway robbery. Who on earth pays those prices? If I was caught I couldn’t imagine buying more than a gallon to get me off the motorway
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You run your car on milk?! I suppose it is cheaper than petrol :P
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Haha no .. got off midnight ferry at Holyhead .. needed a pint of the white stuff for the morning

Easier to stop on motorway than find a shop open at 3am
:rofl: :thumbsup:
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I expect you were hugely overcharged for the milk too!
 
Yup,
I filled up at Costco Liverpool mid last week and thought that I'd have enough to last me until I reached Sunny Swindon. What with all the running around with family matters I needed to do a splash 'n' dash to make sure I got back. M4 Membury services £138.8 / Litre for plain old unleaded . BAS***DS ! I was talking to the bloke in the shop (Minimum wage .. treated like s**t) and pointed out that this was £11 per tank more expensive and that Costco were hardly cutting their own throats. I usually fill up with the Costco 99 RON.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/05/02/bp-returns-profit-thanks-higher-oil-prices-cost-cutting/

Better yet I was asked a couple of weeks ago if I was prepared to pay an extra 1p /Litre for Shell Vpower so that Shell could plant Co2 offset trees. FFS ! I quickly pointed out that if Shell cared so much for the environment then it could donate 1p /Litre from its profits. Evidently this was the reply from most people.
 
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