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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Can someone answer me this?

If petrol costs, for example, £1.442 per litre and I buy exactly 1 litre, how much do I pay?

If I round it up then I'm being done out of 0.8 of a penny, which isn't a real world amount, but taken from a million people, it's a significant sum of money for something we didn't recieve.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought the rule in maths was below 5 you round down, above 5 you round up so because it's 1.442 per litre then you'll pay 1.44 I guess

But I could be wrong

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Can someone answer me this?

If petrol costs, for example, £1.442 per litre and I buy exactly 1 litre, how much do I pay?

If I round it up then I'm being done out of 0.8 of a penny, which isn't a real world amount, but taken from a million people, it's a significant sum of money for something we didn't recieve."

The amount of fuel stations that do that is unreal, whatever small the amount is it all adds up over time .

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

It’s petrol companies we are talking about, of course the bastards round up

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Well have you ever been to a station and seen one of the pumps out of action and a guy with a big can thing?

They regularly check all of the pumps to ensure that there are no irregularities and discrepancies.

They don't work for the oil companies they are independent.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Plus, there's no way they'll round down.

God forbid the tax man, petrol companies or the forecourt lose money.

I don''t really mind rounding up at the personal level but nationally (and globally) it's a scandal.

People paying for fuel they don't recieve.

0.2p for example, doesn't bother me personally, but scaled up, they're getting a lovely little bonus.

0.2 x 1 million people = £800,000

x 10 million = £8,000,000

Fine, that's less than pocket change to a fuel company but not to us.

Maybe there could be legislation forcing them to donate that excess money to charity.

(I won't hold my breath though)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Can someone answer me this?

If petrol costs, for example, £1.442 per litre and I buy exactly 1 litre, how much do I pay?

If I round it up then I'm being done out of 0.8 of a penny, which isn't a real world amount, but taken from a million people, it's a significant sum of money for something we didn't recieve."

Where can you buy petrol for that? It’s £1.47.7 at my local garage

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Can someone answer me this?

If petrol costs, for example, £1.442 per litre and I buy exactly 1 litre, how much do I pay?

If I round it up then I'm being done out of 0.8 of a penny, which isn't a real world amount, but taken from a million people, it's a significant sum of money for something we didn't recieve.

Where can you buy petrol for that? It’s £1.47.7 at my local garage "

I was just giving a random number as an example to work from.

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By *ilfCrumpet9Man
over a year ago

Wirral

Trading standards and customs and excise pop round and check your pumps. They do this meticulously using measured metric cans of different quantities.

They seal the pumps with temper proof tags.

If the tags are tempered with or the units don't match of what is being dispensed then they are a lot of questions to be answered.

Used to own one many moons ago but it was gallons then

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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

If you have 59 sheep ...you round them up....hope this helps

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden


"Can someone answer me this?

If petrol costs, for example, £1.442 per litre and I buy exactly 1 litre, how much do I pay?

If I round it up then I'm being done out of 0.8 of a penny, which isn't a real world amount, but taken from a million people, it's a significant sum of money for something we didn't recieve."

How do you know you've bought exactly 1 litre?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Can someone answer me this?

If petrol costs, for example, £1.442 per litre and I buy exactly 1 litre, how much do I pay?

If I round it up then I'm being done out of 0.8 of a penny, which isn't a real world amount, but taken from a million people, it's a significant sum of money for something we didn't recieve.

How do you know you've bought exactly 1 litre?"

As these pumps are carefully regulated by HMRC, I assume that when the display that indicates how many litres I have taken reads 1.00, it means I have exactly 1 litre.

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By *luttTV/TS
over a year ago

Duns


"Plus, there's no way they'll round down.

God forbid the tax man, petrol companies or the forecourt lose money.

I don''t really mind rounding up at the personal level but nationally (and globally) it's a scandal.

People paying for fuel they don't recieve.

0.2p for example, doesn't bother me personally, but scaled up, they're getting a lovely little bonus.

0.2 x 1 million people = £800,000

x 10 million = £8,000,000

Fine, that's less than pocket change to a fuel company but not to us.

Maybe there could be legislation forcing them to donate that excess money to charity.

(I won't hold my breath though)"

0.2p * 1,000,000 is £2,000. Where are you getting £800,000 from?

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"I thought the rule in maths was below 5 you round down, above 5 you round up so because it's 1.442 per litre then you'll pay 1.44 I guess

But I could be wrong"

That's why petrol is always priced at .9.

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