liamC
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4221296.stm
Will it happen do you think?
I remember the one back in 2000, everywhere like a ghost town!
Something has to be done, absolute fucking disgrace the prices
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Adam-D
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probably
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willay
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I was just about to post about this,
As much as petrol is getting even more expensive, these protests are only going to fuck most of us off who need petrol.
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Sam
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It's getting ridiculous now. One gets a lot less gas for a tenner these days. 
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iceman
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something has to be done, the government are ripping us off big time here, when i was in orlando last week i fell up with 25 dollars around 18 quid 
just filled up the scooby 60 quid for 60 litres the time has come to put on end to the rip off prices for petrol and if a strike is the only way they will listen then so be it i will support it 
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Sam
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It's not just the government though, it's the petrol companies that need to take heed as well. They are both ripping us off! 
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Ally
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Why can't one petrol station just lower its prices? That way everyone will go there for petrol, so then the other companies will reduce their prices as well 
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Edd
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
Why can't one petrol station just lower its prices? That way everyone will go there for petrol, so then the other companies will reduce their prices as well
its not the petrol stations who make the price its the price of oil and then the government add their tax,petrol stations dont actually make that much from petrol sales
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willay
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Jr's advice was the best IMHO.
Just go buy petrol, theres no point looking at the price cause we all need it!
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Gripe
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Better fill up on the 14th
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Dan B
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I'm off work until the 20th, so won't need to worry about needing petrol......let it last for a few days, and let's hope the government take notice this time (highly un-bloody-likely, unfortunately )
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Pablo
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What were the prices back in 2000 tho!! Its a fcuking joke, we pay more then anywhere in the world in tax on most thigns adn dont get fcuk all benefit !!!
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Stu
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I hope they do it!!! We can live without our cars for a few days! I got a fair bit of time of work FOC last time!!!!
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Chump
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It doesnt help that IIRC 90% of the price is duty levied by the government. If there was no duty to pay petrol would be 90% cheaper than it is now.
However if they reduced this duty they'd just take it off us some other way......
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koolkorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
Why can't one petrol station just lower its prices? That way everyone will go there for petrol, so then the other companies will reduce their prices as well
Even if one petrol station could profitably lower its prices this would never happen in the real world. It would just trigger of a price war and all stations will be selling petrol say 5p cheaper, they would still sell same amounts of petrol as previously but as it's at a lower price tehy would make less profits.
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Dan. T
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Thing is the government tax petrol big style,
95.3p per litre = 47p tax & addition 16p for other related expenses 
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chris_uk
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i think they should put road tax on the petrol prices, then we dont have to worry about getting tax iscs etc etc and if someone (maybe one our indian friends  ) was driving with out tax as they do.. they couldnt get away with it because they would be taxed on the petrol they buy.
[Edited on 07-09-2005 by chris_uk]
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Edd
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
i think they should put road tax on the petrol prices, then we dont have to worry about getting tax iscs etc etc and if someone (maybe one our indian friends ) was driving with out tax as they do.. they couldnt get away with it because they would be taxed on the petrol they buy.
[Edited on 07-09-2005 by chris_uk]
but then you would end up paying over the odds for your road tax aswell as your petrol
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vibrio
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this does not even affect the petrol we pay just what the truckers do
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Edd
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KEEP ON TRUCKIN!!
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Predator Corsa
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im for it, the price has to drop sometime! its just getting stupid, at times like these im glad i drive a 1.2 
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ed
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The reason they can't just lower pump prices is that they would not be making any profit on selling the fuel. They have the fuel priced so low at the moment that thier profit margins are very close and they fuel companys are going to raise the prices more to get back in there.
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Chump
It doesnt help that IIRC 90% of the price is duty levied by the government. If there was no duty to pay petrol would be 90% cheaper than it is now.
However if they reduced this duty they'd just take it off us some other way......
Its less than 50%  ANd as u said, theyve got to get thir money from somewhere... jus do what willay an jr said... u cant do f all about it... take it an lump it
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
quote:
Originally posted by Chump
It doesnt help that IIRC 90% of the price is duty levied by the government. If there was no duty to pay petrol would be 90% cheaper than it is now.
However if they reduced this duty they'd just take it off us some other way......
Its less than 50% ANd as u said, theyve got to get thir money from somewhere... jus do what willay an jr said... u cant do f all about it... take it an lump it
lads thats not a very good atittude to have... if everyone just does nothing then its gonna go up and up and up
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iceman
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exactly something needs to be done the government get enough out of us from road tax and fines so they should cut there profit on petrol
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