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8. Why would anyone pay 50 cents more a gallon than a nearby station?

Wed Nov 23, 2022, 11:44 AM

Nov 2022

Retail gas stations are very seldom owned by oil refiners.

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Gas Prices [View all] podex101 Nov 2022 OP

The midterms are over. Meadowoak Nov 2022 #1

Gas prices going down here since Halloween. niyad Nov 2022 #2

Global economic slowdown MichMan Nov 2022 #3

Yeah, I have an MBA, too. The degree means little unless Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #4

there is no sanity to even local pricing... getagrip_already Nov 2022 #6

Why would anyone pay 50 cents more a gallon than a nearby station? MichMan Nov 2022 #8

tell that to mobil, exxxon, or any of the other chain stations out there..... getagrip_already Nov 2022 #9

Corporations hide bad behavior in election seasons. SalamanderSleeps Nov 2022 #7

I still think the oil companies did it to screw Dems before election. louis-t Nov 2022 #10

The oil market is nuts, we'd worry about you if you understood it Warpy Nov 2022 #11