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Why does MotorMouth exist?
What services does MotorMouth provide?
Does MotorMouth monitor fuel quality?
How can I access MotorMouth fuel price services?
What are MotorMouth Favourites?
What is the difference between Map Favourites and Advanced
Favourites?
Why is MotorMouth charging fees for SMS services?
Is MotorMouth affiliated with any Service Stations or Oil Companies?
How often are the fuel prices updated?
Why do fuel prices fluctuate so much?
How accurate is the data collected?
Not all service stations in my area are surveyed - why?
Why don't you cover country or regional areas?
I don't have access to the web but I can get e-mail. Could you e-mail
me the results?
Can I access MotorMouth on my mobile phone?
Can I advertise on the MotorMouth website?
Can I link to the MotorMouth website?
Can I get MotorMouth prices on my own website?
Can I access historical pricing of specific
service stations?
Can I change my registration details?
Why does MotorMouth exist?
MotorMouth was formed in July 2000 in response to demand by Australian
motorists for information on the fluctuating prices of unleaded petrol. It was
initially set up to cover the major routes within a 15-kilometre radius of the
Brisbane CBD. Due to the overwhelming response from the motoring public,
MotorMouth expanded its monitoring service throughout 2001 to include
Sydney,
Melbourne,
Adelaide,
Perth
and the Gold and
Sunshine
Coasts.
MotorMouth is committed to helping Australian motorists get a better deal on
fuel by providing them with easily accessible information on fuel prices. Our
aim is to alleviate the frustrations involved with fuel price variations by
providing a twice daily 'snapshot' on fuel prices.
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What services
does MotorMouth provide?
MotorMouth currently reports prices for approximately 3500 service stations on
a daily basis across
Brisbane,
Sydney,
Melbourne,
Adelaide
and
Perth
and then provides motorists with the details of the cheapest fuel prices in
their local area. MotorMouth also provides an average price for each city, and
each region within the city.
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Does
MotorMouth monitor the quality of fuel, including ethanol levels?
At this stage, MotorMouth monitors the price of fuel rather than fuel quality.
For more information on the current fuel quality standards in place and
ethanol,
click here.
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How can I access MotorMouth fuel price services?
To access the cheapest fuel prices in your area, simply go the
PriceSearch page. Registration is not required for searching.
To
access the free daily email alerts, Register with
MotorMouth and complete the short Email Favourites set up. There are no
subscription fees associated with joining MotorMouth and receiving daily email
alerts.
To
receive personalised SMS fuel price updates, Register
with MotorMouth and go to SMS Favourites. This service fully customizable
and requires MotorMouth Credits. For more information on the cost of the
MotorMouth SMS Service, go to ReFuel.
All
registered members also have access to our FREE newsletter, special offers and
competitions.
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What are
Email and SMS Favourites?
All registered MotorMouth users have the opportunity
to build a customized Email and/or SMS Favourites list. This facility
allows you to build a list of up to twenty-five service stations, and receive
the best six fuel prices from these sites via the Internet, email or SMS.
The Email Favourites service is a free service. The SMS Favourites
service requires MotorMouth credits. For more information on the cost of
the MotorMouth SMS Service, go to ReFuel.
Email and SMS Favourites are designed to save you more time and money.
The Email and SMS Favourites enable you to personalize the MotorMouth service,
allowing you to choose the service stations monitored, the preferred fuel type,
the delivery methods for the information and the delivery times.
What
is the difference between Map Favourites and Advanced Favourites?
Map Favourites
is the quickest way to set up Email Favourites. It allows users to select
whole regions on a map to be monitored in your Email Favourites. It is easy to
schedule and with this type of Email Favourites users receive the best 6
fuel prices in selected regions.
Advanced
Favourites
With this type of Email Favourites users select particular service stations to
be monitored by completing a postcode, suburb, street name or map search.
Users can select up to 25 service stations for each Favourites. The Advanced
Favourites is easy to schedule and you will receive the best 6 fuel prices
from the service stations chosen.
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Why is MotorMouth
charging fees for SMS fuel price services?
The majority of MotorMouth services, including
searching and daily fuel price email alerts are free.
Due to the cost of providing our SMS services, a small fee is charged SMS
users.
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Is
MotorMouth affiliated with any Service Stations or Oil Companies?
MotorMouth is totally independent from all oil companies and petrol stations.
Our core objective is to provide you with information so you can make an
informed decision with regards to petrol purchasing. For further information,
please refer to our
Charter of Independence.
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How often
are the fuel prices updated?
Prices on the MotorMouth website are updated twice
each day from Monday-Saturday and once a day on Sundays. From Monday-Saturday
fuel prices are progressively updated between 5:30am and 8:30am
each morning and between noon and 3pm
each
afternoon. On Sundays fuel prices are updated between 10am and noon
. It is not feasible for MotorMouth to monitor fuel prices on a 24-hour basis
due to the variability of prices in the marketplace.
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Why do fuel
prices fluctuate so much?
Factors including oil prices, supply & demand, and price competition have
an impact on what you pay at the bowser. Unlike certain other industries, these
factors can change on an hourly basis. This constant state of flux leads to the
variation in fuel prices. At MotorMouth we monitor and report on what is
happening in the market and not why things happen. We are here to provide
motorists with information that can be used to find the best deal in the market
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How
accurate is the data collected?
The data is accurate at the time of
collection. In
Brisbane,
Sunshine
Coast,
Gold Coast,
Sydney,
Melbourne
and
Adelaide
there can be numerous price movements in a 24-hour period. In
Perth,
service stations must maintain their price for a fixed 24 hour period from
6am
each day. MotorMouth delivers twice-daily updates each weekday to provide
a more up-to-date reflection of the fuel pricing market.
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My area is
not listed in your survey - are you able to include it?
We plan to extend our monitoring to other cities and major towns; however this
will take time to achieve.
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Not all
service stations in my area are surveyed - why?
In order to cater for as many motorists as possible, we have chosen to
initially survey service stations that are on major routes. At present we cover
about 50% of metropolitan service stations. Over time more service stations
will be added. In
Perth,
all metropolitan service stations are reported.
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Why don't
you cover country or regional areas?
At this stage we are not collecting fuel prices in
country areas, however our ultimate aim is to cover as much of Australia as
possible.
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I don't
have access to the web but I can get e-mail. Could you e-mail me the results?
YES!
Click Here
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Can I
access MotorMouth on my mobile phone?
YES!
Click Here
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Can I
advertise on the MotorMouth website?
YES! MotorMouth is committed to providing motorists
with FREE information; to ensure our service continues to improve we depend on
making revenue through advertising and sponsorship.
Contact us
about advertising.
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Can I link
to the MotorMouth website?
YES!
More information.
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Can I get
MotorMouth prices on my own website?
YES!
More information.
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Can I
access historical pricing of specific service stations?
To enable you to monitor the current state of the fuel market for your city,
weekly and monthly data for the past six months are available at My
Charts. MotorMouth can supply additional fuel pricing data back from
1988 until the present if required, however this is a fee based service.
The minimum charge to complete a fuel price extraction is $175.00 and the cost
varies depending on the level of data required. If you wish to discuss
the supply of additional fuel price data, please Contact
Us. We do not provide historical pricing for specific service stations.
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Can I
change my registration details?
YES! To make changes to your registration details,
including your email address, log-in to MotorMouth using your current email
address and password, and then go to My Profile.
This page will display your registration details. Simply update the appropriate
fields and click on "Update" to save the changes.
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