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Asap-Direct

4759
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Just been contacted by UK Fuels offering derv at £1.129 per litre. Whats the catch?

AJM sameday Couriers

3440

Asap-Direct said:


Just been contacted by UK Fuels offering derv at £1.129 per litre. Whats the catch?

Plus vat

021 SAMEDAY

3691

Knowing UK Fuels that will be a prospecting price and will gradually creep up towards the "National" price whilst you are not looking.

What you need is a "Platt's Plus" price.

Try Esso commercial card - we have found them consistent for the past 5 months, this week we paid 114.01 + VAT = £136.8 which is the highest it has been for 4 months

021 SAMEDAY

3691

AJM sameday Couriers said:


Asap-Direct said:


Just been contacted by UK Fuels offering derv at £1.129 per litre. Whats the catch?

Plus vat

Still a good price...

DMS NATIONWIDE COURIERS

5507

I've had a call from them aswell and still not sure about them, they offered the shell card aswell that can be used at bunker site, as i have never had a fuel card in the past, i still have no idea what they mean by bunker sites, can any explain it to me.

JH Logistics

400

021 SAMEDAY said:


AJM sameday Couriers said:


Asap-Direct said:


Just been contacted by UK Fuels offering derv at £1.129 per litre. Whats the catch?

Plus vat

Still a good price...

Limited sites to where you can use it, a few supermarkets ie Morrisons and Tescos... Used mine at Tesco and cost me more than if I had paid cash... Due to Tesco levying a charge to use the card... Mine is in my wallet in case of an emergency.

JH Logistics

400

021 SAMEDAY said:


Knowing UK Fuels that will be a prospecting price and will gradually creep up towards the "National" price whilst you are not looking.

What you need is a "Platt's Plus" price.

Try Esso commercial card - we have found them consistent for the past 5 months, this week we paid 114.01 + VAT = £136.8 which is the highest it has been for 4 months

What is this Platts Plus you speak of Ben?

DMS NATIONWIDE COURIERS

5507

JH Logistics said:


021 SAMEDAY said:


AJM sameday Couriers said:


Asap-Direct said:


Just been contacted by UK Fuels offering derv at £1.129 per litre. Whats the catch?

Plus vat

Still a good price...

Limited sites to where you can use it, a few supermarkets ie Morrisons and Tescos... Used mine at Tesco and cost me more than if I had paid cash... Due to Tesco levying a charge to use the card... Mine is in my wallet in case of an emergency.

I'm thinking of doing the same if i'm honest

021 SAMEDAY

3691

Google - platts plus pricing - It is a fair commercial way of buying your fuel.

Jamie Vickers

200

Your Diesel Advance Diesel fuel price for week commencing 05/08/13 is 116.55 pence per litre + VAT With asda on the door step no thanks

GB Distributors (Bridgend)

470

After the initial period, they charged my mate £10.00 per card renewal and £3.00 per invoice

DMS NATIONWIDE COURIERS

5507

JH Logistics said:


021 SAMEDAY said:


AJM sameday Couriers said:


Asap-Direct said:


Just been contacted by UK Fuels offering derv at £1.129 per litre. Whats the catch?

Plus vat

Still a good price...

Limited sites to where you can use it, a few supermarkets ie Morrisons and Tescos... Used mine at Tesco and cost me more than if I had paid cash... Due to Tesco levying a charge to use the card... Mine is in my wallet in case of an emergency.

How do you know wether its a bunker site or not

Phax

2250

Uk Fuels this week 138p I can pay cash at 135p. Told me they could not compete this week, swings and roundabouts.

Phax

2250

Limited sites to where you can use it, a few supermarkets ie Morrisons and Tescos... Used mine at Tesco and cost me more than if I had paid cash... Due to Tesco levying a charge to use the card... Mine is in my wallet in case of an emergency.

I have found tesco to be consistantly 3ppl more than Morrisons.

Jamie Vickers

200

Asda is at its highest its been for a while at £138.7 last week they were charging £134.9

DMS NATIONWIDE COURIERS

5507

I have it lucky really, asda and sainsburys only 2 mins down the road. Currently @£135.7

Jamie Vickers

200

GB Distributors (Bridgend) said:


After the initial period, they charged my mate £10.00 per card renewal and £3.00 per invoice

They charged me £14 one off payment for card but i never use it emergenceys only

JH Logistics

400

BusinessBuddy said:


Limited sites to where you can use it, a few supermarkets ie Morrisons and Tescos... Used mine at Tesco and cost me more than if I had paid cash... Due to Tesco levying a charge to use the card... Mine is in my wallet in case of an emergency.

