Fuel card

[davidroberts30]

That's interesting... varied pricing

1 is defo the same as you got!!

 

[SilliamWhale]

1 is defo the same as you got!!

Maybe it depends how much you use?

 

[davidroberts30]

Maybe it depends how much you use?

I'm not using that much!!

 

[Poncherello1976]

We have been using a card since just before Christmas.
Average price from 7 weeks 119.20. All ex VAT for Diesel. Pretty much beats bulk buying prices. This is a BP card.
Used to bulk buy and have a tank on the farm, but not using so much Diesel now so experimenting with a fuel card. Also we need a new tank so that come in to the equation!

 

[Courier]

That's interesting... varied pricing

Prices seem to be little more than arbitary nowadays, and bear little meaning other than to create max profits for the oil Companies.
I have seen the displayed prices outside fuel stations alter in front of my eyes - I confronted the site manager who told me that retail prices were controlled from “head office“ and could change three or four times throughout a 24 hour period

We are fortunate in that we are able to adjust the mileage rates we charge most of our customers on a weekly basis to reflect fluctuating costs without upsetting them ….. Oh, the undoubted joys of working outside mainstream agriculture

 

[SilliamWhale]

Prices seem to be little more than arbitary nowadays, and bear little meaning other than to create max profits for the oil Companies.
I have seen the displayed prices outside fuel stations alter in front of my eyes - I confronted the site manager who told me that retail prices were controlled from “head office“ and could change three or four times throughout a 24 hour period

We are fortunate in that we are able to adjust the mileage rates we charge most of our customers on a weekly basis to reflect fluctuating costs without upsetting them ….. Oh, the undoubted joys of working outside mainstream agriculture

I expect fuel cards are a useful gateway for dynamic pricing. Lots of concerts sold like that

 

[Cowlife]

I got one before Xmas and cancelled it recently. Didn't tell me at the time there were local surcharges. 2p on diesel and about 8p on the 1 jerrycan of petrol I got for quad. Weekly price was creeping up and paperwork was confusing.
I spent more time doublechecking it and got fed up.
Det not worth the hassle

 

[quavers]

ive said it before and ill say again , get your fuel cards through a machinery ring or buying group , or why tff get organised with cards , when youve a group of buyers rather than an individual the card suppliers wont chance there luck if a customer tells them to stuff it . this week 118.7 plus vat for me this week , have saved hundreds in the 18 months i have had it , sometimes 20 to 25 quid a fill when the local stations have been slow to drop there prices when crude has . this week £9 pound a fill saving for handing over a card

 

[PI Stsker]

ive said it before and ill say again , get your fuel cards through a machinery ring or buying group , or why tff get organised with cards , when youve a group of buyers rather than an individual the card suppliers wont chance there luck if a customer tells them to stuff it . this week 118.7 plus vat for me this week , have saved hundreds in the 18 months i have had it , sometimes 20 to 25 quid a fill when the local stations have been slow to drop there prices when crude has . this week £9 pound a fill saving for handing over a card

Good point. We made our own syndicate up between me and afew other local haulage firms, 50 odd lorry’s between us all so we use a fair bit of derv and get very good pricing sticking together with it,