UK motorists will be able to get free fuel at petrol stations this week.
To take advantage of the offer, drivers have to top up their vehicle with £10-worth of fuel and keep the receipt.
Motorists then need to send a photo of the receipt showing the time and date of the purchase to TopCashback, along with details of the petrol station where the transaction took place.
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As reported by the Express, TopCashBack will then provide £10 cashback, meaning the fuel was added to the vehicle at no cost to the motorist.
According to data from automotive services company RAC, the price of petrol is currently 7p a litre too expensive and drivers are “losing out badly”.
The findings, highlighted from the organisation’s Fuel Watch last week, were followed by a call for fuel retailers of all sizes to reflect a drop in the wholesale price of unleaded by making a significant cut at the forecourt pumps.
The RAC reported that since the start of October, oil has traded at around $60 per barrel and fell as low as $57.74, causing a steady fall in the wholesale price since October 7.
A driver filling up a 55-litre family car is paying £3.85 too much.
In a statement published on the RAC website, spokesperson Simon Williams said: “Drivers are losing out badly, paying around 7p a litre more for petrol than they should be. The average price of petrol is 128p (127.58p) so should be 121p. This means a driver filling up a 55-litre family car is paying £3.85 too much (£70.40 today, instead of £66.55).”
“Other than the RAC highlighting this issue through monitoring wholesale and retail prices, there is little that can be done to get retailers to charge a fair price for fuel which reflects changes in the wholesale market.”
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Speaking further, Williams said that motorists can tell prices at the pump are too high when supermarkets offer “significant money off” to customers who spend a certain amount on food and other items in their stores.
He added: “We really need to see the supermarkets start knocking off significant amounts at the pumps in the next week. But we know from experience that 3p a litre is the most they tend to do in one go. If that doesn’t happen, drivers should feel cheated.”
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