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Hauliers express fuel card concerns
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BP AND SHELL fuel cards have come under scrutiny this week after one haulier discovered he was being charged 97p (ex-VAT) per litre for diesel and another found that his card was being used fraudulently.
Jeff Cahill,transport operator at Reading, Berkshire-based BDT, says he discovered how much he was being charged by Direct Fuels for fuel purchased on his BP card after his accountant fell ill."At 97p plus VAT per litre, it means I'm paying about 113p per lit —which is way above the average pump price.
"I run five attics and four rigids as well as a fleet of smaller vans and my fuel bill for two weeks in October was £17,000."
Cahill complained to Direct Fuels and was offered a £600 refund; BP has been asked to investigate the case.
Direct Fuels was unavailable to comment as CM went to press. A BP spokesman says:"We are in the process of resolving this issue with the distributor and the customer."
In a separate case a Fearnley Contract Services' Shell Gold card was used fraudulently by a driver Lo transfer money into a gambling account.
Owner John Fearnley says the card allowed the driver to buy fuel and anything else from the Shell shop, but the driver had managed to use the ATM at a fuel station to transfer money.
"Shell alerted us to this when three transactions were made before 9am one day.! was shocked that the card could be used to do this," says Fearnley.
Shell was not available to comment.