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THECORBYLOON | 00:56 Tue 25th Jul 2006 | Motoring
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Why is petrol selt in tenths of a penny? You never see see a bag of tatties for 120.9p a bag do you? When did the practice start?
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Avatar Image mr_pointment
they just tryin to bamboozle you CORBYLOON.i selt tatties much much cheaper than tat
01:57 Tue 25th Jul 2006
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what does selt mean,matey
10:33 Tue 25th Jul 2006
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For "selt" I think you should read "sold".

It started many years ago when they started selling petrol in litres instead of gallons. Please don't suggest they round up the price to whole pence as that would increase bills even more.
13:38 Tue 25th Jul 2006
Avatar Image A Chill Wind
For the same reason that many goods are sold for �xxx.99.
23:05 Tue 25th Jul 2006
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If petrol is 97.9p a litre and I put in 17 litres, that works out as �16.643 exactly but I can't pay the 0.3p can I, so what's the point of fractions? Why not just say 98p?
23:52 Wed 26th Jul 2006

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