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    I can’t work out how petrol prices work. BP has 5 servos nearby and they do 4 different prices. Some places are as high as $2.13 and others down around $1.53. 10% variation I get – but 40% surely they are taking the piss ? What is clear is that metro, liberty and oov (the minor brands) seem a lot cheaper. (And credit to petrolspy for tracking).

    Posted by Smithdude69

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    45 Comments

    3. Omegaville on

      This happened two weeks ago, I was out for a drive around the east and south and saw a mixture of $1.50s and $2.10s (the latter mostly 7-Eleven). I bought at $1.52 figuring it’d go up… went down to $1.50 a week later… now it seems we’re back to weird prices again

    5. CubeDescent on

      Because they are fucking criminals with no regulations. The price gouging is nearly on par with Woolworths and Coles.

      Pretty sure they make fuck all on petrol anyway, the items you buy in store are where there profits are.

    8. 0k-Anywhere on

      aip.com.au publishes the prices of fuel at the gates daily, there is some lag on the market price vs what you see at the pump. But generally the price has no reason to go up to these extremities generally it’s just if they all often increase together they make more money but end up competing back down, it’s gouging at its best. There is good reason small independents are more competitive and it’s not because of the quality of the tank like one person in the thread seems to think

    9. mudlode on

      This is because of the 24h price lock laws that started last year, servos used to race each other up and down by a few cents and now they get exposed if they price too high

    12. Ragazzano on

      Ballarat Rd, ~$1.50ish all the time. I only ever fuel up from jerry cans now, fuck all the servos charging $2- something

    18. Sartorialalmond on

      Imagine filling a full tank and then driving down the road and seeing it for nearly 70 cents cheaper. When it’s like 5 cents that’s a bit annoying but spending $35 more is rough.

    19. CapableRegrets on

      Driving home last night I saw at least a dozen cars queued up out onto the road to buy petrol at a 7/11 for 156.9.

      100m down the road an independent was empty and selling petrol for 153.9.

      Baffling.

    20. NorthernSkeptic on

      It’s the only consumer staple that we tolerate changing in price, often wildly, every day.

    21. musso9 on

      Which is why I bought a diesel. No hunting for fuel, I use the 711 app and lock in the cheapest for the week ( usually St Albans )
      Then I’m set.

    22. Adept-Inspector3865 on

      Almost 50 cents fluctuation at my local has me programmed to buy or not buy. Edit: it’s harassment

    25. Waste_Ingenuity5535 on

      It’s an absolute disgrace prices of petrol and in same suburb, I live in Mildura and we have the same situation. Woolworths is Caltex, Coles is She’ll then you have the independent petrol stations. Now this is a fact, my Father worked at Altona unloading the ships and then all the oil went there and was processed. When the trucks loaded up with petrol the truck drivers had to put in an additive for each of the diff oil companies. It’s all the same patrol just the oil companies putting their own prices on it

    29. Hypo_Mix on

      They will often use some stations as indicators to other companies as to when to drop or rise their prices.

      Totally not collation because they didn’t *say *it. 

    31. Mushie_Peas on

      Paid below 1.60 the other day for 95, felt great especially as the next day the same servo was charging 2.10 for 91.

      Literally no reason for it at the moment, crude oil price low, AUD / USD is decent again. Prices should be like 2019 or slightly higher to account for wage increase and increase in rates. Not the stupid prices that the beginning of the Ukraine war brought about.

    34. The_Motographer on

      This has been the biggest advantage to owning an EV for the last 6 months. It costs 20c/kwh from the grid and 0c/kw during solar excess, no matter what day it is, no matter what is happening in Saudi Arabia, no matter if it’s a public holiday weekend or not…

      We import over 95% of our petrol/diesel and export lithium.

    36. Hope_9412 on

      You live in my area! LOVE petrol spy, it’s always crazy to me how the smaller chains are always so much cheaper 

    37. dav_oid on

      Click on the ‘Graph’ symbol for the price over time, and current average, which is 204.8, and on the rise of the cycle.

    38. Frogmouth_Fresh on

      Must be on the way up, the United’s on Bell St are usually pretty good. I got a price of 152.9 I think last week there.

    39. chilli_enema_detox on

      Funny how this always happens every 2-3 weeks or so. You’d almost think there was a pricing cycle, where it jumps to a high price and then slowly trickles down to a low price over the next couple of weeks… /s

    40. dolphins344 on

      Some people believe that Shell and BP give better quality fuel. In Australia that’s not really true and tank contamination is basically unheard of

    41. visualframes on

      There’s an ampol near me that’s always lower than everyone I swear something is going on….

    42. joeytheclown on

      Mine today was I drove past it on the way to an appointment at 1.65 an hour later driving back past it was 2.11 go figure

    43. Spirited-Cause516 on

      It’s because there’s a petrol price cycle. The low averages to $1.50ish and the high is $2.15, but some petrol stations are quicker to change their prices than others during the cycle. So you might see this – where some are low and some are high – because they’re only just starting to rise, but check again in a week and they’ll all be high. There are obvs outliers but for a majority of stations, this is why. There’s info about petrol price cycles on the ACCC website, including charts that help you figure out when to fill up!