Fuel costs in Campbeltown

[EileenH]

I was going up the road yesterday and went into the County garage to fill up. I was disgusted to find they are charging £1.269 for diesel. When I asked why the price had jumped up they said everyone has been complaining. Also, that they try to stay within the same prices charged at Lochgilphead within 1 pence of a difference.. I noted on passing Lochgilphead station that theirs is £1.20! So, where does the 1 pence price difference come in? I have filled my car at Lochgilphead and when I'm up again next week I will do the same. If everyone done this maybe they would be forced to bring their prices down in keeping with Lochgilhead. I feel we in the town are being ripped off.

[Kinman]

I totally agree with you!!!! i was in Prestwick week past on monday and filled car with diesel in Sainsburys it was £1.14 a litre,i went to the county on the friday and it was £1.29 WHY ARE THEY GETTING AWAY WITH IT
Roll on Tesco coming to town at least there will be competition,do they think if they price it that high, we wont leave the town and do all our shopping here!
Dont think so!! we will buy enought to get us to lochgilphead buy enough there to get us to the city area where we can fill up,and before returning fill up for returning home.

[maxmix]

Ayrshire also is nearly 10p a litre cheaper than the Rip Off County..... The sooner Tesco is open the better...

Is Clachan not 4p cheaper also ? (I know it was, just there with Unleaded !)

maxmix

[DRUMLEMEN1]

Was travelling last Friday and even Inveraray Garage on Oban Road was just over £1.19 for Diesel. If majority boycotted the County Garage the prices may come down. I only buy from County Garage if I am desperate. People think that Tesco will solve all problems. I do not believe so as they dont have a national pricing policy for fuel and would likely reduce prices by 1p per litre below the lowest competitor in any location if non supermarket and equal price if supermarket competitor.

[kmc]

D McNair & son ( Alan Shaw ) also sells diesel and is cheaper most of the time I hear.

[A15 NMA]

D McNair & son ( Alan Shaw ) also sells diesel and is cheaper most of the time I hear.

McNair & son was 1p per litre dearer than the County app 3-4wks ago........

Filled up at Sainsburys in Braehaed today - 1.17p per litre, Quite a saving when your filling 90 litres....

[the big man]

fill at morrisons its 1.16 per litre

[Buzz Lightyear]

Cheapest diesel in Dundee 113.9 at Asda, the rest 114.9, petrol 117.9

[maxmix]

As I said on another post.... Great sticking in 50 litres when i'm round at Ayr and saving a fiver....

Whats the reason again, that we are being stitched up round here again ?

Anyone actually know ?

maxmix

PS I dont know how much fuel the County garage's tanks hold, I know a tanker holds about 30,000 Litres

Thats a lot of 10p's going somewhere lol

[howlsatthemoon]

They (the county) know that they will lose money when the new tescos arrives so they are going to screw us for as much money as they can get before the new store opens.

[Hels]

Eileen H - completely agree. Don't know how the County can defend their prices, or indeed compare them to Lochgilphead. I travel to Lochgilphead every day and its usually 3-4p cheaper in there than in the town. (slightly obsessed with making the comparison when passing!) Clachan is also usually much cheaper - and always service with a smile!

Tesco in Oban is usually only a penny cheaper than the other Oban garages - in fact I have seen it a penny more expensive than Lochgilphead. Suspect that when we get Tesco fuel in the town it will only be a penny cheaper than the County - the big difference will be when they do 5p off a litre when you spend £50 on shopping. I like Morrisons policy - apparently fuel is the same price across Scotland, whether you are in Grangemouth or Fort William, currently about 115p for deisel!

Personally, I avoid filliing up in the County unless I'm down to running on empty - they are holding us to ransom!

[numberplease]

At the moment it`s £1-15.9 for unleaded at our local Asda and Tesco in Boston, but I got a shock when we stopped at some services near East Midlands airport yesterday and saw it was £1-25.9! And it wasn`t even a motorway service area, as we`re used to them being dearer. Don`t know our diesel prices here as I never look at them.

[Kintyre Forum News]

Would be a good story for the Courier to pick up on and ask some questions. Does seem to be a hot topic.

[Mr Plod]

I was recently (September) on a HOG rideout to PortPatrick in Dumfries and Galloway and decided to fill up in Cairnryan where I was shocked to find that unleaded there was only 78p per litre. YES! You read that right - 78p per litre! Further on up the road I stopped in the petrol station in Maybole to buy some munchibles and skoosh and saw that it was 88p per litre. As I cruised on back up the long road to Campbeltown on my big gas sookin Harley Davidson I began noticing the fuel prices steadily creeping up until I finally arrived back in the Petrol Bandits Capitol of Rip-Off Britain - Campbeltown, where it was £1.23.9p per litre. And while we're at it, how the hell do you pay 0.9p? is this a new currency coinage just released by the royal mint?. Wonder what would happen if I just put a litre of fuel in my tank, gave them £1.23p and told them I was right out of 0.9p coins?. It really rips my knittin that we have to pay such daylight robbery prices for fuel up here in Dingly - Dell. Especially when people - especially elderly or disabled people need 4 wheels just to get from A to B. And youngsters need 4 wheels to get to work and don't get paid that much as it is. And Tesco opening a new filling station won't alter things one jot. They'll undercut the existing petrol station by a few pennies per litre until they go under then charge us "Think of a number - double it then add another 10 for good luck, which is pretty much where we are now.

[What?]

Eileen H - completely agree. Don't know how the County can defend their prices, or indeed compare them to Lochgilphead. I travel to Lochgilphead every day and its usually 3-4p cheaper in there than in the town. (slightly obsessed with making the comparison when passing!) Clachan is also usually much cheaper - and always service with a smile!

Tesco in Oban is usually only a penny cheaper than the other Oban garages - in fact I have seen it a penny more expensive than Lochgilphead. Suspect that when we get Tesco fuel in the town it will only be a penny cheaper than the County - the big difference will be when they do 5p off a litre when you spend £50 on shopping. I like Morrisons policy - apparently fuel is the same price across Scotland, whether you are in Grangemouth or Fort William, currently about 115p for deisel!

Personally, I avoid filliing up in the County unless I'm down to running on empty - they are holding us to ransom!

Indeed, and it isn't just us that are being stitched up by Esso... I would never use them if I could avoid it.

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/clima ... ainst-esso