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Larry Bud - 08 May 2007 17:08 GMT

Last night 10PM news (Detroit area), showed once again morons waiting
in line for up to 1.5 hours for gas.... to save... get this.... 30
CENTS / gallon!!!!

The neighborhood they were in, they could have doubled their savings
by picking up stray bottles for the bottle return (10 cents each), AND
cleaned up the street at the same time.

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Paul Hovnanian P.E. - 08 May 2007 19:59 GMT

> Last night 10PM news (Detroit area), showed once again morons waiting
> in line for up to 1.5 hours for gas.... to save... get this.... 30
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> by picking up stray bottles for the bottle return (10 cents each), AND
> cleaned up the street at the same time.

I'm surprised that there's such a price differential. Except for the
occasional promotional sale (99 cents/gallon for the first 100
customers), stations in my area can't vary their prices that much. The
local Safeway dropped theirs by 10 cents and they can't get gas from the
distributor anymore.

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Larry Bud - 08 May 2007 20:16 GMT

> > Last night 10PM news (Detroit area), showed once again morons waiting
> > in line for up to 1.5 hours for gas.... to save... get this.... 30
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> local Safeway dropped theirs by 10 cents and they can't get gas from the
> distributor anymore.

I should have clarified: It was a grand opening special.

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Fred G. Mackey - 09 May 2007 02:14 GMT

> Last night 10PM news (Detroit area), showed once again morons waiting
> in line for up to 1.5 hours for gas.... to save... get this.... 30
> CENTS / gallon!!!!

Damn - that's stupid, but let them do it. It will put some pressure -
though small - on other retailers to lower their prices.

AIUI though, most convenience stores make most of their money on beer,
cigarettes and lottery tickets, but IIRC in Michigan, they aren't
allowed to sell beer where they sell gas. That's just brilliant - make
the drunks drive to 2 different locations for their supplies.

> The neighborhood they were in, they could have doubled their savings
> by picking up stray bottles for the bottle return (10 cents each), AND
> cleaned up the street at the same time.

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