Safeway Petrol
Submitted: Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 09:54
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TJ Hach (VIC)
Has anyone carefully looked at their receipt when purchasing petrol or diesel from Safeway Petrol outlets?
The advertised board price and what you actually pay is 0.9 cents a litre higher. The advertised board price is shown to two decimal
places ie $1.18, however the price shown on the receipts is shown at 3 decimal
places ie $1.189.
So even though the price of fuel is being advertised at $1.18, effectively you are paying $1.19. I know that it is only 1 cent and may not be considered a big deal, however when extrapilated over the may thousands of customers pruchasing fuel each day this would equate to a substantial sum of money.
Just another scam to con the motorist out of their hard earned $$.
TJ
Reply By: robak (QLD) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:09
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:09
Although in some instances they are a toothless tiger, this is exactly what the ACCC is for, so let them know about it.
R.
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:03
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:03
ACCC
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Follow Up By: Luke SA - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 20:10
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 20:10
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couldnt agree more Truckster its amazing what a few 100,000 dollars will do from the fuel companys
Cheers Luke
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Reply By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:18
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:18
I agree that is a problem but a bigger issue is if you are actually getting the correct amount of fuel.. Years ago there was a Federal Govt mob who used to go to all the servos, checking quantity and quality to make sure the govt were getting the correct tax and the customer, the correct quality and quantity, But i guess it was costing money and now is gone. Funny how we can find
miles of money for people outside our borders but nothing for the taxpayers who keep the joint going !!! Michael
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Follow Up By: fisho64 - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:14
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:14
"weights and Measures" used to do, dont they still, but thats only quantities. I think it is up to the consumer to check that they are paying what is advertised.
I would be going straight back in there and demanding to see the manager.
BTW there isnt loads of money to keep people out of our borders! Those of us that work up in the northern waters can tell that it is still wide open up there!
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Follow Up By: Member - Darren T (VIC) - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 22:31
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 22:31
I was able to fit 11.5 litres into one of those red 10 litre plastic jerry cans (to the 10L mark).
I just thought I packed it in there nice and tight and got away with an extra 1.5L...lol
Needless to say I have never been back to that servo.
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Follow Up By: fisho64 - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 23:23
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 23:23
I wouldnt go accusing anyone on the basis of a plastic jerry can.
Fill one up with
water to the very top then push the sides in a tiny bit and see how much the volume changes. Goes the other way when they bulge a bit.
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Reply By: Member No 1- Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:41
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:41
its illegal to do that
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:03
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:03
ACCC
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 17:39
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 17:39
yep!
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Follow Up By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 20:36
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 20:36
Yep Im with you on this one, it is illegal, if the advertised price is $1.18 that means it is $1.1800000.
Waste of time even contacting the Accc, another waste of space.
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 09:19
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 09:19
Pretty much just another "FEEL GOOD" Government initiave...
WE ARE THERE FOR YOU MR VOTER.. LOOK AT THE MAGIC INVESTIGATIVE DEPARTMENT WITH 0 POWER WE HAVE CREATED FOR YOU
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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:53
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:53
As Nudie says it is illegal. Check up and report them for misleading advertising or bait advertising.
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:29
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:29
Site Link
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Now if 100 odd people suggested this story,you think they would air it?
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:03
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:03
From Outerlimits..
"its usually advertised on the board as 129.9cents per ltr"
Which actually IS $1.299 as the docket says.
I actually think there are different boards with differnt ways of showign the price.
Correct?
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Follow Up By: TJ Hach (VIC) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:33
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:33
Bugger......Yep you are right and my argument has been defunked. If the price on the board shows 118.9, then the docket is showing $1.189, they are the same. The decimal points are throwing me out. I was too quick to type.
TJ
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Follow Up By: fisho64 - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 00:27
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 00:27
you've lost me there? didnt you say
"The advertised board price is shown to two decimal
places ie $1.18, however the price shown on the receipts is shown at 3 decimal
places ie $1.189."
the board says $1.18 and you were charged 118.9 cents? you were ripped off then? No matter where you put the decimal point. Even if you hold it upside down and read it while scratching your ass it still says to me you were overcharged .9cents?
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Reply By: Member - Norm C (QLD) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:23
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:23
I think Truckster is right. But the original post gave a Victorian example, so things might be different way down there.
All advertisiing signs in my area (plus the rest of Qld, NT and WA I recently travelled through) use the format 118.9 to mean $1.189 (one dollar eighteen and nine tenths); effectively $1.19 (0ne 100th of a cent less, a difference of 1 cent per 100 litres of fuel).
Fortunately I escaped from Vic few years ago to return to Qld!! So not sure of the format used there.
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 08:52
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 08:52
Wonder why they arent just forced to say $1.20 instead of $1.19999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 ?
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Reply By: Brew69(SA) - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 15:27
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 15:27
I don't think i have ever seen anyone sell for a full cent amount.Always on the
sign at point something. Never had the issue u are referring to and i use their fuel all the time.
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Reply By: Mr Fawlty - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 18:01
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 18:01
There has been some recent discussion in the ACT of pricing fuel to the nearest 5 cents so that would eliminate the decimal points ie it would be $1.55/litre or $2.05, or maybe by Xmas unless the talk of making fuel prices an "election" issue gets some steam behind it $9.95/lt....
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 08:53
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 08:53
gee, thats a great idea, so petrol only goes up by 5cent increments?? Brilliant... :(
going up by .1cent would eliminate the need for decimal points... or .. just calling it $1.19....
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Reply By: steve21 - Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 18:31
Thursday, Sep 14, 2006 at 18:31
TJ i did exact same on tuesday, till i checked wednesday morning...
cheers steve
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Reply By: TerraFirma - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 11:48
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 11:48
They advertise 2 prices sometimes I believe, the discounted price with voucher and so called normal price. It all smells like frequent flyers to me, just another bull bleep promotional system that so many suckers fall for. And yes , the other issue is the amount of fuel you get, the servo's are not regulated often enough, and I have found discrepancies occassionally.
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Follow Up By: Jugs - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 17:06
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 17:06
I have seen the same thing.009 third decimal place rip off in
Sydney started double checking all by receptes more carefully and was surprised how many servos were at it. Sent details to ACCC and TV had no response form any one. To me it straight out false advertising resulting in theft. If I took .009 Lt more fuel and did not pay for it over 90lt Tank they would do me for stealing. Its millions $$ over the fuel turm over in a day.
Jugs
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Reply By: Gerhardp1 - Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 18:42
Friday, Sep 15, 2006 at 18:42
A more important issue with Safeway is the way you can put 100litres of LPG into a 90Litre tank.
This is a regular occurrence in a friend's fourby. We have just been ot the Cape and back (so the tanks were filled many times!!), and he always runs the car out of gas before switching to petrol, so the tank is always empty for reference.
Most of the time, it takes about 92 or 93 litres before the backpressure shuts off the bowser, but at a certain Safeway outlet in
Melbourne, it always takes over 100 litres.
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