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    Le accuse di truffe sui prezzi del carburante sono fondate?

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    2. The3rdbaboon on

      I just read the article it was actually pretty good. Long story short the forecourt price of fuel has tracked pretty similar to the wholesale price based on the most recent figures from the CSO, so there isn’t much evidence of gouging there. Home heating oil is a different story though.

      The article is long and detailed if you aren’t going to read it no point commenting

    3. Melded1 on

      What a surprise that the CCPC who found no problems with the supermarkets would find no problems here either.

    5. Unusual_Exercise7531 on

      The main cost of fuel is TAX 38% fuel duty, 20% VAT, 7% Green Levies, so 65% of the cost of a litre of fuel is tax. Without the tax fuel would roughly be around 65p – 70p per litre

    6. flamesdivide on

      500 ltr of home heating oil went up 50% 1 week after the war started. I got screwed having to buy it. All the provider had the same price. Put it down to supply and demand.

    7. Ok_Personality6148 on

      I don’t believe there’s widespread price gouging going. Prices rose sharply and quickly but they also dropped quickly when the government reduced excise.

      I find it interesting to observe human behaviour. We’re primed to respond to negative threats and I don’t think the current media incentives help, they definitely exploit this vulnerability. Example, when prices started rising, everyone rushed to fill up, this reduced reserves at the old price and forecourts had to fill up at the higher price. In home heating oil, people naturally rushed to refill and pulled demand forward leading to higher prices and cancellations in some cases. I do think home heating oil is a little different, if there’s a sudden spike in demand they may not be in a position to fill all orders and I can understand the temptation to fill higher value orders and cancel lower value.

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