10c/L off petrol instead of 4c at Coles

Not only the coles ,woolies does the same general rippoff ,not only on the groceries but also on the qty of fuel delivered from the bowser ,and before someone says "impossible "due to checks by weights and measures explain this ,,wifes 92 camry has 52lt tank,last thursday filled at local woollies station and bowser proclaimed 55lt ,wife complains to manager ,manager says no way ,wife stands ground and refuses to move vehicle until something done , manager gets 5lt fuel tin [brand new] fills same to very top ,bowser reads 5.8lt ,refunds wife $7.00 and puts sign "out of order"on pump ,, how long and how often does the rippoff go on for at a time , will continue untill all independant stations are out of buisness and the big 2 cancharge what they realy want.

I'll second that - Safeway fuel station at Rowville has managed to get 96 litres of Lpg into a 90 litre LPG tank. Wasn't worth arguing for $2.00 or so, but this type of theft is prevalent.

If Coles can give 10c off, they have managed to inflate the price by 6c during the recent past high prices.

They put 4 cents onto the wholesale price within days of buying the Shell outlets, and now another 6 has stayed on.

Thanks Honest John for allowing a system where this can happen, and flourish.

If you have no choice or it is convenient at the time getting a discount on fuel is certainly better than no discount at all. I do find it hard to believe that you will always pay more when shopping at the big chains - it obviously depends what you choose to buy..my guess, worst case - sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. IMHO discount fuel is a good thing and if you are getting ripped off as some suggest, in the long term it would amount to diddley squat.

Cheers
Greg

Now you've really got me wondering!!
When I fill up tomorrow I'm gonna take a trusty 20 litre jerry and fill that first. I often thought my fueltank must have been part of the Tardis in another life.

MrBitchi,

-and does your wife take a fuel docket with her??

Spend $30.oo min, give the fuel docket and have another 4c per litre taken off your grocery bill, up to a max of 80lt.

Check it out, every little helps said the old lady etc etc.......

Cheers
Michael

Yes she does :-)

YES YES YES Mr Alloy CT
you are about the first I have come across here who sees similar to me.
see my post further down.

Quote: "Not only the coles ,woolies does the same general rippoff ,not only on the groceries but also on the qty of fuel delivered from the bowser ,and before someone says "impossible "due to checks by weights and measures explain this ,,wifes 92 camry has 52lt tank,last thursday filled at local woollies station and bowser proclaimed 55lt ,wife complains to manager ,manager says no way ,wife stands ground and refuses to move vehicle until something done , manager gets 5lt fuel tin [brand new] fills same to very top ,bowser reads 5.8lt ,refunds wife $7.00 and puts sign "out of order"on pump ,, how long and how often does the rippoff go on for at a time , will continue untill all independant stations are out of buisness and the big 2 cancharge what they realy want."

What seems to be forgotten in this example is that fuel cans are NOT meant to be filled right to the top. There ought to be some room left for fuel expansion.
So, a 5 litre tin should hold 5 litres and NOT be full to the very top.

I would imagine the same holds true for fuel tanks, it is not a good idea to fill her up until it runs out of the filler spout IMO.
Klaus

That old conspiracy theory ,, then please explain how a large group of publicans can "offer" another 4c a lt off any fuel purchase if you produce the fuel reciept when purchasing $40+ worth of alcohol , easy as ,,raise the price of ALL stock by only 1c , redemption rate of the offer is less than 5% of all sales , ,same as the supermarkets ,no such thing as a free lunch or a TRUE discount ,any and all discounts are factored in the inflated price to begin with , just for a laugh next time you go to your local liquor barn or bottle shop lift the tempory tag marking the "special" ,then lift /look under that tag ,you might just be supprised to see that the "special "price is in fact 1 or 2c more than last weeks normal price.

Nothing 'conspiratorial' about what you are saying here Alloy....that is nothing other than 'marketing'....whatever the marketing approach ie TV advertising, newspapers etc it all cost money and it all ADDs to the cost of goods to the consumer...petrol/diesel is no different - but it might be a bit more emotive.

yep

Quote"When the discount fuel schemes came in here, diesel was around 90c a litre (roughly 5% at 4c a litre)
As the price of fuel inevitably creeps up you 4 cents is less and less of a discount.
4cents of $1.50 is only 2.5% discount. "

When the discount scheme came in my car held 115 litres which wiould have saved me $4.60 at the bowser with the 4c off.
Since the price of fuel has risen my car still holds 115 litres which surprise surprise still saves me $4.60 at the bowser with 4c off.
Heck i always shop around and its not very often i fins it cheaper than woolies or coles and thats without the 4c off.

and when it costs you $250 to fill your 115 litres, $4.60 is 5/8ths of F...all.
especially when there is no competition to force them to make sure that the $250 you are paying is competitive.

I'm sad that so few people seem to be able to see the inevitable. Not really suprized though as these huge companies spend millions to find out how stupid people are and how to exploit it.
If QANTAS was the only airline allowed to carry people in Australia, why would they offer cutprice specials that they make the bare minimum profit on?
If Woolies were the only company selling milk in Aus, why would they bother to discount it (unless they were overcharging for it anyway)
Ditto Bakers Delight and bread.

Have a look at the situation with (for example) the Potato Marketing Board.
The only legal outlet for potatoes. You get one variety of potato at a set price and rarely a couple of others. When there are dozens of variety that are great for different applications, but they are only available to big corporations like McDonalds and McCains, not to Joe Average.

If QANTAS was the only airline allowed to carry people in Australia, I would buy QANTAS shares. Same goes for Coles - you can buy shares in them and "share" in the profits.

Either way, they are cheaper than my local alternative (Foodworks), and Shell gives me some of the best efficiency figures of all the alternatives I've tried (Caltex, BP, United).