Shell tanker drivers are back at work , fuel is being delivered once
more (though it always was to every other companies outlets anyway)
and the sky hasn't fallen down and the world hasn't ended in some post
civilisation collapse.

So retards, care to explain your moronic behaviour over the w/e?

B2003

Also, the greedy garage owners (one was charging 1.99 per litre and refusing 
to accept credit cards) will have to reduce their prices back to normal 
again.

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On Jun 17, 11:36 am, "Andrew McGovern" 
wrote:
> Also, the greedy garage owners (one was charging 1.99 per litre and refusing
> to accept credit cards) will have to reduce their prices back to normal
> again.

Part of me says good on you to the garage owner who was fleecing the
sheep. Though of course the downside was that anyone who genuinely
needed to fill up got stung too.

B2003

thagor2008@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Jun 17, 11:36 am, "Andrew McGovern" 
> wrote:
>> Also, the greedy garage owners (one was charging 1.99 per litre and
>> refusing to accept credit cards) will have to reduce their prices
>> back to normal again.
>
> Part of me says good on you to the garage owner who was fleecing the
> sheep. Though of course the downside was that anyone who genuinely
> needed to fill up got stung too.

Anyone who genuinely needed to fill up got to fill up. Had he kept normal 
prices he might have run out of fuel, like many garages in London. Putting 
the price up ensures that only the people who really need it get it.

"John Rowland"  gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

>> Part of me says good on you to the garage owner who was fleecing the
>> sheep. Though of course the downside was that anyone who genuinely
>> needed to fill up got stung too.

> Anyone who genuinely needed to fill up got to fill up. Had he kept
> normal prices he might have run out of fuel, like many garages in
> London.

Whilst I broadly agree with your point, you're a bit out on the detail.

London (well, the NW corner just outside the M25) wasn't at all badly 
affected. I filled up at a Shell station on Saturday morning, and was the 
only car on the forecourt. I also filled up (empty tank both times, so no 
"panic buying" on Sunday pm - again, the station (Esso, IIRC) was quiest.

The SW of the country was badly affected, though - as according to the 
radio yesterday not a single tanker had broken the picket line at the 
Plymouth refinery, the sole supply point to the whole SW.

In article <abe09ab1-2d52-4fe2-82f3-
7a5b07dd3a4d@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,  says...
> On Jun 17, 11:36 am, "Andrew McGovern" 
> wrote:
> > Also, the greedy garage owners (one was charging 1.99 per litre and refusing
> > to accept credit cards) will have to reduce their prices back to normal
> > again.
> 
> Part of me says good on you to the garage owner who was fleecing the
> sheep. Though of course the downside was that anyone who genuinely
> needed to fill up got stung too.
> 
TBH, they probably put in just what they needed.


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"John Rowland"  wrote in message 
news:g386ea$joq$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> thagor2008@googlemail.com wrote:
>> On Jun 17, 11:36 am, "Andrew McGovern" 
>> wrote:
>>> Also, the greedy garage owners (one was charging 1.99 per litre and
>>> refusing to accept credit cards) will have to reduce their prices
>>> back to normal again.
>>
>> Part of me says good on you to the garage owner who was fleecing the
>> sheep. Though of course the downside was that anyone who genuinely
>> needed to fill up got stung too.
>
> Anyone who genuinely needed to fill up got to fill up. Had he kept normal 
> prices he might have run out of fuel, like many garages in London. Putting 
> the price up ensures that only the people who really need it get it.

He could also have done what other garage owners did during previous petrol 
shortages - put people on the forecourt to work the pumps and limit how much 
fuel any one customer could buy.

Colin Bignell

On Jun 18, 8:59 am, "nightjar" <cpb@<insert my surname here>.me.uk>
wrote:
> He could also have done what other garage owners did during previous petrol
> shortages - put people on the forecourt to work the pumps and limit how much
> fuel any one customer could buy.

He wouldn't even need extra staff. Most pumps these days can be set to
only deliver a certain
amount of fuel for each person. In some dodgy places I've filled up in
you have to pay first and then
the pump stops when it reaches that amount.

B2003

wrote in message 
news:e5514c57-2dd1-43ae-bbee-f57df6f322c3@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 18, 8:59 am, "nightjar" <cpb@<insert my surname here>.me.uk>
> wrote:
>> He could also have done what other garage owners did during previous 
>> petrol
>> shortages - put people on the forecourt to work the pumps and limit how 
>> much
>> fuel any one customer could buy.
>
> He wouldn't even need extra staff. Most pumps these days can be set to
> only deliver a certain
> amount of fuel for each person. In some dodgy places I've filled up in
> you have to pay first and then
> the pump stops when it reaches that amount.

I think the staff were mainly there to avoid fights about queue jumping.

Colin Bignell