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$5.20/gal Full Service In The U.s, Wtf?

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Old 03-17-2008, 05:32 AM
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some little town in california shown on CNN this morning has a little full service gas station that is charging this much.

this is what i figured:

my premium price = $3.45/gal

full service price difference = $1.75

now the average time it takes me to fill my tank roughly from empty to full is around 2 minutes. so figuring 5.5 gallons/minute with a $1.75 full service surcharge comes up to the gas station making $9.625/min.

$9.625 x 60min = $577.50/hr!?!?!?!?!?!?

makes you wonder just what all they do on your car for that amount of money.
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Crazy, but its not like the gas attendee sees any more than minimum wage from all that money.
Old 03-17-2008, 06:10 AM
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agreed, most full service places i used to go to or have drove by is usually only a quarter more a gallong and i know what they provide which for what they do a quarter isn't all that bad.
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Highway robbery! (no pun intended)


I'm more shocked that full service stations still exist. I haven't seen one in ages.
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Old 03-17-2008, 12:53 PM
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Ya they COULD make that much an hour. But the only one here I even know about never has anyone getting gas there.
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Here in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada I'm paying $1.10 a liter=about $5.00 a gallon all the time.But,we have Domo Gas which is a full service gas station that (with their coupon) sells their gas at 7 cents a litre less than Shell,Esso,Tempo,Mohawk,or Co-op(most of these are self serve,besides Tempo and Mohawk).Co-op actually has a member discount that you pay full price all year and then they send a big fat check to all of their members once a year.Based on how much gas you buy at the Co-op,determines how big the check.I've seen up to like $600 on some peoples discount.Larrs
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The biggest problem is that people are dumb enough to pay it, otherwise they wouldnt set the price that high.




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