Gas Prices... · Page 11 · CigarBid Forums

Free Fall
Auctions

Specials
Auctions

QuickBuy
Auctions

Newly Added
Auctions

Ending Soon
Auctions

Welcome Guest

Forum Terms & Conditions | My Topics

Whistlebritches
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#201

$3.71 in Wichita Falls today..............I got a better deal on Wild Turkey 101

frankj1
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#202

And maps were free.

tonygraz wrote:

WOW!
I forgot all about that.

Check the oil, wash both windshields, and even thank you for your business.

Abrignac
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#203

My first “real” job was at a Texaco station. Squeegeed many windshields. The guy I worked for was convicted of murder and sentenced to life a few years after I quit.

RayR
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#204

Remember when you pulled up the pump and three guy came out to check your oil, tires and windshield, gave you green stamps and drinking glasses, etc and had gas wars with the other stations?

deadeyedick wrote:

The minimum wage did away with all that capitalism.

frankj1
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#205

My first “real” job was at a Texaco station. Squeegeed many windshields. The guy I worked for was convicted of murder and sentenced to life a few years after I quit.

Abrignac wrote:

he reeeeeaaaaalllly was upset you quit, eh?

frankj1
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#206

The minimum wage did away with all that capitalism.

RayR wrote:

self serve stations, actually.

RayR
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#207

self serve stations, actually.

frankj1 wrote:

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Clearly the rising minimum wage did away with young gas station attendents first which ushered in self serve which cost nothing and did away with person customer service.too. Government intervention and dicktates in the economy always screws the young and working poor first, not to mention the consumer..

RayR
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#208

self serve stations, actually.

frankj1 wrote:

frankj1
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#209

self serve gained popularity by late 70's or early 80's as I recall. Maybe not every state but probably the vast majority.
Saw my first few before 1970!

It didn't happen due to the need to combat rising minimum wage, it was a way to eliminate that particular wage altogether.

Adjusted for inflation blah blah blah minimum wage may have actually been worth less over the 20 years or so that self serve pumps started to dominate the industry.

Mike3316
Connoisseur

4 years ago

#210

No self-serve allowed in NJ. By law you can't pump your own gas. Don't ask me why - but that's been the law here my whole life.

Burner02
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#211

My wife was in the FL panhandle yesterday and she saw prices from $3.99 to $4.99 for 87.

deadeyedick
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#212

No self-serve allowed in NJ. By law you can't pump your own gas. Don't ask me why - but that's been the law here my whole life.

Mike3316 wrote:

Featherbedding. Same in Oregon unless it has changed recently.

frankj1
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#213

I think they're the last two states but Oregon might be moving forward.

BuckyB93
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#214

There are (where?) a couple towns in MA where self-serve wasn't allowed. Milford was one of them. Worked in Milford for a bit and was caught off guard when I pulled in to get gas and couldn't find the slot on the pump to insert my card. Guy came out and told me that I can't do it myself. This was a handful of years ago, it might have changed by now.

HockeyDad
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#215

No self-serve allowed in NJ. By law you can't pump your own gas. Don't ask me why - but that's been the law here my whole life.

Mike3316 wrote:

It’s because people in NJ aren’t competent enough to pump their own gas. They would just be spraying it everywhere.

Stogie1020
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#216

It’s because people in NJ aren’t competent enough to pump their own gas. They would just be spraying it everywhere.

HockeyDad wrote:

Oregon, too. At least PDX area.

Mr. Jones
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#217

$4.29 in Lewistown pa

Mike3316
Connoisseur

4 years ago

#218

It’s because people in NJ aren’t competent enough to pump their own gas. They would just be spraying it everywhere.

HockeyDad wrote:

I like to think we're "special". You know - like helmet wearing, window licking, shortbus riding kinda 'special' lol

frankj1
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#219

just filled up with 87 at nearby BJ's.
regular price was listed at $3.939, already 10 to 30 cents per gallon lower than locals are charging, but I noticed on my receipt yesterday I had a 20 cent per gallon reward thingy.
Never was one for going out of my way to save 10 cents a gallon before, I mean save 1 or 2 dollars to fill up? Meh.

But this deal ended up being maybe a half a buck a gallon, and I was already there...

$3.739 was what I paid.

Palama
Herf-A-Holic

4 years ago

#220

just filled up with 87 at nearby BJ's.
regular price was listed at $3.939, already 10 to 30 cents per gallon lower than locals are charging, but I noticed on my receipt yesterday I had a 20 cent per gallon reward thingy.
Never was one for going out of my way to save 10 cents a gallon before, I mean save 1 or 2 dollars to fill up? Meh.
But this deal ended up being maybe a half a buck a gallon, and I was already there...

$3.739 was what I paid.

frankj1 wrote:

Damn! Dat’s a lotta numbahs in dere! [gonzo]

Users browsing this topic

Important Information: