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Old 13-09-2018, 12:42 AM   #1
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Default Fuel price apps

Needed to fill up on the way home this evening so I checked Motormouth and the RACV webpage both reported the BP 2Go Tally Ho Highbury Rd & Blackburn Rd had a good price for LPG.

The Service Station is the process of being demolished it is all fenced off and not open for business. As I am typing this Motormouth reported an electronic feed 21 mins ago.
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Old 13-09-2018, 06:00 AM   #2
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An app is going to indicate the information that has been entered into it.
I've encountered the same situation, where a service station is indicating a price on LPG & in reality they don't have any at all.
I use PetroSpy.
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Old 13-09-2018, 08:14 AM   #3
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The problem with some apps, such as PetrolSpy, is that they rely on input from the users to update the data and there is always a risk that the last update data is behind the actual advertised price.

On the other hand, I have found apps offered by the fuel company, eg Woolworths petrol, to be very accurate as the data is updated from the petrol station itself.

The downside with this is that you need to have an app for every brand petrol station that you may visit.

I tend to stick with Woolworths Petrol as I purchase e-gift cards with a 5% discount, use that to purchase my groceries, get a 4c per litre discount for fuel and then pay for my fuel using the e-gift card (which effectively provides me with another 5% discount).
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If you're travelling through NSW use the Gov Fuel Check app. https://www.fuelcheck.nsw.gov.au/app

If the bowser price doesn't match the Fuel Check app price complaints can be made to NSW Fair Trading.

I believe the QLD gov will have a similar system running before Christmas as well.
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Old 13-09-2018, 03:47 PM   #5
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I use PetrolSpy, which relies on input from the users and shows what date the last user posted. So if it's more than a day or two old it may not be 100% accurate but it shows all stations within the map area so you get a general feel of what you are going to pay.
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Old 13-09-2018, 03:59 PM   #6
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I tend to stick with Woolworths Petrol as I purchase e-gift cards with a 5% discount, use that to purchase my groceries, get a 4c per litre discount for fuel and then pay for my fuel using the e-gift card (which effectively provides me with another 5% discount).
Very good !! Are you an accountant ?

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Old 14-09-2018, 07:32 AM   #7
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Very good !! Are you an accountant ?

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No. But I am an engineer. So probably tighter
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No. But I am an engineer. So probably tighter
I am an engineer also. The only mistake that I can see is you've counted your 5% e-gift discount twice, once at the purchase & once at the spend.

But I still love it !

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Old 15-09-2018, 09:23 AM   #9
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I am an engineer also. The only mistake that I can see is you've counted your 5% e-gift discount twice, once at the purchase & once at the spend.

But I still love it !

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Yeah, I see what you mean but I did it that way just to make it easy to explain. Perhaps I should have said: I get a e-gift card at 5% off, purchase my groceries with it and get a 4c/l discount purchasing those groceries, and then use the e-gift card to buy my petrol.

End result is that I get 5% off the advertised price discounted by 4c/l.

Even better with my XR8 as that is leased, so I only pay the gst free component of that

Was good when I had the Territory on an associate lease (gst tax savings) which was owned by my wife. Sadly, that scheme is no more.
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Lately I've only used the 711 fuel lock app. Find the cheapest price of fuel at a 711 store and lock it in, then you have 7 days to fill up at any 711 for that locked in price.

Currently have Premium 98 locked in at 137.7c/L
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