petrol prices

[bundleone]

We still have to buy petrol however expensive it gets, but if we boycott the two main pumps BP and Esso they would have to reduce their prices, and once they are forced to do that other stations would follow,

[TCL-MUMPING]

With a captive market and an increase in demand, what is to stop the other suppliers increasing their own prices?

[RJUKL]

There was a suggestion a few years back to do just this but everyone would have to join it for it to work and some people would just not be bothered for the convenience of the main Suppliers. It could work though but how to organise it?

[jno]

you think you'll find someone cheaper than BP, then? It might not be that easy. Try this:

http://www.petrolprices.com/

I imagine BP are confident that Brits will refuse to give up their cars and take the bus, and they're probably right. The problem isn't just oil company greed, it's currency movements and Chinese demand as well. And of course taxes.

http://www.independen...ast-lane-1922344.html

[anotheoldgit]

It's all a matter of supply and demand.

I would have thought everyone filled up at their local supermarket, they have to compete with each other for the cheapest petrol.

But some people are not bothered how much they pay, there are still plenty who can't be bothered to fill up before a journey, and then pay motorway prices.

[rov1200]

Once we find oil in the Falklands this should bring the price down!

[Coobeastie]

You could boycott BP, Esso and Shell but where do you think the supermarkets and independants get their fuel from?

[Coobeastie]

The plan also forgets that what you pay at the pump is made up mostly of tax, not profits for the fuel supplier.

[mushroom25]

sigh, not this old chestnut again
http://www.snopes.com...s/gasoline/gasout.asp
it certainly dates back as far as 2001, maybe even earlier.

[TTG]

I never fill up at BP, Shell or Esso. They always seem to be 1p or 2p a litre more than others. Where I live, there is a Jet garage in the same road as a BP. The Jet garage is always cheaper.

[rov1200]

If you need a stick to beat the government with it pays to show a comparison of world prices per country. Its amazing when aircraft fuel is exempt from tax.

http://www.kshitij.com/research/petrol.shtml

[Justincider]

Rising petrol prices have never affected me as I only ever put £10 worth in.