Eagle eyed Bristol bus users will already have seen the posters announcing forthcoming "changes" to fares. I am no Alan Greenspan, but I think it's safe to assume that First's already exorbitant charges will be going up rather than down.
Predictably, First are blaming fuel prices - and offering a "Fuelbuster" deal of six months' travel on their piss poor services for an eyewatering £285. Don't all rush at once, whatever you do.
Funnily enough, they fail to mention some interesting facts helpfully detailed in this week's Private Eye: FirstGroup's fuel for 2008-2009 is fixed at an eminently reasonable $76 a barrel. And even when this truly "fuelbusting" deal comes to an end, a rise in fuel costs of 10% affects total bus running costs by less than 1%.
Maybe if they were as economical with fuel as they are with the truth, prices wouldn't be so high.
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1 comment:
I wouldn't be surprised if Jo Moore was working as First's PR guru ;-)
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