READERS who voted on Redland City Bulletin's petrol price poll believe they are being taken for a ride by fuel retailers amid the coronavirus pandemic.\
Although not a scientific survey, about 97 per cent of voters believed Redlands motorists were being hit harder in the hip pocket than those living in neighbouring suburbs.
Several readers responded on Facebook to the Bulletin's story about a call for fuel prices to be dropped at Redland Bay and Victoria Point, with many arguing that Redlands prices were some of the dearest in south-east Queensland.
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Troy Purcell said it had been an ongoing trend and believed locals were consistently charged more for fuel.
"(We are the) first ones to go up, last ones to drop and they never drop lower than any other area," he said.
"I never fill my car in my area and haven't for a long time."
Others agreed that Redlands drivers should shop around elsewhere for cheaper fuel.
Curtis Murray said those looking for unleaded should drive to MacKenzie or Mount Gravatt where prices were at about 99 cents a litre, while others suggested Beenleigh, Carbrook, Carindale and the Gold Coast.
Cheap diesel and E10 fuel could be found at Beenleigh and Eagleby, according to readers.
RACQ spokeswoman Renee Smith said not since 2005 had the average unleaded petrol price been consistently below 100 cents per litre.
"Motorists also experienced prices below 100 cents per litre briefly in 2008 immediately after the onset of the Global Financial Crisis, and again in early 2016, the last time Saudi Arabia started an oil price war," she said.
Readers also pointed out that motorists could use the 7-Eleven app to find the best deal at other servos and pay that price at their local.
However, the catch is customers can only price match as much fuel as there is money on their 7-Eleven card.
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