Having lots of competition is still the best way to get the cheapest price of anything.
Just near my house is a Budget Petrol. A few meters away is a Coles Express. A little further down Victoria Road, we have a 7-Eleven and a Speedway. Just across the street is a Caltex Woolworths station and a BP. That BP station has recently closed shop and replaced by a new player called Apex Petroluem. Apex almost always undercuts everybody else by one cent, which keeps prices low.
I usually check the petrol prices using the Fuel Check NSW app and PetrolSpy. If you're the betting kind, you can have a game with the 7-Eleven Fuel app. Use the app to lock in the best fuel price among the nearby 7-Eleven petrol stations. Locked-in price is good for 7 days. If the price goes up, you can still fill up using the locked-in price. If price goes down, then just pay using the lower price.
This is such an interesting idea that people started sharing notes as to where to find the cheapest fuel. If you happen to be in the vicinity of Truganina, then lock in the price. If you're not close by, then you have to find a way to pretend that you are. Apps that can detect and block spoofed locations? There's a (patched) app for that app!
The things that people do for cheap fuel, huh? Me, I normally just get 4c discount from Caltex Woolies from the weekly shop, and then pay using Woolies eGift cards.
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