Ebony Wrote:To say nothing of the simple pressures of market competition. You want the cheapest gasoline in your neighborhood? Find the gas station with one or more stations across the street from it. The prices will be cheaper in my experience.Actually, Ebony, that's where you're *least* likely to find a
($3.75 for a gallon of regular in Dallas.)
ny competition. I worked in a gas station, in my misspent youth, and to comply with Federal law, my managwer had to go around to every station within a one-mile radius, and make sure our gas price was A)the same as every major chain, and B) within 5 cents of the mom-and-pop stores. Stations that aren't a major chain (and I forget just how many stores that is) are allowed to price themselves at 5 cents less than "the prevailing market rate," so the big oil companies can't put them out of business, like in the Bad Old Days.