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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:11 AM Original message |
Petrol charge sparks outrage in Australia |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. People should go back to using cash. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. A good suggestion, NYC. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Use the grocery discount card only when |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. I notice some gas stations are doing this here, but not at those prices. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. AU$100 is less than US$100. don't know the current exchange rate |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 06:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. about 74.5 cents US to the Oz dollar |
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Josh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Probably, but we'd never know - |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. Credit card companies get a percentage of every sale made with them |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. interesting b/c credit card cos.=banks, which are very tied to BigOil |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Credit fees are somewhat offset by smaller costs/risks assoc. w/ cash |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-13-06 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's from a price of Aus $1.391 a litre |
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