Fuel prices in Germany
I drove passed a petrol station at 10 this morning and diesel price was 1.07€/litre, when I returned 4 hours later it was 1.06€/litre. Decided to go and fill up this evening, same station and joy of joy 1.03€/litre
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Yes, fuel prices are very volatile in Germany and I'm surprised that you only encountered a price differential of 4 cents per litre. I have seen variances of up to 10 cents on the same day. It's usually cheapest mid-week in the early evening and most expensive
late at night, especially at weekends. It's not unusual for prices to change, both up and down, up to 4 times a day.0 -
It was something that always confused me about Germany. I supose a major difference is that most fuel stations in Germany are just that where as in the UK a fairly large proportion of fuel is purchased from supermakets but I don't think I have ever come
across this Germany?David
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It was something that always confused me about Germany. I supose a major difference is that most fuel stations in Germany are just that where as in the UK a fairly large proportion of fuel is purchased from supermakets but I don't think I have ever come
across this Germany?David
Quite a lot of supermarkets in Germany used to have their own fuel outlets, but in recent years the few that still exist have been leased to the petrol companies and the supermarkets have virtually withrawn from selling fuel themselves.
By the way, when I went out for a drink with friends at about 8:30 this evening the local petrol station was selling diesel at 100.9 cents a litre which sounded good so I filled up. When I came back about a quarter of an hour ago it was up to 113.9, a whopping
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Lutz
I could be wrong but I think if that sort of thing happened in the UK our Trading Standards departments might have something to say about it!!!
I suppose the 113.9 price is actually tomorrows price, or the weekend price? I am really surprised that German motorist put up with it.
David
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The Globus hypermarkets I've used seem to have their own filling station. The one a Zell am Moselle is particularly cheap and cant say I've noticed a price fluctuation. There were 2 supermarkets between Bergen and Celle that had filling stations but they
closed last year, whether it was because the several thousand Brit military left or coincidence I don't know0 -
Yes we have found prices do change a lot for fuel in Germany but in Austria they are only allowed to change it once in the day and that is noon when it can go up 10 cents Then it is back down in the morning. It does rise more towards the weekend too.
DianneT
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The Globus hypermarkets I've used seem to have their own filling station. The one a Zell am Moselle is particularly cheap and cant say I've noticed a price fluctuation. There were 2 supermarkets between Bergen and Celle that had filling stations but they
closed last year, whether it was because the several thousand Brit military left or coincidence I don't knowThe Globus supermarket near to where I live also has a filling station on the premises, but it's an independent one and has nothing to do with Globus.
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It must keep people in jobs just updatinging the computer details and the displays so regularly! I wonder if there is a whole army of people deciding what the price is going to do next - go up or down? A few cents, or thirteen?
It all seems quite bizarre and quite hard to understand the reasoning behind it to be honest.
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It must keep people in jobs just updatinging the computer details and the displays so regularly! I wonder if there is a whole army of people deciding what the price is going to do next - go up or down? A few cents, or thirteen?
It all seems quite bizarre and quite hard to understand the reasoning behind it to be honest.
In the course of doing some shopping today I passed the petrol station three times today and each time the price was different, although not as big a jump as on Thursday evening. As it happens, there's another petrol staion about 200 yards up the road and I've seen the owner out with binoculars checking the prices of the competition so he can undersell by a cent or two.
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