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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 88462" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>wiley,</p><p>I've no doubt the middle man gouging you speak of is taking place but I'm also curious as to the amount of traffic this same station gets? Around here in the high traffic areas and especially closest to the interstates of major highways the price is noticabilly higher but in many of the out of the way stations that get less traffic I find the price to be lesser. Yesterday, many of the gas stations I passed had regular in the upper $2.80's but I has have several routes to work that are all about equal distance but one is a backroad 2 lane jount. On that route is a gas station that typically has lower prices and I paid $2.79 per gallon as a result. I talked with the retailer who also owns the store and he told me for him it is a fact of pure demand. He's not going in the hole selling at the price he is but he's also not making the profit that the high traffic areas are making either. As a result of his holding the price down of fuel and to give him incentive to do so I have not only sent him more business but I also buy quick items like milk, bread, etc. there just as a means of showing my appreciation for his gas pump prices. He's also the one that told me to watch the high traffic areas for the Tuesday and Thursday price swings but because his demand is fairly stable all week he has no trend to suggest the ability to raise and lower price to profit. In fact, if he did, the incentive for his current customers like myself to go there would be gone and we'd go elsewhere including our milk and bread money too.</p><p> </p><p>I also will admit being that there is an Ice Cream place next door and I just happen to stumble over there after work for a sweet delight but then catch pure hell when I get home from my wife because I didn't bring her one!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Lol :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> </p><p> </p><p>If the damn gas would go down then I could drive around consuming my delight and she'd never know! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/tongue_smilie.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue_sm" title="Tongue Smilie :tongue_sm" data-shortname=":tongue_sm" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 88462, member: 2189"] wiley, I've no doubt the middle man gouging you speak of is taking place but I'm also curious as to the amount of traffic this same station gets? Around here in the high traffic areas and especially closest to the interstates of major highways the price is noticabilly higher but in many of the out of the way stations that get less traffic I find the price to be lesser. Yesterday, many of the gas stations I passed had regular in the upper $2.80's but I has have several routes to work that are all about equal distance but one is a backroad 2 lane jount. On that route is a gas station that typically has lower prices and I paid $2.79 per gallon as a result. I talked with the retailer who also owns the store and he told me for him it is a fact of pure demand. He's not going in the hole selling at the price he is but he's also not making the profit that the high traffic areas are making either. As a result of his holding the price down of fuel and to give him incentive to do so I have not only sent him more business but I also buy quick items like milk, bread, etc. there just as a means of showing my appreciation for his gas pump prices. He's also the one that told me to watch the high traffic areas for the Tuesday and Thursday price swings but because his demand is fairly stable all week he has no trend to suggest the ability to raise and lower price to profit. In fact, if he did, the incentive for his current customers like myself to go there would be gone and we'd go elsewhere including our milk and bread money too. I also will admit being that there is an Ice Cream place next door and I just happen to stumble over there after work for a sweet delight but then catch pure hell when I get home from my wife because I didn't bring her one! :lol: If the damn gas would go down then I could drive around consuming my delight and she'd never know! :tongue_sm [/QUOTE]
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