I still can't believe that the Australian Government do not have the ability or the balls to stop the obvious collusion of the petrol retailers in this country.
Last night I was driving to a work function knowing that I needed to fill up with petrol on the way. As I pulled into the servo I didn't really pay much attention to the price, until I started to fuel up. Now, to be reasonable, over the last fews weeks the price of petrol has been remarkably steady for Melbourne standards (currently floating at about $1.29/litre). So as the petrol started to flow I looked a little harder at the price. WTF, the price was $1.42/litre.
The typical 10% increase at the drop of a hat, with no rational reason for the hike.
So as a matter of protest I only put in 15 bucks worth. I made my way to the counter and as I paid I expressed my frustration to the attendant. I am not under any illusion that the attendant has any authority on the price fixing, but I felt it was important to let him understand the situation. When I asked him 'so when did the price go up?'. His reply of '10 minutes ago', followed by ' geez I'm glad I filled up this morning', didn't go down so well with me.
But my anger stepped up another notch, when, on my way home I noticed the same petrol station had moved the price back down to $1.29/litre. So, yes I managed to catch a glimpse of the 2 hour price hike.
Nevertheless, the price fluctuations in this country is an absolute joke. It used to be fill up on a Thursday evening before the weekend price jump, then it moved to a Tuesday for no apparent reason, then we had the weekly Sunday jump, usually a 10 cent or 10% price increase, which ever is more.
More recently, I think the oil companies must be embarrassed to give us the weekly price increase, given the strength of the dollar and the drop in oil prices, although this doesn't mean too much going on their track record.
Gillard, get your shit together and stop the collusion and the constant Aussie petrol rip off.
Last night I was driving to a work function knowing that I needed to fill up with petrol on the way. As I pulled into the servo I didn't really pay much attention to the price, until I started to fuel up. Now, to be reasonable, over the last fews weeks the price of petrol has been remarkably steady for Melbourne standards (currently floating at about $1.29/litre). So as the petrol started to flow I looked a little harder at the price. WTF, the price was $1.42/litre.
The typical 10% increase at the drop of a hat, with no rational reason for the hike.
So as a matter of protest I only put in 15 bucks worth. I made my way to the counter and as I paid I expressed my frustration to the attendant. I am not under any illusion that the attendant has any authority on the price fixing, but I felt it was important to let him understand the situation. When I asked him 'so when did the price go up?'. His reply of '10 minutes ago', followed by ' geez I'm glad I filled up this morning', didn't go down so well with me.
But my anger stepped up another notch, when, on my way home I noticed the same petrol station had moved the price back down to $1.29/litre. So, yes I managed to catch a glimpse of the 2 hour price hike.
Nevertheless, the price fluctuations in this country is an absolute joke. It used to be fill up on a Thursday evening before the weekend price jump, then it moved to a Tuesday for no apparent reason, then we had the weekly Sunday jump, usually a 10 cent or 10% price increase, which ever is more.
More recently, I think the oil companies must be embarrassed to give us the weekly price increase, given the strength of the dollar and the drop in oil prices, although this doesn't mean too much going on their track record.
Gillard, get your shit together and stop the collusion and the constant Aussie petrol rip off.
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