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Thread ID: 145459 2017-11-07 21:10:00 Somebody must be making lots of money Roscoe (6288) PC World Chat
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1441715 2017-11-07 21:10:00 There are many discounts available where by buying something you can receive 10c or 20c off a litre off fuel. With only a few cents profit per litre the petrol stations won't be the ones bearing the cost of that discount so who is it that is paying for these discounts? Whoever it is must be making lots of money to be able to afford to continually give these discounts.

Anyone know how it works?
Roscoe (6288)
1441716 2017-11-07 21:25:00 There are many discounts available where by buying something you can receive 10c or 20c off a litre off fuel. With only a few cents profit per litre the petrol stations won't be the ones bearing the cost of that discount so who is it that is paying for these discounts? Whoever it is must be making lots of money to be able to afford to continually give these discounts.

Anyone know how it works?

Somewhere I heard how it works, I can't remember exactly how but I do remember thinking that we all should realise just who pays........it's us!
Marnie (4574)
1441717 2017-11-07 21:54:00 If a store is offering you AA rewards fuels discounts then they are paying for them.
We looked at offering them but the costs were just too much, and not predictable, as you don't know how many customers will come in and earn the rewards you are offering.
And then it also depends on if they actually redeem them.

The supermarkets will be paying for the discounts they offer.
CYaBro (73)
1441718 2017-11-07 22:23:00 Thanks for that CYaBro. I wondered who paid. But then, as Marnie says, we will be paying for it as the supermarkets will be passing the cost onto their customers. I did not think it would be the petrol stations. Roscoe (6288)
1441719 2017-11-07 22:30:00 Perhaps those petrol stations just charge a bit more for the un-discounted price ?
so they bump the price then offer discounts ?

any discount I could possibly get would be gobbled up by the cost of the morning coffee :-)
1101 (13337)
1441720 2017-11-07 23:06:00 The shop does. Do you know how much profit supermarkets make?? Heaps. pctek (84)
1441721 2017-11-08 05:51:00 The shop does. Do you know how much profit supermarkets make?? Heaps.

And you know that how?
Greg (193)
1441722 2017-11-11 19:12:00 I use my Gold Card (thanks Winston) at Challenge, and got 8 cents until recently. I haven't used it for a month or so as I had a couple of 12 cent supermarket vouchers, I think Challenge are now offering 12 cents! I doubt that this is paid for by government. Brucem (8688)
1441723 2017-11-11 19:47:00 We get 12c off if we use our farmlands card gary67 (56)
1441724 2017-11-12 00:08:00 And you know that how?

www.stuff.co.nz

www.countdown.co.nz

Not hard to find
pctek (84)
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