Petrol and 0.9p
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From: FrengaX on 4 Aug 2010 01:41 On Aug 3, 9:00 pm, "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote: > "Chris Hills" <c...(a)chaz6.com> wrote in message > > news:i38f86$mka$1(a)chaz6.eternal-september.org... > > > What is the reason that petrol stations charge .9p per litre? I have not > > come across a single place that sells it as a whole number. > > This irritates me no end, I have thought of writing to the Advertising > Standards Aurthority to point out that they are advertising something in a > non existant currency and it should be made illegal. Before you do that, I think you ought to look up that the ASA is for: - A displayed petrol price is not an advert - even if it were, is it legal, decent, honest and truthful? Yes, so no case - The ASA can't change the law
From: Mike Barnes on 4 Aug 2010 02:31 FrengaX <hnkjqrh02(a)sneakemail.com>: >On Aug 3, 9:00�pm, "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote: >> "Chris Hills" <c...(a)chaz6.com> wrote in message >> >> news:i38f86$mka$1(a)chaz6.eternal-september.org... >> >> > What is the reason that petrol stations charge .9p per litre? I have not >> > come across a single place that sells it as a whole number. >> >> This irritates me no end, I have thought of writing to the Advertising >> Standards Aurthority to point out that they are advertising something in a >> non existant currency and it should be made illegal. > >Before you do that, I think you ought to look up that the ASA is for: >- A displayed petrol price is not an advert >- even if it were, is it legal, decent, honest and truthful? Yes, so >no case >- The ASA can't change the law Quite so. The problem is the price, not its display. Though displaying the ".9" smaller than the other numbers would be somewhat dishonest. -- Mike Barnes
From: Man at B&Q on 4 Aug 2010 04:00 On Aug 3, 9:00 pm, "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote: > "Chris Hills" <c...(a)chaz6.com> wrote in message > > news:i38f86$mka$1(a)chaz6.eternal-september.org... > > > 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. > > This irritates me no end, I have thought of writing to the Advertising > Standards Aurthority to point out that they are advertising something in a > non existant currency and it should be made illegal. Thay all advertise in pounds and pence around here. What currency do they use where you live? MBQ
From: Adrian on 4 Aug 2010 04:02 "Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.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. >> This irritates me no end, I have thought of writing to the Advertising >> Standards Aurthority to point out that they are advertising something >> in a non existant currency and it should be made illegal. > Thay all advertise in pounds and pence around here. What currency do > they use where you live? I think it's the tenths-of-a-penny that he's objecting to. Better not let him see stock market quotes, eh? They tend to be to hundredths of a penny... Still, all this outrage-over-nothing keeps him busy and stops him scaring the neighbours cat again.
From: bod on 4 Aug 2010 04:13
Steve Firth wrote: > 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. > > No it's not, it's a common way for businesses to price their wares and is used throughout commerce. Bod |