Shopper docket fuel trap

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I run on BBQ fuel so I save more than the "$600 a year" and if your so picky on saving a few cents per litre then perhaps you need to look into it also.

From my experience we have 2 coles in our shopping centre in close proximity. They both have different prices on the same products so what is cheap in one store is dearer in the other, bottom line is if I want to save money then I have to research the prices on everything I want to buy and do 2 shops, can't be bothered really.

With Shell, I find in my area that the shell is usually 1 cent dearer than other petrol stations around. My car runs noticeably worse on shell and I get less mileage out of the tank when I use it so I refuse to touch it. My wife on the other hand uses the shopper dockets everytime at shell to fill her Honda, her choice I couldn't care less what she does. We made a trip to Melbourne not so long ago (in the Honda) and it had a tank full of Shell before we left. On the way back I filled with BP and we got 50 klms more out of the tank. I drove mainly with the cruise control and at roughly the same speeds as I was curious about the different fuel.

I can't see the advantage of shopper dockets for myself but that is for myself, if others think they work for them then that's their choice.