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02-05-2006, 09:20 AM
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British petrol price cutting scheme Pipeline
Just got sent this by my mate, thought it was a load of balls at first, but i had a read and it doesnt appear to be a scam as far as i can see, but i dont quite understand how he intends to get this discount, but signing up is free, and he intends to save 5-10p per litre, which would come as a welcome saving to me (as long as he does it on high octane stuff  )
Anyways, this is for UK residents only, jut thought i'd bring it to peoples attention if they didnt already know about it. Filling up yesterday at 1.04 per litre :shock: kinda sparked my enthusiasm for this!
http://www.pipelinecard.org/qna.html
Cheers 
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02-05-2006, 09:42 AM
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Sounds good, not sure how it works, but ive signed up and hope to be saving money in the future
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02-06-2006, 06:23 AM
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In Australia, when you shop at some supermarkets, you get discounted petrol at a selected petrol company. But this idea is just so much better.
I paid $1.16 a litre today, for petrol, BTW, just to give you an idea of petrol prices in metropolitan Sydney.
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02-06-2006, 07:04 AM
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Heard about this from a mate, just registered
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02-06-2006, 12:31 PM
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signed up myself,hope it is true.i filled up with shell optimax yesterday for the cheapest in a while at 90.9p a litre.another bit off that would be very welcome. 
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02-06-2006, 12:41 PM
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Sounds interesting, signed up for more info but I would certainly like to know more about how it works 
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02-06-2006, 12:43 PM
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SO it is a "Charge Card" of some kind? Where you buy the petrol using this new card as the purchase tool?
I mean how would PipeLine know you bought some pettrol at Habib Shalom's petrol station?... And how will Habib Shalom now you belong to PipeLine?
Seems like a very clever way to recruit a captive customer base for a Diners Club style credit card
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02-06-2006, 12:48 PM
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Ahhh, didn't get that out of the small bit that I read, they'll be making loads more profit from high interest charges than they will discount on the petrol then.
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02-06-2006, 12:52 PM
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This was featured in evo a few months back, and i remember a post about it on here too.
Just registered - theres no harm in doing that for the moment.
And i will pass this on to others who i reckon will be interested
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02-06-2006, 09:14 PM
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I know. Petrol prices in Europe are much higher than in Australia. The US have it nice and cheap, which is why they can still afford to maintain home-sized SUVs.
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02-10-2006, 01:23 PM
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I signed up, lets hope for saving in the future!
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02-10-2006, 02:05 PM
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Local gasoline price dropped 10c a gallon over the last few days, so I filled up -- no discount card required.. 
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02-11-2006, 12:46 AM
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Damn. I wish that would happen here. This idea is really very good. I wish they'd implement something like this in Australia.
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02-11-2006, 05:28 AM
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I don't either. I think it cuts deals with certain petrol suppliers and says "Look, all my card-carrying mates will buy petrol from you, at this lowered price, but we'll definitely buy from you, so you'll always get our business".
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02-11-2006, 11:16 AM
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$2.39 for 93RON here
35p/litre  ops:
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