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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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Biscuit
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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.
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
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Re: 9/10ths of a cent
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#8610937
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.
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
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