Fuel prices in Swanwick

[diligaf]

I noticed the other day that fuel prices seem to have remained high at Premier Swanwick. Petrol is stil over £1.40 per litre!

Apart from greed can anyone else think why this could be?

I find it had to believe it's at cost when the wholesale price has slumped but the marina pumps have remained unchanged.

 

[lisilou]

We filled up with diesel there the other day and it had dropped by 12p pl
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[longjohnsilver]

I noticed the other day that fuel prices seem to have remained high at Premier Swanwick. Petrol is stil over £1.40 per litre!

Apart from greed can anyone else think why this could be?

I find it had to believe it's at cost when the wholesale price has slumped but the marina pumps have remained unchanged.

Old stock bought in at peak prices. I guess they are reluctant to sell at a loss.

 

[volvopaul]

Old stock bought in at peak prices. I guess they are reluctant to sell at a loss.

Can't be old stock as the old tanks have just been dug out the ground, all the system, tanks, pumps etc is all brand new at Swanwick part of the new development. The cost price of Red fuel is now under 60p pl before the boat tax.

 

[Anders_P42]

We filled up with diesel there the other day and it had dropped by 12p pl
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Can you recall 60/40 price? I phoned Gosport marina last weekend, £1.01 for 60/40 which is only a penny cheaper than Dec. Suspect they still have old price fuel in tanks. Not enough people using boats in winter

 

[lisilou]

From memory it worked out at 97ppl 60/40. In fact, I think it may have been a bit less than that. I'll check with Chris and let you know. This was 30th Dec.
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[longjohnsilver]

Can't be old stock as the old tanks have just been dug out the ground, all the system, tanks, pumps etc is all brand new at Swanwick part of the new development. The cost price of Red fuel is now under 60p pl before the boat tax.

What did they do with the fuel in the old tanks?

 

[volvopaul]

What did they do with the fuel in the old tanks?

Not sure, I suspect they just ran it right down like a few times last summer when they ran out.
At least they have a good turnover in fuel as most of the big Princess boats fill up with thousands of litres prior to departure.

 

[lisilou]

They ran it empty before the move. There was no diesel available in the week or so before the move.
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[Jurgen]

Despite buying 10'000's of liters at a time it is still small beer compared to a high street petrol station, therefore I wouldn't expect to see a vast fall in price in the marinas

 

[3571]

Can't be old stock as the old tanks have just been dug out the ground, all the system, tanks, pumps etc is all brand new at Swanwick part of the new development. The cost price of Red fuel is now under 60p pl before the boat tax.

We paid 36.5p for fishing boat red last fill before Xmas Paul, that was Duty and Vat free.

 

[SolentPhill]

We paid 36.5p for fishing boat red last fill before Xmas Paul, that was Duty and Vat free.

That's a very good price I buy 3-4000 litres of red for generators twice a yr and it was just over 70p a litre on my last delivery which was nov. The annoying part is I have full tanks as I thought the price would rise. Bad decision there.

 

[3571]

That's a very good price I buy 3-4000 litres of red for generators twice a yr and it was just over 70p a litre on my last delivery which was nov. The annoying part is I have full tanks as I thought the price would rise. Bad decision there.

The bill for it came in yesterday, I was surprised by just how much it had fallen. If I remember correctly the week before that fill it was 40.6p, we use 1000+ litres per day so it has been a very welcome reduction in our running costs from the heady heights of 70p+ per litre of not that long ago.

 

[Anders_P42]

From memory it worked out at 97ppl 60/40. In fact, I think it may have been a bit less than that. I'll check with Chris and let you know. This was 30th Dec.
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.968 pl

Thanks.

 

[benjenbav]

Despite buying 10'000's of liters at a time it is still small beer compared to a high street petrol station, therefore I wouldn't expect to see a vast fall in price in the marinas

From a Shell press release:

"Today, Thursday 13th September [2012], the Cobham Service Area, home to the UK’s largest filling station, opens on the M25. It knocks Shell Beaconsfield off the top spot, which opened in 2009 on the M40 in Buckinghamshire. With 36 forecourt pumps and six dedicated high-speed HGV pumps totalling 141 nozzles, the site in Surrey can serve around 3,400 cars a day. "

 

[Nick_H]

From a Shell press release:

"Today, Thursday 13th September [2012], the Cobham Service Area, home to the UK’s largest filling station, opens on the M25. It knocks Shell Beaconsfield off the top spot, which opened in 2009 on the M40 in Buckinghamshire. With 36 forecourt pumps and six dedicated high-speed HGV pumps totalling 141 nozzles, the site in Surrey can serve around 3,400 cars a day. "

That's interesting, but I don't think Jurgen's assumption is right.

Marina fuel stations carry a premium for sure, because of the relatively low volumes they sell, but it's already included at the higher prices, and there's no reason why that premium should go up (in £/litre terms) as fuel prices go down.

 

[Anders_P42]

The marinas are making a tidy profit. Take Cowes harbour fuels, 75ppl for commercial in December. At Christmas I visited family in Isle of Man, I asked farmer next door neighbour what he pays for tax free diesel - 65ppl delivered late August 14 (only 1500 litres) and before oil price dropped massively. The Isle of Man always pay a premium for their fuel as it's all imported, pump price often 8 or 9p litre more than UK.

 

[solitaire11]

Just priced up 1000 litres delivered into my ibc in my garage for 38ppl. That's from a local supplier.