Fuel prices increasing + insurance costs
Has anyone noticed how fuel prices are on the increase again? Yesterday I noticed that diesel here is now £134.9 per litre, that's slowly increased from a low of around £1.09 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The differential between four-star petrol and diesel has gone from diesel being 2p a litre cheaper a long time ago to now being 6p a litre more expensive.
Everything we buy and use has a cost associated in some way with fuel prices. We all pay in some way for this through prices we pay for goods and services, whatever they may be.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/31/drive...cade-14679604/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56827268
On another car-related subject – insurance. Last week I paid the insurance on my 'one day classic car', a 1984 Scimitar GTE. The cost is reasonable all things considered as it's insured with an Owner's Club discount at an Agreed Valuation but with very limited mileage of 1,500 miles a year. What I noticed though was that paperwork – insurance certificate, policy details and Terms and Conditions etc. would only be sent online. If required to be sent through the post an additional £5 would be charged.
Just another way we are being forced to do everything online and pay ourselves for printing out documents. I have now made a decision to have everything previously sent by post sent online and stored electronically. That includes all utility bills, bank statements, investment statements, telephone and broadband bills. The only one I don't seem to be able to change, as yet, is the annual Council Tax bill.
We all have to pay personally for the technology required to do this, which is often not exactly inexpensive. Also it's the companies we deal with who benefit by increased profits from the savings made, yet their charges seldom, if ever, reduce.
What are your thoughts on the way we are being forced in this way, to use online services only?