Filled up with petrol today.

[annadomino]

Why oh WHY can they not display the price in whole pence. They surely cant think we are enticed by £1.29.9 a litre, rather than £1.30, they are kidding no one. It makes me bloody minded, I want to go in each and every one with a can, buy 2 litres and ask for my 0.2p change.

[oldbillbuck]

Perhaps its a hang-over from the old days when things cost 19/11d etc, so as the assistant had to open the till for your penny change

[factor-fiction]

It's sold by the penny not the litre so you can either buy £2.59 or £2.60's worth.
Mind you, the minimum delivery is probably more than that now

[cupid04]

as long as you didn't put diesel in it your ok!

[gingejbee]

Yes, I've always wondered about the .9p It's universal - even the Yanks do 9/10 c. (asda actually have .7p!)

[Sqad]

oldbillbuck.....interesting name.........buck....has that anything to do with the Fens?

Excuse me AD.

[factor-fiction]

Many now claim that was an urban myth, oldbillbuck.
It's more to do with people focusing just on the whole numbers and therefore teh item appears a little cheaper

[oldbillbuck]

Sqad - Nope its a shortening of my name and i'm OLD

[Old_Geezer]

It is clearly to try to make you think it is 1p per litre cheaper than it really is.

The biggest annoyance with fuel buying though is how the flow remains steady but they seem to think it is alright to occassinally not rasie the price by 1p but by 2p in one go. That means the last bit was twice the price of the previous bit.

All this fiddling should not be allowed.

[albaqwerty]

I had a similar gripe on here a few weeks ago. 0.9p is not valid currency (IMO)
If it's displayed at 1.29.9 just make it 1.30
It's dear enough anyway :)

[Sqad]

OBB...OK. thanks

[annadomino]

I know factor, its just the farcical nature of the pricing structure of it makes me spit.

[factor-fiction]

You may well get your way in a few years- once the price passes £9.99 a litre there won't be room on the signs to put a price of 1000.9 so they may just put it to the nearerst penny

[jno]

nobody buys a litre anyway. But if you buy 10 litres it's a penny cheaper. So it's a genuine saving (not a very big one).

[ChuckFickens]

http://en.wikipedia.o...Psychological_pricing

[albaqwerty]

ouch 9.99 a litre. (sorry pound sign still on holiday) Can you imagine the price of food if it does reach that high?
That's me depressed now :(

[sherrardk]

My diesel light came in last week so I put £10 in - drove just THREE miles and the light came back on.

[deggers316]

psychologically people think a product is cheaper when its priced at £19.99
its the 19 that people see as its price.. £20.00 looks more obviously it is but by 1p

[AlBags]

I just thought he'd spelt it wrong Sqad : )

[MarkRae]

I reckon that if this is the biggest problem the OP has to face today, she's a very lucky lady indeed!

[joggerjayne]

I like the fast flow diesel pumps.

It's like ... zero ... squeeze ... FULL !

You haveto wear the little gloves, coz the pumps are always greasy.