Random Irritations

[Hobbit]

The guy who seeks refuge in the toilet, the pro shop, the office knowing we're headed for the bar. The same guy who takes twice as long cleaning his trolley and shoes and an eternity stowing it away in his car.
Yep, I know him!

Every club has at least one. Our roll up had one. We got to asking him what he wanted as he was putting his gear away. This led to him confirming he was going in. We’d order and tell the bar staff Fred was paying. He bought every first round for the 3-4 ball he was in.

A bit dangerous if he’d had a bad round - he could grump for England.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I’m sure forecourt pricing isn’t properly aligned with costs (to their advantage, not ours) but… Lets say they did it the other way round i.e they have months of stock now, produced at lower cost so its only when the expensive fuel hit the forecourt that prices need to go up

For ease lets say its 4 months stock so prices shouldn’t increase until July time

What would consumers say if come July the oil prices had returned to/are lower than what they were last week, but forecourt prices need to rocket and petrol stations say ‘ well folks you need to remember back in March when we had xyz issue and our prices were high but we kept your pump price low…’

I just don’t think joe/janet public would accept it, very short memories

There is a balance to it but also remember we ultimately don't have that much choice in the end. When the barrel price starts working through the system, even Costco have to increase their fuel price (always the cheapest fuel in the UK). We can grumble all we like, we are stuck with paying whatever they charge.

Back to your point and my point about balance, at least try to pretend some of the pricing is in the system. The current jumps are way ahead of that point. As has already been said, it's profiteering.