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Postby Mike- » Fri May 23, 2008 12:14 pm

Adamal wrote:I thought each franchise station was making 4c a litre, and the oil companies themselves were making the largest profit


yeh right so everytime someone gets a 6c a litre voucher they lose money, heck ive had 20c a litre vouchers before
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Fri May 23, 2008 12:25 pm

slighty_sykotic wrote:
~SlideWays~ wrote:Haven't read the whole thread but if they only expect 10c a litre discount... I get that through pak n save anyway?


All the time without having to buy sh*t? Like use it every day kinda thing is the idea I think.



True, the amount you have to spend is always different but we just go there once a week to fill up the ms's car which we use most of the time.

Would be nice if pak n save had 98 8)
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Postby slighty_sykotic » Fri May 23, 2008 12:27 pm

Mike- wrote:
Adamal wrote:I thought each franchise station was making 4c a litre, and the oil companies themselves were making the largest profit


yeh right so everytime someone gets a 6c a litre voucher they lose money, heck ive had 20c a litre vouchers before


They claim it back from the higher up in the company.

Yes, the fuel site DOES lose money when you use those coupons, but they get it back in the end.
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Postby AE86less » Fri May 23, 2008 3:52 pm

The BP Connect stations tend to make more money from coffee than they do petrol. I was a BP Silver Class barista, trained by Robert Harris :P
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Postby xsspeed » Fri May 23, 2008 4:01 pm

damn, bet you were hanging out for that gold class promotion? :P
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Postby method » Fri May 23, 2008 4:13 pm

Service stations are pretty much like dairy, but they sell petrol too. They arnt whats ripping us off. The oil companies however make money from the petrol and are the ones who pretty much dictate the price.

Good thing is my mobil is still under $2 per L :)
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Postby AE86less » Fri May 23, 2008 4:25 pm

method wrote:Service stations are pretty much like dairy, but they sell petrol too. They arnt whats ripping us off. The oil companies however make money from the petrol and are the ones who pretty much dictate the price.

Good thing is my mobil is still under $2 per L :)


#$^$ You! :P Last time I checked 98 was $2.15.



It was summed up pretty well in a movie I saw about a movie theatre (Applies to gas stations though):

"We are not in the movie business; we are in the popcorn and drinks business, the movies just make people buy them!" - Same goes, petrol makes you go there, enticing shelves covered in chocolate give them profit.
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