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Re: Clarkin' It (gas prices)
Posted By: Don the Monkeyman, on host 66.11.82.41
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2005, at 13:25:39
In Reply To: Clarkin' It (gas prices) posted by Jumpman on Thursday, September 1, 2005, at 11:57:44:

> EPILOGUE: What's up with a price increase in the middle of the day?

On the west end of the main highway out of Calgary, headed towards the scenic Rocky Mountains, there is a gas station that has a good scheme going. I was out in the mountains for a day trip one day, and I noticed on the way out of town in the morning that this gas station (the last chance for gas for about an hour of driving) had what I figured was the highest price in the city. At the end of the day, coming back in, they had what I assumed to be the lowest price in the city.

Makes sense, really. Gouge people who are heading out by charging a lot for last-chance fuel; give them a sweet deal on the way back in to encourage them NOT to drive three more minutes looking for a better price. I'll bet they made a killing on that mid-day price-change scheme.

> Jump "my first post in a LONG time" Man

Don Monkey

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