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Why is fuel priced to £*** .9p per litre and not rounded to the whole penny? I've often wondered
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.And as we don't buy in exact litre blocks there is no reason to ever charge a full number of pence per litre. And as most people see 119.8 as being pretty much the same as 119.9 the garages never seem go to go for anything less than xxx.9p
In fact maybe one day someone may charge to 2 decimal places- e.g.119.89p in order to undercut a garage selling at 119.9p. Which begs the question why don't they charge say 119.99p.
In fact maybe one day someone may charge to 2 decimal places- e.g.119.89p in order to undercut a garage selling at 119.9p. Which begs the question why don't they charge say 119.99p.
I think that's pretty much an urban myth, searchlight, about why shops charge £9.99 etc.
The chances of buying an exact number of litres is very slim. What if you got 1.01 litres instead or 0.994 litres.
In practice they won't sell you an amount of only 1 litre. If you bought say 10 litres at 119.9p a litre it would result in a bill of £11.99 so there is no rounding issue.
Of course if you bought for example exactly 3.000 litres it would be interesting to see what they charge- I guess they wouldn't mind rounding down a part penny. In practice the machines perhaps work in full pence anyway.
The chances of buying an exact number of litres is very slim. What if you got 1.01 litres instead or 0.994 litres.
In practice they won't sell you an amount of only 1 litre. If you bought say 10 litres at 119.9p a litre it would result in a bill of £11.99 so there is no rounding issue.
Of course if you bought for example exactly 3.000 litres it would be interesting to see what they charge- I guess they wouldn't mind rounding down a part penny. In practice the machines perhaps work in full pence anyway.
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