Petrol Prices
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Topic: Petrol Prices
Posted By: meow
Subject: Petrol Prices
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:10pm
Aren't they ridiculous? Soon I won't be able to drive anywhere at all! I should probably cut back on my driving so we can save some money. I read in the paper last night that 91 might go up to $1.50 in the next day or so. So fill your tanks up tonight! I filled mine today, it cost an astronomical amount  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Gwyn_n_Pete
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 4:28pm
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It's highway robbery, LITERALLY!!!!!!!!! It's not fair that we pay $1.52 per liter when countries like the USA get their gas for $1.52 a GALLON (4 liters)!!!!!!!!!! Damn those greedy Oil Tycoons!!!!! lol ------------- Gwyn www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gracejenkins http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:24pm
| yeah, we too could have our oil that cheap if we bombed iraq. |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 7:04am
Just after posting this message I went out in the car to pick up my DP, and saw that the price had gone up to 152.9! Lucky I filled up when it was still 147.9.. not that that is cheap, but still  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 8:07am
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Its terrible, We have a gull service station here. So i buy my groceries at coutdown and get a voucher for 6c a litre off at gull. Makes a bit of a difference but not much. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 10:21am
| I was thinking of getting my license finally when i get home...maybe not, although I can drive mum and dad's cars.... |
Posted By: mummyness
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 10:30am
i heard on the radio yesturday that petrol will be over $2 a litre by the end of the year!
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:04am
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I shop at Pak n save and on some days if you spend $150 you get 10c off but most days it is 6c....still better than nothing!...I told my hubby we have to use his company car more often now...I know it is horrible but with a new baby and a new mortgage you have to think of all the ways to save money! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Anjelmajik
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:31am
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yes, my partner and i are finding adjusting to buying baby needs hard enuff without petrol going up! its currently $1.53 for 91, and what you heard on the radio is accurate Mummyness, my friend is a manager at Shell, and he says that petrol companies all over are aiming for the $2 mark by xmas this year!!
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Posted By: skirts
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:42pm
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Oh my gosh, its ridiculous isnt it!
We're meant to be going up to Auckland and Kerikeri in a month or two to visit family and friends (driving from Wellington) its going to cost me an arm and a leg just in petrol to get there, almost thinking of cancelling it a! And $2 a litre for petrol, are they trying to make us into a third world country, cos eventually noone is going to be able to afford it! |
Posted By: Southlandmummy
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 2:47pm
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In my little town we have a GAS station and the sell there petrol for 1.60ltr, only station within half an hour so dont have a choice really... ------------- Cindy - Princess and Princes Samia Isobel Joy born 9th September 2008 Spencer Graeme John born 29th May 2006 Kaylin Gavin Robert born 19 December 2004 |
Posted By: Gwyn_n_Pete
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 9:24pm
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HAHAHAHA good call Lizzle!!! ------------- Gwyn www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gracejenkins http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 9:30pm
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Although it might help to mention (being the journalist and all ) that rumour on the political scene atm is that the price of oil will soon drop from around $70per barrel atm to $30-odd per barrel, as the high price has led to less demand from the retail market (who already have enough put away to feed the market for at least 2 years). The tornado in the Gulf of Mexico which destroyed 2 oil rigs has caused temporary panic, but the price is expected to drop by the end of this year.
Whether or not the retail market (companies like Shell, BP etc.) will pass the reduced cost on to consumers remains to be seen. However, we will at least have ammunition to put pressure on them. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 9:01am
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I heard through a "source" (secret squirrel) that Shell are hoping to push prices up to $2.00 a litre by xmas...
(OK, it was one of the ladies on another forum who knows someone at Shell) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Gwyn_n_Pete
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 10:02am
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That's really good to know Emma. I was thinking last night that there's no way that we could have felt the effects of the tornado all the way down here already and that it was just paniced corporate monkeys doing what they do, so it's nice to know I'm not mad. LOL ------------- Gwyn www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gracejenkins http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 10:17am
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OK....Lets try this...with all the craziness of high petrol price and high "every thing" cost, life is becoming more difficult! Even with our high income we are worried about what the future holds.
So on 17th who are we voting for? I always voted for Labour but now I am not so sure. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 11:07am
To tell you the truth I don't really think it willmake much of a difference who we vote for  I don't like the National Tax thing though - rich getting richer...------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 11:30am
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yeah that sucks... nice to see them interviewing all the "rich" people and them saying "hey, we don't actually want the extra money, put it elsewhere". thing is, yeah they might get extra money but it's taking funding from other services... so in a round about way you still losse cos you will have to pay more for those services instead. Labour all the way i say. Don brash is a bit too arrogant if you ask me!
As for petorl... i remember when me and mike were first together, going away on holiday and the petrol was on special for a day, we filled our tank for just 85 cents a litre... pretty much half the price of what it is now... my god, i sound like my grandma... "in my day dear, the petrol was 85 cents, and we had bread and butter for dinner and wore potato sacks for dresses. lololololol. ok, maybe that's a bit much. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 11:58am
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LOL...Yah I am so confused as to who to vote for that I am thinking of not voting at all. I have huge student loan and Labour seems to be the way to go....Arggg who cares?
