sbiddle: Probably depends entirely on the context you're using it in..

Typically however petrol companies have a "standard list price" for petrol. The price of petrol varies where in the country you are, in some it will be above this, in some it will be below this where they are subject to competition from Gull and their cheap'n'nasty tax dodging 91 fuel.

networkn:

sbiddle: Probably depends entirely on the context you're using it in..

Typically however petrol companies have a "standard list price" for petrol. The price of petrol varies where in the country you are, in some it will be above this, in some it will be below this where they are subject to competition from Gull and their cheap'n'nasty tax dodging 91 fuel.

The reason I ask is I saw an advert for fuel card with a guaranteed 6c off, but the small print says off the national list price, so I was curious to know what it was. 

CYaBro: Agree with the AA SmartFuel card but I only go to Caltex and not BP.

NonprayingMantis: in my experience, shopping around for petrol usually isn't worth the effort.

realistically the saving you might make (might!) by going to a different service station is typically going to save you maybe $5.
Since the prices vary all the time you are going to have to do your research each time you fill up and if it takes, say, 20 mins to actually do the research and drive the further distance to the cheaper station then you have 'worked' for only $15/hour. (plus any extra petrol you use driving to a more distant station). that's barely more than minimum wage.

sbiddle: I've seen Caltex sites selling 95 for 11c litre more than 91. With BP and Z only charging 8c more you have to be careful your 6c discount isn't swallowed by their inflated retail price!