Not really a complaint more of a moan but in my town petrol and diesel are priced at 169.5 and 172.5 now I don’t want to split hairs on this but if I go and buy 1 litre of diesel how are they going to give me change from a 2 franc piece or are there 1cts and ½ cent pieces in circulation?

Nick - if you fuel up like this, perhaps you could get a tab at your station?

I know, I know I've got my grumpy old mans hat on, but there is a matter of principle here no? What about taking my 1 litre jerry can to fill up for my lawn mower, at the end od the day I would be charged 175 and not the advertised price.

Victor meldrew wouldn't stand for it !

Nick

I think your lawnmower would take 95 octane and benefit from the 169.5 pricing

Thus leaving you half-a-cent out of pocket - assuming you hit the mark

The US does this as well, they actually charge 9/10ths of a cent. (And of course, they always round up.)

I was pleasantly surprised to see my gas get rounded down to the nearest cent in Migrol.

Petrol stations, vegetable balances and confectioneries all round up and down to the next 5 cents, so I don't see a problem here. Yes, the gas stations use the additional digit to make prices look lower but the tariff isn't hidden.

Actually petrol stations are at a disadvantage because the customers fill up the cars themselves, so theoretically people could deliberately fill up their tanks until it costs x,x2 or x,x7 Fr...

In Denmark it's systematically unfair, the smallest coin is 0,25 kr and many groceries cost x,95, so you have to buy 3 items or the shop will round in his favor.

Having done this myself every time I fill up here for the last 18 years, I am at least CHF10.80 better off...

I can feel the ripples of envy emanating ........

Swedish Rounding.. ..