Pertol Price Confusion

John.. your reasoning explains the increase in costs overall, not the point that the original post is trying to make and that is that prices have gone up more in the city than that of the country..
My interpretation would be that the country folk will always pay a little more and the difference should go up promotionatly as a percentage of the overall cost...not the other way around..
It would seem that at first glance on the only two figures quoted in the original post that it is odd that prices in the city have gone up more than that of country and the only explanation may be profeteering, but this is only a very small example and in order to really be able to justifiably claim profeteering, then the cost of fuel needs to be compared over a much broader sample.. otherwiae I am sure I can find two servos anywhere in Australia and compare them to get exactly the opposite "proof"

G'day Coyote, thanks for your explaination. I think you mean proportionally more for country folk but I think there is a bit more to come for us folks, but there may be some freight differential subsidy showing here look at Site Link as that would possibly have some bearing on differentials of increase. It may be our taxes at work visibly ;-)

he is talking about the price rise not the actual sale price. In Broome the price rise has been 32.5c in 2 years, where as in the city it has been 45c in only 10 months. E.g the price has risen a lot more in a lot less time in a major city than out of the major city.

There are many forces influencing price rises. china, india, iraq. people in the city have it better regarding fuel prices. it is possible to catch public transport, and 30c a litre less. we live in the country and my other half travels 150km return to work everyday, no other options but to drive. would be a lot cheaper if she could catch a train.

Barnesy

Actually I had trouble trying to understand what he was saying 4runner. I am with fisho. Even with your explaination I can't connect, even though he below says you have it. heheheh.

The time spans he is acttually talking about have price drops in them as much as price spikes, so unless he has comparative times and places he has flakey statistics. That is all he has got where you apparently make sense.

I think the price rises have a bit of time to run yet unfortunately.

Country people always thought you city guys got it too easy on pricing though, so perhaps they are playing catch up.

hey no worries, I didn't think it was that hard to understand :-)

Spango,

I don't know if this goes for all grey nomads, but one I was talking to said they have a yearly budget for their northern trips out of Adelaide winters. If the fuel price was higher they just didn't go as far north as years previous.
Didn't stop them from going somewhere though.

Trevor.

Just checked from a file I have, I bought fuel on 26/6/05 for a cost of $0-92. Probably at the lower end of prices and using a docket for my 4c off.

Kind regards

Hmmm 28/6/05 I got it for $0.939 in Sydney. It's now at $1.269 at the same servo.

Regards

G'day Al,

I must have got mine in the low cycle for the week (watch this like a hawk), Tuesday it is up here. Its got me beat as it is about $1.269 when I looked this morning. Hoping it has dropped 4-5 cents today otherwise not fair - where's our subsidy gone?

Kind regards

Theo

G'day Theo,

Mine was probably the same with the 4c discount as well. The Shell and United on the main road here are having a real dingdong battle with ULP at 126.9. Both have healthy queues with the Shell just shading it because of the discount.

In regards to your subsidy, did'nt you hear, we've sealed off the NSW/Qld border and we're not letting any of our GST through to Beatup's coffers LOLOLOL

Regards

G'day Al,

Bought fuel last night @ $1.259 less 4c so $1.219. Mate you got it all wrong about the GST- didn't you know that it is the resource sector generating the bulk of the national revenue and that's why QLD and WA are just getting their fair share :-)

Now before you get all upset, I know GST is a tax on the last point of consumption and theoretically that is/means consumers but I'm coveniently cutting to the chase to where it all starts.

Kind regards

Theo

hahahaha Theo, since you guys are 'allegedly' producing all the revenue, it's about time you started subsidising we poor souls in the 'basket case' states - NSW/Vic LOLOL

regards

Common Al what's this "allegedly" bit we all know it to be true just ask anyone in QLD and don't bother with those NSW people they are one eyed. I think it works something like this - we give heaps to the feds and get some back, not as much as we are entitled too though and so we sibsidise the southern states. Makes sense to me :-)

Kind regards

Theo

LOL Theo, It must be the heat up there in Brissie. Either that or Beatup is sure pushing some powerful manure out through his ..... PR machine hahahahaha

Regards

Hi Al, no bicarmel government and no effective opposition means that chairman pete can say and do what he likes unfortunately. The press is the only effective opposition in QLD and he has reversed 1 or 2 decisions based on bad press. I suppose it is more or less the same for other states - no effective opposition that is! This morning we hear that Kennet is contemplating a return in Vic and that the Libs hold just 16 seats in an 88 seat parliament.

Kind regards

Theo