A Devon petrol station which charged £1.99 a litre for petrol has been forced to reduce its prices after coming under fire for cashing in on fuel shortages.
Foxhayes garage at Exwick, near Exeter, was charging the equivalent of more than £9 a gallon on Monday, saying it wanted to conserve stocks.
Fuel price watchdogs slammed the increase as "inexcusable".
And on Tuesday the price had dropped to £1.20 a litre for petrol and £1.36 for diesel, with a maximum £5 spend.
A member of staff at the garage told BBC News: "It got a bit extreme. I heard on the radio that we were more vilified than George Bush."
The woman, who did not want to be named, said motorists had been "quite pleasant" despite the rise in prices.
"Some taxi drivers were upset because they did not see the price before they filled up."
(BBC)
waspbuster
You could not get very on a fiver (maybe 40 miles). My fillup todat was £74.40. If I drive carefully I may get 450-500 miles on that!