Is this the price of petrol we are supposed to be paying...or just a gimmick?

[BullittSV6]

I had to share this: AdelaideNow... Gridlock as servo slashes fuel price

October 21, 2008 02:12pm
A PETROL station in Sydney's west is causing havoc on the streets after drastically reducing the price of its petrol.

The independently owned BP service station on Sunnyholt Road in Blacktown was until recently selling petrol for around $1.40 a litre.

This morning it began selling it for 97.4 cents a litre.

At 12 noon (AEDT) it dropped the price further to 94.4 cents.

The move has caused quite a stir, Macquarie Radio reported, with cars queuing for several hundred metres for the petrol, resulting in traffic jams.

"They came straight away,'' one of the service station's workers said.

However, he was unable to continue the conversation because of the rush of customers.

[stocky]

will be interesting to see their reasoning for doing this

[Cursed CX8]

god, i would have done down with a 44galon drunk

[The1985divo]

was a stand for cheaper petrol, they sold out very quickly

[Pimpn1]

god, i would have done down with a 44galon drunk

hehehehe u would have gone down for a 44galleon, drunk....

i wish petrol was like that here in adelaide.

[minux]

will be interesting to see their reasoning for doing this

probably because that is all it should be selling for Even more so now with the dollar rising again and oil staying low.

[CSP]

That's what we should be paying based on current oil prices and where the aussie dollar is at.

[Cursed CX8]

hehehehe u would have gone down for a 44galleon, drunk....

Dam right, whats the fun in carting 205lts of fuel when u can cart 205lts of vb

[TVR-190]

damnit, i needed petrol too....

[CSP]

whats the fun in carting 205lts of fuel when u can cart 205lts of vb

I'd rather drink the 205 litres of fuel than the 205 litres of VB!

[BullittSV6]

You'd be kicking yourself if you lived in Sydney, filled your car up for $1.40, then as you leave the servo, hear on the radio that they are selling petrol for 94 cents a litre. You'd be kicking yourself!

[TVR-190]

You'd be kicking yourself if you lived in Sydney, filled your car up for $1.40, then as you leave the servo, hear on the radio that they are selling petrol for 94 cents a litre. You'd be kicking yourself!

i gotta fill up tomorrow, but ill get back to you on the kicking bit

[Cursed CX8]

I'd rather drink the 205 litres of fuel than the 205 litres of VB!

u obviously dont smoke lol

[CSP]

u obviously dont smoke lol

Never have, never will...

[Full Spectrum]

So was it done to tease us. Or show us what it should be. Like to know who/what keeps it up.

[padrickz88]

wowwwww, i love using gas because its cheap, but if someone had it for 94c here, i wouldn't be using gas at the moment

[CSP]

So was it done to tease us. Or show us what it should be. Like to know who/what keeps it up.

The oil companies keep it up. Why? Because they can.

[Sabbath']

Given the price of oil, there is no reason for us to be paying around the same prices as when it was $30 a barrel higher.

ACCC/Petrol Commisioner and Oil companies both get paid too much to do the same thing - **** All

[TVR-190]

it was an independantly owned station...

[Julie]

From what I heard on the radio with an interview of the servo owner it was 2 independent service stations BP then united follewed suit doing it in protest against the oil companies that they say are trying to push them out of business with petrol prices. It was chaos apparently, people were waiting at least half an hour to get petrol lol

[CSP]

yeah Police were called to control traffic too.

[minux]

yeah Police were called to control traffic too.

And fill up

[ashbox]

gas will be almost as expensive as unleaded come 2010 with the gas excise. I'll pay whatever i have to pay for fuel.

[Full Spectrum]

The oil companies keep it up. Why? Because they can.

Just watched ACA, The bloke on spoke about us getting oil from asia i think?, And with different pricing and our changing dollar he said we can't view the U.S barrel. But then the host mention we are about 14c or 20c still worse off.
Forget his name but she called him a toothless lion i think. But your right because they can they will.

[minux]

Yup our prices are based on singapore Gas, not crude. I did have a sweet document outlining it all. Basically Australians own oil supply can sustain the current population here for hundreds of years. However, they are pumping out excess into the world market. I say **** the rest of the world, lets use our oil for us. Thing is, the costs for singapore are no different to anyone else.