Anyone bored?
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Actually gas is not cheap by any means. Krzydrftr, someone lied to you. The gas stations aren't the ones that are ripping people off. Last year the gas stations were making about $.20 per gallon of gas, this year they are only making $.07 per gallon. My girlfriend works at a gas station and I was looking at the report from when they got their last shipment. And gas is $2.79 in the cities, not $2.49. And the guy in St. Cloud is selling E-85 for $1.59 a gallon.
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they gouge on the premium. They pay the same for premium that they do for 87 octane, and they charge plenty more for it. It has been like this for quite a while.
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Fleet farm does. as do many others.
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CCr wrote:
Fleet farm does. as do many others.Doubtful, very very doubtful. It costs more to refine higher octane fuels. Guess what happens when it cost more to make something? It costs more when they sell it too...crazy concept I know.
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My girlfriends cousin works at fleet farm I heard it from him personally. He even gets paid to swing by other gas stations before his shift to check their prices and lower theirs to be more competitive.
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Alright. Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, I used to manage a gas station. So obviously, my job was to do the "bookkeeping" after opening the place at 6 am, spend about 1-2 hours on the system for the previous days stuff, counting deposits, going through the shifts, blah blah blah, then slacking off for the rest of the day. I know that the price you pay for reg - premium differs, though there is some exceptions. For example, some suppliers charge the same for 87 and 89/90 octane. But the 91/92 octane will almost always cost more for the gas station. P.S. most Kane transport guys around here are dicks.
I too drove around when I made the deposits at the bank to see what others were charging, and I would match Holiday/Freedom/SA. No rocket science to it or anything.
An aquaintance that runs a small gas station, when I talked to him a week or so ago, he said he was trying to match Holiday down the road, and that was at like 2.79/gal. With what he pays for his merchant account fees (credit cards), he was losing money with each credit card sale on fuel unless they bought something else. Tough times for gas stations right now.
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Some of this gas price stuff and the reasoning behind the prices gets kind of confusing. and that is what i was told. i guess it could be E-85. When that cenex by lunde got E-85 i didnt realize what it was on the sign and i say that it was like $.70 cheaper then reg. i was going to fill up but then i realized that it was E-85 so maybe they did the same thing.
Matt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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the reason premium is .10 or even .20(in every other part of the country) cents more is because if they raise the price of premium they can lower the price of regular which most of the consumers buy...they can balance out the cost more while still having cheaper regular gas prices...am i correct?
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that sounds like it would be correct to a point...but why should people who run the premium have to pay more so the regular can pay less? i run regular now but im sure my new car will run premium.
Matt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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im so glad i dont drive! i would have no money to spend on anything! i hope they go down by the time i get my license
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BlueSPI02 wrote:
Gas PRICES ARE REDICULOUS HERE LIKE 4.20 a gal!
ok... perhaps a little more intelligence in your future posts? if you try this on 90% of the car forums (well, 90% of the ones i've read parts of), you will get banned quickly, you're lucky jim is lenient -
^wow i am a little slow today i just got what BLUESPIO2 wrote when OUT THERE said something about it i didnt even realize. and also gas is never priced like that. It would be 4.19/gallon more then likely
Matt
92 Civic HB
JDM d15b w/14b@8psi
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BlueSPI02 wrote:
Gas PRICES ARE REDICULOUS HERE LIKE 4.20 a gal!Very funny, jackass. According to www.washingtondcgasprices.com as of 9-9-2005, gas prices there are $2.97-2.99 for regular.
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