Petrol prices rise above £5 a gallon
Vicko Zoomba
in 15 months, according to the AA.
With VAT returning to 17.5 per cent, the average price of petrol at
the pumps has gone up to 110.04p a litre, with diesel now 111.77p a
litre.
This compares with average petrol costs of 85.99p a litre a year ago,
when diesel averaged 98.06p a litre.
Paul Watters, the AA's head of public affairs, said: ''The return to
17.5 per cent VAT on January 1 wasn't evenly applied, with some
supermarkets raising prices 2p a litre and others 3p depending on
local competition.
''We were impressed that some independent petrol stations held their
prices or undercut local supermarkets during the new year holiday.''
He went on: ''The fact that petrol sales by supermarkets were 1.8 per
cent down in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in
2008 while other retailers boosted their sales 3.0 per cent may
indicate more selective buying by cash-strapped drivers.
''With further increases in tax due this year and the price of oil
back above 80 dollars a barrel, the winter weather isn't the only
problem sending a shiver through drivers.
''In November, 60 per cent of AA members said they were cutting back
family budgets, car use or both to compensate for higher fuel costs
and we expect that to get worse. The Treasury has already predicted
that fuel duty income will be £0.2 billion below budget this financial
year. Retailers who look to take extra from the driver better beware
of precipitating falling sales.''
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6936532/Petrol-prices-rise-above-5-a-gallon.html
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Yep, rip-off Britain is back.
McK.
Conor
@m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Vicko Zoomba says...
>
> Average petrol prices have risen above ￜ5 a gallon for the first time
> in 15 months, according to the AA.
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6936532/Petrol-prices-rise-above-5-a-gallon.html
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> Yep, rip-off Britain is back.
>
No it isn't. As a percentage of income, its lower than its been for over
a decade and a half.
--
Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
Hiram
> In article<58de3774-011a-4ef9-9d74-2d6415356683
> @m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Vicko Zoomba says...
>>
>> Average petrol prices have risen above ￜ5 a gallon for the first time
>> in 15 months, according to the AA.
>>
>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6936532/Petrol-prices-rise-above-5-a-gallon.html
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>> Yep, rip-off Britain is back.
>>
> No it isn't. As a percentage of income, its lower than its been for over
> a decade and a half.
>
>
>
It sure doesn't seem like that.
Conor
Are you working for less money than you were in 1995?
Vicko Zoomba
> In article <4b43c...@news.x-privat.org>, Hiram says...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 05/01/2010 21:14, Conor wrote:
> > > In article<58de3774-011a-4ef9-9d74-2d6415356683
> > > @m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Vicko Zoomba says...
>
> > >> in 15 months, according to the AA.
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> > >> Yep, rip-off Britain is back.
>
> > > No it isn't. As a percentage of income, its lower than its been for over
> > > a decade and a half.
>
> > It sure doesn't seem like that.
>
> Are you working for less money than you were in 1995?
>
>
If I was back in the printing trade I'd be working for the same money.
That's how far it's fallen.
McKevvy
Nkosi (ama-ecosse)
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The only way I have been able to increase my take home is by moving
jobs, but since the crash 2 years ago there has been no increase in my
wage only the council tax, fuel, energy and food bills have increased.
So I am effectively earning less than I was 2 years ago. Could be time
to emigrate again and also since the promised global warming hasn't
arrived in Scotland yet as we record the lowest temperatures in 70
years.
Nkosi
IanT
"Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:58de3774-011a-4ef9...@m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
Average petrol prices have risen above �5 a gallon for the first time
in 15 months, according to the AA.
We know, it's nothing more than profiteering. Companies promised the
shareholders
a return so they are making up that amount by the increase. Interesting to
see that
diesel is often more expensive than petrol when it costs a lot less to
manufacture. The
price of oil has also dropped, but the price of petrol and diesel didn't in
any manner
that was proportional.
This is what happens when you get people who want to become rich quick.
It's
similar to the way estate agents ruined the housing market by vastly
increasing prices
so no one would buy them. Car dealerships followed and increased prices and
when
no one bought cars they had to close. Breweries also forced pubs to close
by
increasing prices so much that it wasn't possible for them to stay open any
longer.
Unfortunately people need petrol and diesel so we are forced to pay the
price.
There is little point complaining in a newsgroup, it will do nothing. The
petrol protest
years ago did absolutely nothing and the orgainsers promised people
something
called the "Pipeline card" to get cheaper fuel. That amounted to nothing as
the group
was all talk and no action - I never met a single person with the "pipeline
card" because
garages refused to deal with them.
