purple

Yes, that's the one I was thinking of (I couldn't remember the name of the road !)

I was up there the other week.

Their are a couple of really cheap Petrol stations around there / that area.

For the Americans, the exchange is 3.7 litres to the gallon.

 

 So that equals $4.18 gallon.  That's what we are currently paying!!

 

And we think that is cheap?

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@debra9275 wrote:

it's was a pleasant surprise for us this week 

 

 

I did hear on the news that it hadn't gone down in some country areas, I hope it does and that the country people also get the benefit of lower prices

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Varies around this area from 1.27 to 1.39 depending where you are. Sick of being shafted.

I remember hell raising weekends with hubby (before we were married)

 

Petrol for the whole weekend for the FE Holden was 4 bob (40 cents)

We are the highest in Victoria and our price is "controlled" by one of the owners,(he sets the price and they all

 

follow or he'll run them out of business).

 

Everyone knows it but nothing is done about it,(complaints seem to fall on deaf ears)

 

http://www.aip.com.au/pricing/retail/ulp/vic.htm

go tazz

And who is this controller ?

IMHO, Lack of competition is the big issue in the country now.

I even notice two Woolworths stores around locally have different prices depending on what the petrol station across the road from them is doing.

For decades all the service stations in my city had the same price for petrol to the decimal point. I believe, as do many others, that there was collusion. The last few years have seen some change as new retailers move in. 

katy

Agree, they all watched each other until one broke and then it dropped
- I can't remember what day it was that was normally the lowest.

But now of course you have two new players in the market where selling petrol for a profit is NOT

the name of the game.

 

When that occurs, the dynamics change.