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Why the difference in petrol prices?
I live in the North East of England and have just enjoyed a holiday on the South Coast. We are always told up here how much more expensive it is down south, and people are paid more because of this, so I expected petrol to be more expensive down there. Surprise surprise, I pay between 137 and 138 a litre up North, but around Eastbourne I was only paying between 133 and 134. Any petrol company representative care to explain why the deprived North East should be even further downtrodden like this?
The drop in the price of oil theory doesn't hold water because once we got back up North prices were the same as before we left. As for a price war in the South, the roads were very busy and this was a high tourist area at a peak holiday time, there was no need to start a price war as there were more than enough customers to go round. The only explanation I can think of is some regional pricing difference, but I want to know what the motivation or reasoning behind this is.
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- Ray BLv 410 years agoFavorite Answer
Supermarkets dictate the lower fuel costs. If there are a couple with filling stations in an area and they offer cut-price fuel, then the other outlets have to match it to compete. I guess this doesn't happen where you live.
- 10 years ago
The price of oil has come down quite a lot recently due to the second wave of trouble with the world economy. So it might just be that this happened while you were in the South.