Oh I do remember the days when petrol prices were low 85c or so...I think 1.53 is just a bit too much! Thank God I work 3 min away from work. But my parents are finding it extra hard as they work in Auckland CBD and it takes them an hour and a half to get there from home (ahhh the lovely auckland traffic). ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 12:36pm
The petrol companies (BP, Mobil, Shell etc) are rolling in money.. I can't imagine them putting prices down as they have so made so much profit in the last few months. We'll see  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 2:21pm
Janine - Don't forget about walking the 5 miles to school in bare feet in the snow!!! (One of the classic grandma lines of all time...)  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 3:55pm
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I'm voting National. I met Helen Clark and boy did she look down her nose at me coz I had a baby! Grrr!!! And the tax cuts that National are proposing suit me fine. My fiancee will be getting more money in his pocket instead of paying it to the tax man. He isn't on a huge wage & he certainly works hard for it. He gets 3 days off a month so it will be nice for us to use the extra money for family time. ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 5:03pm
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and with a my mum apparently did that but also with a hay bale on her back. Re votes. I think im voting NZ first. I really like winston ha ha please dont slap me. I also read their policy and i like the fact that they are going to put more money into health and dental. I really think these tax cuts are a waste and more money should be going to health. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Anjelmajik
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 5:21pm
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lol lets all go work in management at petrol stations shall we? at least that way, the company pays for our fuel
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Posted By: Gwyn_n_Pete
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 5:43pm
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Haha I'll definately be voting Labour. I think Nationals tax cuts are a load of bollox and as pre said they are just in making the rich richer and the poor poorer. It's a shambles.
I met Helen Clarke last friday when she spoke at Waikato university, and think she is an amazing, devoted person and we are lucky to have a Prime Minister who is interested in the welfare of everyone in the country not just the busnessmen like National are. GO AUNTY HELEN!!!!!!!  ------------- Gwyn www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gracejenkins http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 6:14pm
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Well hubby and I beating petrol prices by having bought cycles and we are cycling to work and only really using the cars in the weekend...once we have a new addition to the family that obviously won't work for me but B will still be able to bike to work.
As for voting....to give the tax cuts National will apparently have to borrow the money...I'll be going for the devil I know...I don't trust Don Brash! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 10:17pm
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well, I was bitching about petrol prices today and had a student really surprise me....
she said that everyone was moaning about prices but no one was thinking about why, and that was a hurricane destroying thousands of peoples lives and all we can think about is paying more when we drive to the shopping mall. So I shut up! I plan to vote labour again. I just don't like Don Brash. We will have nuclear subs in our waters faster than..a fast thing...if he gets in. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 11:27pm
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I definitely won't be voting Labour - our government at the moment is a right mess (how did they 'find' a surplus $7billion when there are families living below poverty level?), but I'm not so sold on National either. I agree with a lot of what Don Brash said in both his Orewa speeches (and I'm the semi-single Mum of a Maori kid who has been on the DPB so that's saying something!) but I think National as a party don't have much in the way of decent policy.
I've always voted Act before, but I can't stand Rodney Hide, and I think Act will probably fall flat on their faces this election, and Winston just doesn't do it for me (sorry Maria lol!), so I'm in a real dilemma. If I didn't believe so strongly in the importance of excersising my democratic right to vote I probably wouldn't vote at all. But I do, so I will, I just don't know who for. LMAO can you tell I was a Political Studies student?! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 9:23am
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Thats alright Emma. Rob thinks im crazy too. He likes Jim anderton, he thinks hes honest?....... I guess the votes from our house arent going to make much of a difference but neither of the major partys do it for me. I totally agree with what you said about Labour Emma. They keep finding all this surplus money and it just makes me so angry. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 10:56am
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I think I'll be voting Labour too as much as I dont really want to! Theres something about Brash that I just dont like and I dont trust him - not that Helens much better!! But we've both got student loans and as I work in the public health system, we are more likely to get a payrise with Labour. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 2:17pm
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What do you do Aimee? ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 3:37pm
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What about the greens? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Anjelmajik
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 4:45pm
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lmao...im too young to vote, i dont have the problem of deciding. i think that none of the current parties will do anything about petrol price anyways because out of $1.53 they get around a dollars tax out of it. Its easy money...there was an mp last year that made a fuss about the price of petrol, but nothing was ever done about it! public transport has been something my partner and i are trying to adapt to, and he has recently started cycling to work... lol though im not sure that my bump would fit on a bike if i tried it!!!
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 5:54pm
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Janine - Im a physio ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 03 September 2005 at 8:59pm
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oh kewl. I'm a nurse.. well, nearly, i've been studying long enough to be classed as one... just haven't sat the exams yet. lol ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 September 2005 at 11:10am
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Nearly there! I have been qualified for almost 2 years - time flies. Should be relatively easy to pick up some part-time work next year if not in Dannevirke then maybe in Palmy (esp if we get our payrise like the nurses!) ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |