I just popped out on the motorbike for a rather filthy lunchtime McD’s with a chum to Sparkford services. Realising I needed fuel, I rode into the Esso station there to fill up, not noticing the price per litre as I did so. I didn’t look at the price on the pump either – you generally don’t look at the pump at all when filling a bike, less you should spill petrol everywhere. I did notice after I had filled up though and nearly fell over.
£1.03 per litre.
The Shell services outside Ilminster are today charging 95.9p per litre. That’s 7p per litre more to fill up my bike at Esso Sparkford than a garage 20 miles down the road. For a family car, it represents between £2.80 and £4.20 more per fill up. Even the Shell garage a stone’s throw from Sparkford services is 5p per litre cheaper.
There is no good reason for this whatsoever. It is nothing more than greedy profiteering. Esso already make billions of dollars in pure profit every year. They don’t need to do this.
Thieves!
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I didn’t notice the price either until you pointed it out to me either. It’s crazy how they can charge so much. Won’t be filling up there again anytime soon.