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How much you paying for fuel.

The tank on the juggernaut is 70L

Before all this kicked off and we had that fuel "crisis" I remarked to the wife that if we were empty and wanted to fill up at pay at pump that pre authorises max £99 you couldn't fill up the car

Give it a few weeks that will be half a tank lol
 
I’ve just had a conversation with a recruiter about a potential new job.

Does it come with a fuel card? Was my first question.
 
Was just told that a garage in Ashbourne has put Diesel up to over 190p :eek:
 
Heard on the radio that a place in Chelsea has broken the £2 mark! It's around £1.76 around us.
Saw a picture of a pump saying £2.19!!!:eek::eek:
I filled up on Tuesday at £1.49 - supermarket prices.
Also heard a couple on the golf whatsapp mentioning heating oil - 750 litres wanted, quoted just under £1600! When i asked how long that would last, they said about 3 months in wintero_Oo_O
 
Saw a picture of a pump saying £2.19!!!:eek::eek:
I filled up on Tuesday at £1.49 - supermarket prices.
Also heard a couple on the golf whatsapp mentioning heating oil - 750 litres wanted, quoted just under £1600! When i asked how long that would last, they said about 3 months in wintero_Oo_O

It's crazy. I just got 2 quotes for heating oil. One was 158.82 ppl + vat and the other was 117.59 ppl + vat. How can there be such a difference? £1600 for 750 ltrs is theft pure and simple
 
Price of Brent crude down 17% .. right let's see how long that takes to pass on
 
Price of Brent crude down 17% .. right let's see how long that takes to pass on

Yeah, but then promptly rose 3%. I predict that the 17% drop won't percolate but the 3% rise will... It's now becoming easy money for already greedy fuel suppliers.

Oil bought on long term contract months ago now being adjusted for today's price... It's like your bank phoning you today to say your 2001 £50k mortgage is being increased to £100k because your house is worth that now...

Schisters the lot of them.

155.9 petrol here now.
 
Yeah, but then promptly rose 3%. I predict that the 17% drop won't percolate but the 3% rise will... It's now becoming easy money for already greedy fuel suppliers.

Oil bought on long term contract months ago now being adjusted for today's price... It's like your bank phoning you today to say your 2001 £50k mortgage is being increased to £100k because your house is worth that now...

Schisters the lot of them.

155.9 petrol here now.

Banks are crooks aswell ofc. My grandfather in the mid 90s had cancer (he still with us today its not all bad a story) his company health plan would pay for just one more round of chemo so out of desperation he did equity release on his house for 30,000 .. (his house is a 5 bed detached in greater london) they own most of his house I think its something like when he passes they keep all but 130,000 and thats it.. even tho the value has greatly risen.

a few years ago a property developer wanted to buy a few metres of his garden for the apartments going up next door.. the bank refused because it would devalue their asset ... even tho they lent him 30,000 and the house is now worth upwards of £1 million.

long as they get their pound of flesh.
 
Banks are crooks aswell ofc. My grandfather in the mid 90s had cancer (he still with us today its not all bad a story) his company health plan would pay for just one more round of chemo so out of desperation he did equity release on his house for 30,000 .. (his house is a 5 bed detached in greater london) they own most of his house I think its something like when he passes they keep all but 130,000 and thats it.. even tho the value has greatly risen.

a few years ago a property developer wanted to buy a few metres of his garden for the apartments going up next door.. the bank refused because it would devalue their asset ... even tho they lent him 30,000 and the house is now worth upwards of £1 million.

long as they get their pound of flesh.

Not really sure what your point is here. Banks, as crooked as they may be, don't phone you telling your your mortgage has been re-appraised to today's values. Fuel producers, effectively, are doing that.

The issue of the bank's £30k "investment" in the property is fairly straightforward. The invested stake in the property has increased in value linearly with the value of the property. Your grandad didn't pay £1m for the property and he has seen his equity stake in the property rise. He (through no fault of his) "sold" some of that equity to the bank for a return (adjust that £30k for inflation to today). What would your pension fund look like if the invested stakes only ever retained the value that you invested regardless if the value of shares rocketed?
 
Not really sure what your point is here. Banks, as crooked as they may be, don't phone you telling your your mortgage has been re-appraised to today's values. Fuel producers, effectively, are doing that.

The issue of the bank's £30k "investment" in the property is fairly straightforward. The invested stake in the property has increased in value linearly with the value of the property. Your grandad didn't pay £1m for the property and he has seen his equity stake in the property rise. He (through no fault of his) "sold" some of that equity to the bank for a return (adjust that £30k for inflation to today). What would your pension fund look like if the invested stakes only ever retained the value that you invested regardless if the value of shares rocketed?

Point is he was very ill at the time and taken advantage of imo.

The selling of the garden for example would say devalue their asset by what 50k? At a push .. it's a big garden it wasn't much land

So with the houses out of control what would be wrong with a small hit of the profit when they have more than made their investment

My pension fund is on the verge of being taken away by greedy MPs so I have no idea ?
 
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