Petrol: Discount Codes

With UK petrol prices continuing to rise wouldn’t it be great if we could offer you some petrol discount codes? Well, we would if we could but we can’t - sorry!

Unfortunately, petrol is one of those physical items that you just can’t buy over the internet. So unless someone bright spark (oh, that’s dangerous, perhaps not) comes up with a way of selling bottled petrol online, how can you save money on your fuel?

Well, perhaps the next best thing is to use a petrol price comparison site - like the increasingly popular PetrolPrices.com ! It’s easy enough to use - you just enter your post code or town and it’ll show you the highest and lowest prices for that area. Create a free account to obtain price alerts, maps of cheap petrol stations and the like. For my own area on The Wirral it’s highlighting a 6p difference in price on a litre of petrol - that’s a bit of a difference and a good saving to be had!

Whatelse can you easily today do to reduce your fuel bill?

• walk a bit more …for the Sunday papers etc
• combine your journeys (this can save you quite a bit in my experience)
• drive a bit slower (the Telegraph reported that more of us are!)
• buy a cheap bike from here or here
• car share on the school run etc

What other simple ideas do you have for our readers?

The Bite Card: Railway Shops Discount Card

Fancy getting 20% off your food and drink purchases at main-line railway stations? Of course you do! Well simply sign up for a free Bite Card here (that’s mine pictured above) and start saving some cash!

Click and Collect: Shops That Offer It

So which shops offer a click and collect service?

Argos: Use Argos Check & Reserve to make sure your items are in stock. Items that are in stock are held in-store for you until the end of the next working day.

Comet: Order your chosen product online and collect it 30 minutes later in your local store. They’ll reserve the item for you until the store closes the following day

Currys: Order online and collect in-store from an hour later until the end of the next day.

Evans Cycles: Ship2Store gives you the option of having your order sent to your local Evans Cycles store at no extra charge, for collection at your convenience. Delivery on in stock items takes around 5 working days .

Halfords: Use Reserve and Collect to check if your goods are in stock at your local store. You pay the online price and can collect your order after one hour.

Next: Pick up your order from over 400 selected Next stores and delivery will be free. You will be advised the nearest available Next store and the date to collect your order. Please take two forms of personal identification e.g. driving licence or utility bill and either your Directory Card, statement, delivery note or letter accompanying your Directory.

PC World: Collect@Store allows you to see which PC World shops have your product in stock and ask for it to be reserved for you to collect.

Woolworths: Free instore collection. They’ll text you when you order is ready for pick-up at your local store.