Motoring Discussion > Cheap fuel at Asda. 12.9p for a litre of petrol. Green Issues
Thread Author: VxFan Replies: 6
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New Sat 2 Apr 11 20:47 
 Cheap fuel at Asda. 12.9p for a litre of petrol. - VxFan
Well it was until someone realised they'd put the decimal in the wrong place.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-12939234
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New Sat 2 Apr 11 20:50 
 Cheap fuel at Asda. 12.9p for a litre of petrol. - RattleandSmoke
That could cost them £1000's, not only would ASDA loose out on the fuel they would still need to pay I think around 70p tax per litre which they sell! Ouch.

I think somebody will be in big trouble.
Last edited by: RattleandSmoke on Sat 2 Apr 11 at 20:51
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New Sat 2 Apr 11 22:20 
 Cheap fuel at Asda. 12.9p for a litre of petrol. - Stuartli
Fuel is paid for on delivery, so the duty would have already been paid...:-)
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New Sun 3 Apr 11 16:05 
 Cheap fuel at Asda. 12.9p for a litre of petrol. - Perky Penguin
Staff managed to put a decimal point in the wrong place on all of the unleaded pumps on the site? I'm not quite following this!
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New Sun 3 Apr 11 17:46 
 Cheap fuel at Asda. 12.9p for a litre of petrol. - VxFan
>> Staff managed to put a decimal point in the wrong place on all of the unleaded pumps on the site? I'm not quite following this!

Guessing that all the pumps are networked back to a central computer where the wrong price was entered.
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New Sun 3 Apr 11 19:06 
 Cheap fuel at Asda. 12.9p for a litre of petrol. - Perky Penguin
Wow - that is serious technology! That would have meant every ASDA garage in the country selling at the wrong price, or would it? I do follow your line of reasoning thought.
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New Sun 3 Apr 11 19:09 
 Cheap fuel at Asda. 12.9p for a litre of petrol. - VxFan
No, only on that one particular filling site I would imagine.

Serious technology? Hardly.

No different to a shop having 10, 20, or more tills that link back to a computer where the prices of the products are stored.
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