There isn't anything you can do - so get used to rip-off Britain.
Have you ever wondered why HGV users register in other countries, fit huge
tanks
and fill up abroad? Because the UK has driven them away.
Vicko Zoomba
wrote:
Indeed. How do you keep the downtrodden down?...either don't increase
their wages or increase their bills - or both.
McKevvy
Vicko Zoomba
> "Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_zoo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
There's never been a better time than now to move out Britain for
financial reasons. As you say, once the shareholders came in on the
act then every price went skywards. If you can afford to pack up and
go then do it. Your place will be filled by an immigrant who will do
your job for less.
McKevvy
Vicko Zoomba
I had all my forms filled out for emmigrating to Aus back in 2003 but
relucantly decided to stay here. What a bloody mistake. The Aussie
economy hasn't been hit nearly as hard as ours and wages are
comparable to the UK with the cost of living much lower.
I should have gone.
McKevvy
McKevvy
Conor
> If I was back in the printing trade I'd be working for the same money.
> That's how far it's fallen.
>
Shit, thats bad.
Conor
"IanT" <noe...@email.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:58de3774-011a-4ef9...@m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> Average petrol prices have risen above �5 a gallon for the first time
> in 15 months, according to the AA.
>
> We know, it's nothing more than profiteering.
Show me other "essentials" that are, as a percentage of income, cheaper
than they were 15 years ago?
Adrian
like they were saying:
> There's never been a better time than now to move out Britain for
> financial reasons. As you say, once the shareholders came in on the act
> then every price went skywards. If you can afford to pack up and go then
> do it. Your place will be filled by an immigrant who will do your job
> for less.
Yep, straight from the horse's mouth...
The best way to avoid "immigrants" is TO BECOME ONE.
FFS.
Brimstone
"Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I had all my forms filled out for emmigrating to Aus back in 2003 but
> relucantly decided to stay here. What a bloody mistake. The Aussie
> economy hasn't been hit nearly as hard as ours and wages are
> comparable to the UK with the cost of living much lower.
>
> I should have gone.
>
Bye.
Trust No One�
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>
> With VAT returning to 17.5 per cent, the average price of petrol at
> the pumps has gone up to 110.04p a litre, with diesel now 111.77p a
> litre.
>
15%?
If so shouldn't they be decreasing it commensurately now that VAT has
returned to 17.5%?
--
Peter <X-Files fan>
Adrian
they were saying:
>> With VAT returning to 17.5 per cent, the average price of petrol at the
>> pumps has gone up to 110.04p a litre, with diesel now 111.77p a litre.
> Didn't the Govt raise fuel duty to compensate for the decrease in VAT to
> 15%?
Yes.
Alcohol duty, too.
> If so shouldn't they be decreasing it commensurately now that VAT has
> returned to 17.5%?
You're funny. I like you.
Elder
co...@gmx.co.uk says...
> > It sure doesn't seem like that.
>
> Are you working for less money than you were in 1995?
>
I was a bookies cashier part time back then and put in loads of extra
hours and made more than some of the salaried managers most months.
Now I'm salaried and the same as I was earning back in 2006.
Other taxes have been increased or introduced which has made things seem
like there is less cash to go round. As fuel is about 40p a litre dearer
than in the early noughties, and wages not that much greater it really
does feel that things are getting worse.
--
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Vicko Zoomba
> "Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_zoo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:8642c09f-656d-4a96...@u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > If I was back in the printing trade I'd be working for the same money.
> > That's how far it's fallen.
>
> Shit, thats bad.
>
When the printing trade was a closed shop, the union/employers wage
increase agreement was never under 3%. Overtime for the 1st four hours
was paid at time and half then double time thereafter. Overtime on
sundays was double time continuously. I've never seen a job advertised
since then that pays time and a half, let alone double time.
Employers started advertising for "experienced printers" rather than
time served printers. It's continued to fall since then.
McKevvy
Conor
"Elder" <carl....@bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.25ae5baea...@news.individual.net...
> In article <MPG.25addb5ce...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Other taxes have been increased or introduced which has made things
> seem
> like there is less cash to go round. As fuel is about 40p a litre
> dearer
> than in the early noughties, and wages not that much greater it really
> does feel that things are getting worse.
I'm on double what I was in 1995 and fuel is not double what it was back
then.
FrengaX
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> Yep, rip-off Britain is back.
Have you noticed petrol prices in the Eurozone recently? The exchange
rate means it's just as pricey there as here nowadays.