Price of petrol 2

[THECORBYLOON]

Why is petrol selt in tenths of a penny? You never see see a bag of tatties for 120.9p a bag do you? When did the practice start?

[mr_pointment]

they just tryin to bamboozle you CORBYLOON.i selt tatties much much cheaper than tat

[NORMANTHEDOG]

what does selt mean,matey

[aristotle]

For "selt" I think you should read "sold".

It started many years ago when they started selling petrol in litres instead of gallons. Please don't suggest they round up the price to whole pence as that would increase bills even more.

[A Chill Wind]

For the same reason that many goods are sold for �xxx.99.

[THECORBYLOON]

If petrol is 97.9p a litre and I put in 17 litres, that works out as �16.643 exactly but I can't pay the 0.3p can I, so what's the point of fractions? Why not just say 98p?