I have found tesco to be consistantly 3ppl more than Morrisons.

Luckily I do a lot of work where there is a Morrisons JUST over the road!

SMH

1863

Mine are £113.1 next week

Phax

2250

I have it lucky really, asda and sainsburys only 2 mins down the road. Currently @£135.7

And Mozzi's

Mr G Courier Service

2596

And if you get a yellow morrisons saver card you can collect £5 vouchers to use in store to purchase ginsters/pukka pies or crisps

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

10314

Are you on commission or somethin?

JH Logistics

400

Mr G Courier service- I take it personally said:


And if you get a yellow morrisons saver card you can collect £5 vouchers to use in store to purchase ginsters/pukka pies or crisps

:)

AJM sameday Couriers

3440

Shell only averaged 68 mpg last week on way back from Nantes.

Phax

2250

I cant use a saver card with my fuel card. Am I the wrong natioanality??, >>>>>cries into his coffee>>>>>

SMH

1863

7.6mpg last week :-(

Phax

2250

7.6mpg is that a Bentley you courier in lol

Direct Deliveries (Stroud)

1007

I have found that UK Fuels price will start off very good & then after 5-6 weeks it will quickly jump up near the national average price. Should not really single out UK though, ALL Fuel cards do the same, after all they are in bussiness not charities, you just need to keep an eye on the weekly prices! I have 2 fuel cards UK & BE Fuels BP card, just use best price each week. But to put another spanner in the works MPG better with BP than UK independent sites & supermarkets, so it's not just down to price.

Legrys Express Ltd

817

We have edc (uk fuels) coming from heavy goods the network is big enough for my needs ths weeks price is 114.44 ex vat which is the same as asds and tesco localy

Fresh Dispatch ltd

310

AJM sameday Couriers said:


Shell only averaged 68 mpg last week on way back from Nantes.

What are you driving a 50cc moped?

Express Couriers Northwest Ltd

3871

We had UK Fuels and would never ever use them again. But then that was just our experience, no doubt others would not use who we currently use.

AJM sameday Couriers

3440

Fresh Dispatch ltd said:


AJM sameday Couriers said:


Shell only averaged 68 mpg last week on way back from Nantes.

What are you driving a 50cc moped?

Honda accord 2.2 diesel only done 50, 000 using cruise control at 65mph.

AJM sameday Couriers

3440

Express Couriers Northwest Ltd said:


We had UK Fuels and would never ever use them again. But then that was just our experience, no doubt others would not use who we currently use.

I would never use UK fuels again they promise fuel will be cheaper it's codymuck

DMS NATIONWIDE COURIERS

5507

I've got a UK fuels card, I was using for about 2 months, the price started at £110.9pl then gradually went up to 119.9pl. Now I've nit used it for about 3 weeks and now its gone back down to 110.9. So my thoughts are, the more you use it, more price you have to pay per litre, shocking

021 SAMEDAY

3691

021 SAMEDAY said:


Knowing UK Fuels that will be a prospecting price and will gradually creep up towards the "National" price whilst you are not looking.

East-Lancs Sameday Couriers Ltd said:


I've got a UK fuels card, I was using for about 2 months, the price started at £110.9pl then gradually went up to 119.9pl. Now I've nit used it for about 3 weeks and now its gone back down to 110.9. So my thoughts are, the more you use it, more price you have to pay per litre, shocking

Scott Reid

1029

Or if you have a smart phone you can download the "What Gas" app and it will show you the cheapest station for your deisel wherever you are in the country.

Phax

2250

Dont miss paying an invoice!!!!!!!!! Charge you £75. Yes £75.

AM-PM Despatch

223

Had uk fuel card for BP nr me price was always 2p cheaper than local till this week. Text Friday said £122.85 + vat. (£1.4742) Local BP is £1.379 Rang thinking it was a typo but it wasn't. Their reply was you don't have to use it!

021 SAMEDAY

3691

Esso commercial Platts Plus Card this week 110.59 + VAT - +0.5 ppl at motorway sites... And clubcard points..

AJM sameday Couriers

3440

Any shell garage v power diesel or bp, pump price, I can't be bothered with fuel cards trying to save you a few pence here and their.

Preston Courier Co Ltd

6252

We have found the best strategy is to have 2 cards that share the same network but one is a fixed price and one is pump price.

This way you can just use the same garages all the time and just use which ever card is cheaper.

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