From: alan.holmes on

"Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Chris Hills <chaz(a)chaz6.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>> What is the reason that petrol stations charge .9p per litre? I have not
>> come across a single place that sells it as a whole number.
>
> About as many as places that sell single litres of petrol.
>
> Multiply that "missing" 0.1p by 50 litres, and it's a "real number".
> Sure, not exactly a big one, but...

But if you buy just 5 litres, will they charge you 0.5p?

Alan

>


From: alan.holmes on

"Derek Geldard" <dgg(a)miniac.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:39:28 +0100, Chris Hills <chaz(a)chaz6.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On 03/08/2010 08:24, Adrian wrote:
>>> About as many as places that sell single litres of petrol.
>>>
>>> Multiply that "missing" 0.1p by 50 litres, and it's a "real number".
>>> Sure, not exactly a big one, but...
>>
>>Around here the prices range from 116.9 to 121.9.. why not just pick a
>>number in the middle like 117 or 118?
>
> That would be terribly boring.

But could save you a lot of money!

Alan


>
> Derek
>


From: alan.holmes on

"Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 03/08/2010 08:07, Chris Hills wrote:
>> What is the reason that petrol stations charge .9p per litre? I have not
>> come across a single place that sells it as a whole number.
>
> The same reason I put all my buy it nows on Ebay at �x99. Its
> psychological. �199.99 sounds better than �200 for example.

But we are well aware that it is �200, we are not all daft!

Alan


>
> --
> Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
>


From: Adrian on
"alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

>>> What is the reason that petrol stations charge .9p per litre? I have
>>> not come across a single place that sells it as a whole number.

>> About as many as places that sell single litres of petrol.
>>
>> Multiply that "missing" 0.1p by 50 litres, and it's a "real number".
>> Sure, not exactly a big one, but...

> But if you buy just 5 litres, will they charge you 0.5p?

Since that 0.5p is roughly 8.5ml, I challenge you to be so precise with
the pump as to make it an issue.
From: Steve Firth on
Chris Hills <chaz(a)chaz6.com> wrote:

> What is the reason that petrol stations charge .9p per litre?

a) because they can
b) because it fools the brainless into thinking that 114.9 is not 115.