[Feen]

I am seriously considering putting up my prices due to the recent/continuing increase in the price of diesel. In my town there are two filling stations. On Wed one had diesel at 111.9p/lit. On Thurs 112.9 and on Fri 113.9. The other is 114.9. What are you all thinking about this? or doing about this?

[NWH]

The budget is looming.

[Feen]

And.....?? Am I being slow or missing something

[Mr H]

Just get a chippy or restraunt on your books and do free window clean for used chip oil and use that in your diesel engine.....
 
Or buy corn oil for 55p per litre........

Regards
Mr H

[jonah]

And.....?? Am I being slow or missing something

 Price may increase    Some are using cooking oil , but you have to add something to it .  Petrol station near me is selling  it at 10p a litre cheaper than normal .

[Feen]

Mr H, Thanks for that. Not quite the advice I had in mind

[jonah]

Just get a chippy or restraunt on your books and do free window clean for used chip oil and use that in your diesel engine.....
 
Or buy corn oil for 55p per litre........

Regards
Mr H
" Its the future "

[Feen]

Thanks guys If I wanted to use red or chip oil I would. I asked about putting wc charges up

[L.J.Thorpe]

i am drafting a price increase letter ready for april and will probably refer to rising price of diesel,electric,gas etc..i think its fair enough really...

[Mo]

I increase my prices every year 1/2 of the round this year & the other next year & so on

[frames to panes]

How much extra are you paying per week? I'm putting in around five to ten pounds per week more than a year ago.

[L.J.Thorpe]

How much extra are you paying per week? I'm putting in around five to ten pounds per week more than a year ago.

bout the same as that

[Sanity]

Thanks guys If I wanted to use red or chip oil I would. I asked about putting wc charges up

And alternatives were proposed.  Seems you wanna raise your prices whether diesel goes up or not.  don't blame ya though.

Personally, I would use chip oil and keep my prices low (the extra would be made up from the saving on diesel.)

[Pure H20 Cleaning Services]

I've not put my prices up for 2 years now, i was earning good money then and i'm still earning good money now. Your customers have to pay price increses on all other things aswell, don't forget we are a non essential commodity and if things get tight for our customers we could be one of the first to go on their cost cutting mission.

[pjulk]

A freind of mine has been buying cheap vegatable oil for about 6 months now for his Escort van and he mixes it with his diesel.
He reckons its made no differance to the way it runs but i said give it a while and you may find your engine knackered.

Paul

[L.J.Thorpe]

A freind of mine has been buying cheap vegatable oil for about 6 months now for his Escort van and he mixes it with his diesel.
He reckons its made no differance to the way it runs but i said give it a while and you may find your engine knackered.

Paul

a friend of mine has been doing it for about a year and a half,and,guess what......

[pjulk]

  Thought as much...

[alanwilson]

if you put it against your tax bill then it doesn't make any difference what the cost of diesel is as it is 100% tax deductable.

£1 a litre or £2 a litre really doesn't change anything.

[Peter Fogwill]

if you put it against your tax bill then it doesn't make any difference what the cost of diesel is as it is 100% tax deductable.

£1 a litre or £2 a litre really doesn't change anything.

Tax deductible only means that you don't pay tax on the money you spend on diesel, it is still costing you money.  When you spend a pound on diesel no one gives you the pound back, it just means that you don't pay tax on that pound.

Peter

[Londoner]

I can buy diesel for 105.9p a litre near me but the queues are enormous. There are a number of web sites telling you where the cheapest petrol and diesel can be found and it looks like a lot of people are using them.

On the subject of cooking oil, its sunflower oil that they run on. All the taxis are running on it, its legal now but you have to register with Customs and you are allowed to use 2500 litre a year before you pay duty.
You mix it with 5% white spirit, give it a good stir,and leave it to stand for 2 weeks.

 Start by running on about 10% veg oil to 90% ordinary diesel and then just keep increasing the percentage over time till you reach 50-50.
The taxis do hundreds if thousands of miles a year on the stuff and the general view is that its better for the engine.

The only time you can't use it is in really cold weather because it goes too thick.