When self serve first started it was cheaper to pump it yourself. Then they had the cash/credit price thing going on. I hadn't seen any stations do that until this past week when they suddenly have a cheaper price for cash or debit. As long as I can do debit, I'll do it that way. It's a pain when you're "filling up" and you have to go in, give them cash, go back out to pump and go back in to get your change. And, as the "pump shock" is setting in, figuring out how much you have to give them is more of a challenge. When they first required paying first, before debit cards, when I was operating on cash only personally, I used to give them a $20.
I haven't seen different prices for cash vs credit. Perhaps it's illegal in NJ, as is self-serve?
I was in Brasil last week and the cost of gas - gasoline - there was about the same as it is here, in NJ. (at least that is what we determined, converting from BRL to USD, then from litre to gallon) Their cars are a LOT smaller than ours and many of them run on "alcool" (alcohol) or a gas/alcohol mixture. (according to our driver...)
I was in Brasil last week and the cost of gas - gasoline - there was about the same as it is here, in NJ. (at least that is what we determined, converting from BRL to USD, then from litre to gallon) Their cars are a LOT smaller than ours and many of them run on "alcool" (alcohol) or a gas/alcohol mixture. (according to our driver...)
Brazil uses a lot more ethanol than we do here, and many cars are equipped to run on 100% ethanol. They can also make it more effectively from sugar cane, which grows much better on a large scale down there than it does here.
Diesel was $4.40 at the "cheap" place. Thank God we're not doing a lot of traveling this summer, even with the good mpg we get.
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It's gonna be a hootenanny.
Or maybe a jamboree.
Or possibly even a shindig or lollapalooza.
Perhaps it'll be a hootshinpaloozaree. I don't know.
Diesel was $4.40 at the "cheap" place. Thank God we're not doing a lot of traveling this summer, even with the good mpg we get.
The diesel prices are what amaze me. It doesn't matter so much for my wife and I, but my dad's truck runs on diesel (he's in construction/remodeling), so he's had to put a much larger chunk of the money he makes on jobs towards travel costs. It's insane the amount of money he spends in a week on gas.
For a few years, the Shell station on the corner gives you a few cents discount if you come inside to pay with the credit card. I've always thought was a bit shady so I rarely go there.
There was a story on the news about using debit cards...some banks will put a hold of more than the purchase price until they figure out how much you actually paid...don't ask me to elaborate, I don't remember the specifics, lol.
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