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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Hmmmm.... I wonder if any gas stations would consider selling gas for about 10 cents less than average. Limit sales to, say, 10 gallons per customer. That would artificially cause a gas line. So why would a gas station do that? I would say make it cash only so they don’t really lose a lot on gas sales and then more then make up the difference by selling stuff inside the gas station store. Make gasoline a loss leader. Does this sound like a good idea for gas stations?


12 posted on 06/19/2008 5:34:41 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List ---The BIGGEST on the FR!!!)
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To: PJ-Comix
Gas is usually a loss leader anyway. Every station I ever worked depended on lotto ticket and cigarettes to keep the lights on.
14 posted on 06/19/2008 5:37:36 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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To: PJ-Comix
I wonder if any gas stations would consider selling gas for about 10 cents less

Gas stations are nothing more than franchise owners. They all have a fax machine with a direct line to their owners (BP, Sunoco, etc.) and it is their respective owners that mandate the price range in which they can sell their gas..........

Thats what I was told by my local BP station but I can't verify it as being true.

16 posted on 06/19/2008 5:43:53 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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