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- From: wkimler@drew.drew.edu (My God! IT Lives!!!)
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- Subject: Re: self-serve gas stations (was: Re: secret speed limit )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.143231.100066@drew.drew.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 19:32:31 GMT
- References: <tommy.725638203@hoodlum> <gate.7J3HwB1w164w@bowker.com> <1992Dec28.230243.6267@siemens.com> <209@kc2wz.bubble.org>
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- In article <209@kc2wz.bubble.org>, bob@kc2wz.bubble.org (Bob Billson) writes:
- > ~tommy@boole.att.com (Tommy Reingold) says:
- > [...]
- >>$ 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.
- >
- > Self-service would NOT drop the price of gasoline, despite the propaganda
- > the oil companies spout. My father has owned a gas station for the past 30+
- > years. I having worked there a number of years back, I saw first hand how
- > the oil companies work things in their favor.
- >
- Just to jump in on this topic,
-
- I assume that gas stations have to pay insurance on their property.
- Wouldn't the insurance rates be higher for a self-serve station with any
- Tom, Dick of Martha serving their own gas than for a full-service station
- with "trained professionals" pumping away?
-
- This would seem to explain why full-service could be cheaper.
-
- > --
- > Bob Billson, KC2WZ | internet: bob@kc2wz.bubble.org
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- >
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- -billy clyde
- wkimler@drew.drew.edu
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