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Old 04-14-2006, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Addicted
But I did here yesterday on the news that Gas stations in a lot of cases are selling the fuel cheaper then they are ending up replacing it for the following fill up. Sounds impossible to me...business would shut down...but who knows in this crazy world of energy.
Not necessarily true. As I understand it, they base the sale off the fill up price today. IOW, Today I get it for $2 and I mark it up to $2.50 but tomorrow the tanker comes in and sells it for $1.50 so I mark it up to $1.95. Yes, today I take a bath but tomorrow it evens out.
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