Looking for fair deal on petrol

Published 3 Jan 2011 14:00 19 Comments

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Who is going to be the first garage in Inverclyde to say buy one get one free, meaning petrol?

I don't think so. They are so greedy, robbing the people of Inverclyde that there is no chance of that happening.

Tesco promised to sell the cheapest petrol in a three-mile radius.

As far as I can tell, Morrisons is the cheapest. In saying that, they are three pence cheaper in Paisley and Johnstone, so the people of Inverclyde are due a break. Who is going to be the first to give us a fair deal?

Jim McPaul, Dempster Street

This letter appeared in Greenock Telegraph 03 Jan 11

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vick1234
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Feb 8, 02:03
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Every little helps

The petrol watch in the Telegraph is daily highlighting that the drivers of Inverclyde are being abused by Tesco and other fuel suppliers in Inverclyde.The reason I highlight Tesco is that they have been allowed 2 Superstores in Inverclyde and should be leading the way but they are not even competitive locally never mind the 3 to 4 pence they charge more than nearby Asda,Sainsbury and even Tesco outlets.

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aldo79m
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Mar 9, 23:30
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It is cheaper for the drivers of inverclyde to drive to asda paisley the price of diesel is £1.33 but the price in tescos/morrisons greenock is £1.35 and in the BP ( round the corner ) its now upto £1.39. Inverclyde is now 1 of the most expensive places for fuel and i feel that yes we are being totally ripped off and we will continue to do so while morrisons / tesco are the 2 main supplyers of fuel in inverclyde.

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SAR819
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Mar 10, 05:22
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The above stories are correct I have for some time now been buying my fuel out of town rather that fill the pockets of the greedy fuel stations.

The only way to bring prices down is to boycot these fuel stations.

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painter10
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Apr 2, 21:48
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I think the price of fuel in the Inverclyde area is disgraceful and I think greedy grasping Tesco is certainly living up to its much publised logo of every LITTLE helps.

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manwolf21
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Apr 8, 17:16
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time for online petition in inverclyde regarding fuel/ prices food prices/and clothes prices. this is the biggest rip off district in britain.time to stand up to all the supermarkets,and this useless council

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manwolf21
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Apr 8, 23:05
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its time for everybody in inverclyde to use morrisons or asda for fuel and ditch tesco every now again they give you 5p a litre of if you spend £50 but it is already on your food bill .clothes bill/and there petrol is already 5p alitre more exspensive than anywhere else.we need more competition in inverclyde rather than all the rip off merchants that trade in our district

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StuartH
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Apr 18, 12:31
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I travel quite extensively throughout the UK and I find that Inverclyde is the most expensive place to buy fuel.Indeed,travelling to the south of England three weeks ago,I found that Shell stations on the M74 and M6 were 3p a litre cheaper for deisel than Tesco in Greenock.

Tesco in the south are selling fuel anything from 2p to 4p a litre cheaper than Tesco locally and if we bring Asda into the equasion,we are talking 6p a litre cheaper.

It is about time there is a national pricing policy,but until then I urge motorists to boycott Tesco until they bring their prices down to even levels within a 10 mile radius of Inverclyde.

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bilbo98
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Apr 25, 16:15
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Tesco is the most expensive shop in the local area for a great deal of stuff, i.e.

sugar, milk ,bread, butter, soft drinks,and many more.

There was a time when "tesco" was the cheapest,but i'm getting old now and it's hard to remember exactly when!!

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pearl1961
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Jun 11, 00:39
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wow and we complain over here in the states that we are paying too much at the pumps. For a gallon of gasoline/petrol we are paying $3.79 and that what 4liters. so divide that by four and we pay .95 cents which is approx. 40p for you all over there. I am sure you all would love to pay .40p a liter. OMG cannot believe it thats just total gouging if you ask me.

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dconnor
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Jun 12, 16:24
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there's no point in putting all the blame onto the petrol stations, it wont be long until the tax and duty that's put onto a litre of fuel is at the £1 mark, the Westminster government has been over taxing us for years.

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Teamnipper
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Jun 15, 13:25
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Fuel in Renfrewshire and further afield is much cheaper. Why doesn't the Telegraph highlight fuel costs in Paisley and Glasgow and demand to know why Inverclyde pays a premium.

Do I smell something fishy going on? "You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment".

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Tiddles
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Jun 15, 13:34
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You know, I often wonder if Tesco and their like play the same game with all their prices. For example, is a Warburton's loaf the same price in Basildon as it is in Inverclyde? Tesco deny it of course but then they do tell us that their fuel prices are, "competitive" I really do wonder. Perhaps they can explain why the same fuel tanker drops fuel off in Inverclyde and then heads on down the road to Kilmarnock and Ayr where it is sold 3p cheaper???? Oh and this kind of nonsense is not limited to Tesco, they all do it and they do it because there's no one to stop them...yet!

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myfindhorn
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Jun 21, 13:40
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It is not just the petrol stations that are kicking the guts out the town , look at the price for the buses greenock lyndoch st to grieve rd £1 70 p a adult 90 p a child , could this be because this is the main route from Port Glasgow to IRH and god only knows how much more we will be paying now that another bus company has be burned down.

How many bus companies are there in Greenock and surounding areas, ? must ask the council, they do still give out the licences for buses taxis etc ? Sure they do it is free enterprise ! is,nt it ???????????

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Flipper21
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Jul 6, 22:46
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For goodness sake folks. Don't you realise that most of the new build housing is for the Glasgow overspill! Hence the prices reflect the most affluent and that puts the better paid in Gourock/Greenock into the 2nd division

And that means, we as locals, will pay more. At leat3% more on all food bills.

Yip Local politics can see no further than their glasses or indeed those wee envelopes.

Honestly, do you really think the local gvt takes into consideration your view over and above the economic one!

If you think so... then you are simply niave.

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CasualReader
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Jul 20, 17:58
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I totally agree. I go through to the East Coast to visit friends & always fill up there. The Morrisons in Perth can be 5p less. There is a Tesco in my old village in Perthshire that is usually 3p less than here.

The groceries cost the same - why not the petrol?

Even in Edinburgh I will happily go to Shell or BP because they are 2-3p less than Inverclyde.

Why are we being ripped off?

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woodie1954
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Jul 28, 20:50
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You don't need to go to the East Coast...try Silverburn, Cumbernauld and other north Glasgow Tescos were they are all 5p less than Port Glasgow & Greenock but don't blame Tesco it was Inverclyde Council who granted their monopolising permissions and would not allow competition....remember the Council also also wanted another 40000ft Tesco in Gourock!!!!! By the way what happened to the leisure facility Tesco were supposed to create in their old West Stewart Street Store which we were led to believe was a condition of the planning permission for their new store in Greenock???

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manwolf21
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Sep 5, 23:05
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i would like tesco to answer this, why are they ripping off the people of inverclyde .the fuel at this store is more expensive than any other tesco,s they own. this is classed as a deprived area so when are the going to bring the fuel down to the level of the other stores.if new stores open in this new developementin the telegraph i suggest everybody boycots all the tesco stores in inverclyde .

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manwolf21
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Sep 12, 19:41
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does the taxi drivers get a better deal for fuel than us.because last couple of years the where shouting about fuel prices in inverclyde and lo and behold prices came down .this year not a chirp can taxi drivers tell us if they are getting a better deal.would be interested to here from some of them on this issue

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manwolf21
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Sep 13, 20:09
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when is the telegraph going to collect signatures from people of inverclyde on the issue of fuel prices ., and get a director from tesco in to the telegraph office and ask him why the are fleecing people in this district ,and when are the bringing the price down to the same level as asda.

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