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9/10ths of a cent
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06/02/22 11:56 AM
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Paluxy
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Why do gas stations hang on to this nonsense. Round up already.
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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#8610709
06/02/22 12:52 PM
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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#8610742
06/02/22 01:27 PM
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Federal part of fuel tax?
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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#8610755
06/02/22 01:51 PM
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hook_n_line
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What does it even look like, Does it evaporate if that much leaks out?
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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06/02/22 02:04 PM
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It was a sales gimmick adopted years ago when a penny mattered.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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#8610879
06/02/22 04:44 PM
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It was a sales gimmick adopted years ago when a penny mattered. This. I remember my Dad driving past a station that had gas for .60. He knew the next station had gas for .59. Today, the difference between $4.39 and $4.40 isn't worth the extra drive.
coffee spelled backwards is eeffoc. I don't give eeffoc until I have my morning coffee.
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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#8610904
06/02/22 05:24 PM
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It’s all about psychology. Same reason grocery stores price items at $12.98 instead of $13.00. Applies to new cars and most any retail items as well.
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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#8610917
06/02/22 05:53 PM
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It was a sales gimmick adopted years ago when a penny mattered. This. I remember my Dad driving past a station that had gas for .60. He knew the next station had gas for .59. Today, the difference between $4.39 and $4.40 isn't worth the extra drive. At todays prices it isn't worth going past a station with gas 10 cents higher. I always did get a kick out of the people who wouldn't go to a gas station for a penny or 5 difference. In the typical 20 gallon tank, 5 cents is only a dollar difference. Even at 10 cents, its only 2 dollars difference.. With the prices now, 20 gallons at 10 cents difference is only a 2% difference or less (much less in CA, NY). Much bigger deal when gas is sub a dollar, but at 4+ dollar gas, 10 cents is silly to worry about. I know, every dollar counts.
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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#8610918
06/02/22 05:55 PM
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Competition helps keep prices in check. Reward those that sell for less if the item is the same.
"Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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06/02/22 06:25 PM
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It was a sales gimmick adopted years ago when a penny mattered. look at vehicles too, my 14 f150 had a window price of 49,999.00 but at least it wasn't 50 thousand. people are weird.
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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06/02/22 06:27 PM
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Competition helps keep prices in check. Reward those that sell for less if the item is the same.
way back when I started driving in the 60s you could literally sit on a corner and watch the gas wars, one station would drop price by a penny, next by 2 and so on till they were probably selling at cost or a couple of cents above. I really, really miss the 18c a gal. gas.
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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06/02/22 09:43 PM
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I remember them too. Saw gas once in old downtown Richardson for $.14 a gallon.
"Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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