save money on fuel now!!!!!! good link.

[puremagic72]

Interesting site , please send this to everyone you know.

www.pipelinecard.org
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[PsychoHippy]

I hate to say this but, it's been on here before

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=65563

and

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=74157
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[ISLAND GIRL]

Yep and still not got cheaper fuel
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[anders]

[Rookie]

Yes but if they give a discount, they get near 100% of those 200,000 people's custom. Whichever company took it on would definitely stand to make money from it.

The only problem I can see is if this really takes off, other people are going to want it. They are going to want the discount without the card.

[anders]

[Rookie]

You're in a minority then. If fuel went up by 0.5p tonight, it would make tomorrow's front page and there would probably be another strike.

It won't be limited to one station; it will apply to 1 of 3 petrol distributors, who distribute to many stations. Most likely it will be BP or Shell. Depending on which company would get the contract, Tesco etc would also get the discount.

[m99dws]

Agree with Anders, it's fine on paper but pointless in reality.
The retailers don't make up the majority of the cost, the government do. So unless you have a way to reduce the tax, the scheme is just another way to harvest email addresses.

If Esso win the scheme and 500,000 people buy there, Shell BP etc simply lower prices to match it - that cancels it all out.

[McJamweasel]

[Jman]

cheaper fuel is all good don't we have like the worst fuel prices in the EU? and i think even the yanks get cheaper fuel....

but as has already been said, the government is responsible for the large majority of the cost of fuel with taxes etc etc. what we really need is to get the government to reduce tax......

(unlikely, i know)
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[m99dws]

[biker-dj]

He was on Meridian news tonight, Ben Scammel and another site Meridian news mentioned was www.petrolprices.com - I think that was the site anyway.
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[Dan 4RR]

[biker-dj]

Most of the cost is duty levied by the government - when someone showed me the traiff code for petrol I couldn't believe how much duty it was.
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[Retro-Man]

not being funy but your all kinda missing the point.
read through the old topics about this to understand why this could be an effective way of forcing government to reduce tax on fuel.

from old thread
"It's not really about getting any card or piece of plastic, it is however about power (buyer power to be precise).

the theory for those that don't already know is that by collating a huge list of motorists who would be willing to participate, the organisers can effectively hold to ransom one specific petrol company of there choosing (mid sized being best) and either pledge allegience to that company for cardholders or more likely threaten to pledge allegience to another major company. In theory at least the approached company will drop their price accordingly thus triggering a price war.

it also acts as a demonstation to the government of how large a proportion of motorists no longer accept the massive tax levied on fuel.

It's kind of a three way "guns at high noon" affair.


it certainly deserves our support.........."


"as we all know the government do NOT listen to the majority, instead ploughing on with what a small number of people believe is right.
By directly attacking the UK petrol suppliers (who make a small profit compared to government tax) then the initial expected outcome is a price war and the relevent price drops this brings.

What should in theory then happen is that the large petrol companies will have no choice but to join forces with each other and also the motorist by applying pressure on the government to lower tax.
from the governments point of view, faced with the threat of major petrol companies going bust and the ensuing economic disaster it would be preferable to cut tax"
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[anders]

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