What the ? Och aye

[ogr1]

Not..
The land of short arms and long pockets.
Cheeky two hat.

Raging drivers blast 'robbing' Scots petrol station over extortionate fuel

PETROL stations have been blasted for their extortionate prices – after charging £1.99 for a litre of diesel. A Shell garage in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, has increased it prices by 20p alone sin…

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[Cougar377]

Gone beyond that in Londonistan.... allegedly.

Seven Russian tankers head back home after being turned away from UK

Drivers are suffering 'unbelievable financial pain' as the cost of a tank of diesel for an average 55-litre capacity car such as a Ford Focus hit £85 on Tuesday- up £1.50 in 24 hours.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Jaws]

And yet the price of crude has been dropping all week
Quick to raise, slooooowwww to reduce again

 

[Cougar377]

And yet the price of crude has been dropping all week
Quick to raise, slooooowwww to reduce again

The lowest form of humanity profiteering yet again..... first it was Covid, now it's the war in the Ukraine.

There are always scumbags around who'll do anything to make a buck out of other peoples misery.

 

[Squag1]

I expect oil was bought weeks ago

 

[Jaws]

I expect oil was bought weeks ago

True
Yet as Cougar says, profiteering as they raise the price at the mere mention of a rise in crude

 

[ogr1]

Fuel, food, fares, tax, but no pay rises.

 

[Jaws]

Fuel, food, fares, tax, but no pay rises.

Try living on £167 a week !

 

[slim63]

Try living on £167 a week !

I would love to but sadly i am deemed not worthy of anywhere near that

 

[Pow-Lo]

And yet the price of crude has been dropping all week
Quick to raise, slooooowwww to reduce again

It was under $70/barrel in September and it's over $120/barrel now. It's dropped a couple of dollars this week but it's still almost double what it was six months ago.

 

[Malone]

I’ll be getting a £6.25 a week pension rise. Whoop-de-woo!

 

[Cougar377]

I’ll be getting a £6.25 a week pension rise. Whoop-de-woo!

Not even a gallon of petrol then.

 

[Pow-Lo]

Not even a gallon of petrol then.

Not even a litre by this time next week.

 

[Malone]

A friend who lives in NE Germany travels to Poland to buy diesel at €1.84 against €2.34 in Germany (£1.37 to £2.00 ish)

 

[andyBeaker]

A friend who lives in NE Germany travels to Poland to buy diesel at €1.84 against €2.34 in Germany (£1.37 to £2.00 ish)

Many people living in Switzerland travel to Germany to do their grocery shopping.

 

[Malone]

Many people living in Switzerland travel to Germany to do their grocery shopping.

Very understandable with Swiss prices.

 

[andyBeaker]

Very understandable with Swiss prices.

Eye watering cost of living in Zurich when I worked there. Normal expenses budget would have seen me starving to death! Interestingly almost zero crime, no graffiti, no chewing gum stuck all over the place, no litter…makes you think…..

 

[Pow-Lo]

Many people living in Switzerland travel to Germany to do their grocery shopping.

I travel to England to buy my meat.