How to buy fuel at 35ppl

How to buy fuel at 35ppl

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Near where I live, a petrol station has opened up selling unleaded and diesel for …… 35ppl.
They call themselves an association and are saying that the association exists to develop a gizmo to improve motor vehicle fuel efficiency. A £100 association membership fee is paid by members to fund gizmo research. Then, as association members, fuel is available without duty because of the research nature of the organisation.
Naturally, I’m interested but I can’t believe that such a loophole exists. If this were the case then everyone would be doing it.
I can’t find any other examples of such associations and would have thought that the ability for the public to buy fuel at ca. 35ppl would be national news.
Here’s are a couple of links for the only discussion I can find on this ‘association’, including, I assume, a defence by the owner:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=370774
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=378106
Well everyone, what do you think? Should I commit £100 and become a ‘member’, so enjoying fuel at 35ppl, presumably with Mr. Browns’ full blessing?!

Tony T.

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By AnonymousUser
11th May 2007 15:56

Too-good-to-be-true schemes?
Heh, I know nothing about this particular one, but when it was first touted I thought it was "too good to be true" that a director could take out a salary equal to his personal allowance, dividends up to about £30K and pay squat personal tax, squat NIC, and still ultimately get his state pension based on a £15K salary. I also thought it was too good to be true that someone on fast taper tax credits and whose income does not rise by more than £25K could make a pension contribution funded more than 100% by the government.

By all means be sceptical of schemes that are too good to be true, but don't entirely dismiss them (especially when concocted by someone named Gordon or Dawn).

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By User deleted
10th May 2007 13:40

Previous conviction for fraud.
Why is a scheme that is supposed to be relevant to fuel discounts got references to motor insurance cover ? I suppose insurance is VAT exempt perhaps that's why ? So the £100 membership fee is booked as insurance ? Is the "insurance" properly approved by the appropriate regulatory authorities ?

When I did a search about this too-good-to-be-true scheme I was not at all surprised to see a report that said :-

"Mr [X ]does have a previous conviction for fraud. But it hasn't deterred 900 people from signing up to his association. "

900 x £100 = £90,000 raised from the gullible ?

http://tinyurl.com/2bs7sg

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By ACDWebb
10th May 2007 00:05

Both threads die very quickly in February
and Google brings up NOTHING else.

Not sure what legislation the notes refer to. Road Traffic Act 1988 apparently refers to Third Party Insurance!?

Sounds a bit too good to be true.

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By ACDWebb
11th May 2007 08:33

Another question might be
in view of the amount of personal information required to register is there any risk of identity theft?

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By AnonymousUser
10th May 2007 17:39

Who loses?
Replying to 'JD Fortune' - yes I live near Alloa, which the other posters have identified as the location of the news stories / fraudster.
I suppose the question is: Would the owner be the loss maker if the scheme was not legal or would it be the individuals who had received the fuel at 35ppl?
Thanks for the comments
Tony T.

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By User deleted
11th May 2007 13:57

Who loses? - As usual those who pay a deposit
When a too-good-to-be-true scheme is set up the usual losers are those paying money up front.

I suppose it depends upon how long the supply of "35p per litre" fuel lasts as to how much of the £100 deposit is recovered.

However, a point that intrigues me is that the arrangement uses the word "Association" - is it an unincorporated association with the members (each of whom have paid £100) being personally liable for the eventually to be assessed underpaid duty and VAT ?

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By AnonymousUser
10th May 2007 17:00

Not there for long?
Hi there,
I've found this link:
http://www.motorbase.com/top/news/usn8D21B6EA-ED85-11DB-84A0-C57DF04D47E1.ehtml

Which says the petrol station is in Clackmannanshire and is run by a "convicted fraudster" although not sure how much of this is true.

Hope that helps!
Angela

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