Saab C900 Viggenist wrote:
> "Lu R" <who me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> >Looks like someone listened to my suggestion about fuel pricing. I
submitted
> >that fuel cos. declare their prices for the week some time ago to the
ACCC.
> >One day ahead isnt as good as 1 week but its a start. :)
>
> It'll do stuff all since, like has been claimed by loads of others,
forcing
> service stations to declare a price early removes any op****tunity for
the
> small vendors to react quickly to pricing changes forced on the large
chain
> and oil company owned fuel outlets.
There was a letter in the SMH today saying exactly the same
thing.........why can't the small vendors watch this so-called website
and when the larger one's say they're going to drop their price the
following day, the smaller ones can prepare. FFS this would actually
make it easier for them to monitor their competitors!
Anyway, I agree the system is a total kneejerk and will make FA
difference to anything, just not for the above reason.
BTW in Sydney it's very easy to predict fuel prices - cheapest on
Wednesday morning, most expensive on Wednesday nights, and slowly
drops again on it's usual weekly cycle. It ****s me that every
wednesday there's a news story about how "petrol prices jumped X cents
per litre today" like it's some big ****ing shock!
>
> So while yes there is a benefit to making prices a bit less
'mysterious',
> the end result will be higher prices for longer, and the smaller vendors
> starting to go out of business.
>
> That makes things better for Coles and Woolworths who buy their fuel at
far
> less than the the terminal gate price and re-sell at the same rates the
fuel
> companies set for company-owned outlets.
>
> This leads into making even more profit for Coles and Woolworths from
the
> already-rigged 'loyalty discount' schemes.
>
> Craig.
>
>
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