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Article #179Self-Service Gas
From: Jim
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:12
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:12
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Re: secret speed limit (was: Witnesses to car accident)
By: tommy #0 @boole.att.com (Tommy Reingold) USEnet
> $ ObWanted: a self-serve gas station.
> That's another topic. We currently have the lowest gas prices in the
> country. I doubt self-serve would drop the prices. (I assume that's
> why you want it.) I think it would merely raise the price for full
> serve, and there are times when you want full serve.
The real objection to self-service comes from the independent station owners.
They feel that if the major franchise stations are allowed to have
self-service lanes, the big companies who own them will drop prices FURTHER
and drive the independents out of business.
- Jim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!bepcp!Jim From: Jim@bepcp.UUCP Newsgroups: nj.wanted Subject: Self-Service Gas Message-ID: <gate.BgPLwB1w164w@bowker.com> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 10:12:58 EST Lines: 20