During the gas crunch in the late '70s, the independent station owners had
to pay cash when the truck rolled up.  Stations were going under all the
time and the distributors didn't trust anyone.  Sure, gas was only a buck a
gallon, but those were big tanks...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jonce Fancher
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 5:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Why gas prices can change so quickly

A small Family owned gas station that we have known since the dawn of time
has told us that when the Fuel is delivered to them It is Instantly removed
from
there bank account to pay for it. They have them over a barrel sorta
speaking. They also say they only sell for about 02 cents over cost per
gallon and
hope people will just come in and buy somthing they dont need aka ( candy,
soda, Coffee, Etc.) since that is where they make the coin. They also do
Propane and say they make a bit more on that then the fuel but the fuel is
the got to have. All in good fun Im just glad I dont have to fill there
under ground
tank and pay for it.
C-ya Jonce

>That's just the way it is.  We've had uplink dishes on gas stations (most
>all company owned anyway) here in California for years, as far back as I
can
>remember.
> --
>Jim Thompson
>84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
>72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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>On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Noticed a satellite uplink (small one) on the roof of my local.  Sales
>> figures are uploaded daily to the fuel provider so adjustments in price
to
>> the local seller can be made based on sales.  My seller makes about 12-15
>> cents a gallon and is contract-bound to a particular distributor who sets
>> the price at the truck.
>>
>> Odd, that.  Not fair sez I.   Especially with camping season upon us.

Jonce Fancher

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