iansheff Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Well it is official, motorists are not being ripped off according to the OFT. So there is nothing wrong in hiking prices as soon as they can when oil goes up but taking a long time to lower them when oil prices drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EASTWOOD141 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 More seedy goverment lies, get em out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 oops should say not being ripped off not been, can a mod alter the title please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlquarUK Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 prices will keep going up till people stop buying it, what other reason do they have not to put it up further? They got us over a barrel! ARF!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Pretty soon they'll be taxing people to walk around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 The OFT seem to have actually said we are being ripped off, but not by the retailers. The government however, they were less complimentary about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xt500 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 More seedy goverment lies, get em out. Fuel prices were cheap before Labour started meddling! ---------- Post added 30-01-2013 at 20:56 ---------- The OFT seem to have actually said we are being ripped off, but not by the retailers. The government however, they were less complimentary about. The whole thing is laughable or it would be if it wasnt so serious. They were obviously got at.If were told the fuel prices are going up because of the price of oil and it goes up but the tax percentage stays the same then who has driven the cost up? ---------- Post added 30-01-2013 at 20:57 ---------- Advice they gave.... Service stations to use better signage You couldnt make it up,oh hang on,they did!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 It's a lie. It's total horsepoo. I've seen a graph showing oil prices and pump prices over the top. When oil goes up sharp, petrol goes up sharp. When oil drops sharply, petrol ambles down. I'm going to go as far as saying the people who did the survey were bought or threatened. Found one. Note the gentle slope of a pump price when oil goes down sharply. http://www.dairyco.org.uk/market-information/farm-expenses/monthly-fuel-tracker/monthly-fuel-tracker/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I don't see it to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertramp Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Well it is official, motorists are not being ripped off according to the OFT. So there is nothing wrong in hiking prices as soon as they can when oil goes up but taking a long time to lower them when oil prices drop. No, they said the market works correctly. However most of the price is made up of crude oil and tax therefore they were always going to come to this conclusion. The government taxes it to high heaven because there is no alternative. Public transport is terrible and expensive. They can' reduce tax now because they would have to raise some other tax to cover it and they can't cut costs because apparently according to SF this causes suicides and whatnot even though their have been no cuts in spending. It's all a load of baloney. Govt. spending is stable pretty much and will rise by 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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