St. Pete (was RE: [rescue] Sun Ray Thoughts?)

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 06:07:39PM -0500, Michael A. Turner wrote:
> 
> 	Messed me up also, I took a trip to NJ two weekends ago to pick up
> some equipment. I was on the turnpike and needed gas. pulled into one of the
> service areas after realizing they where like a super sized rest stop. (had
> avoided them until then not realizing what they were about) started to pull
> up to the pump to get some gas and saw that they were all full service.
> being from Virginia, were you have to pay people extra to pump gas, I was
> pissed. I said screw that I will find somewhere that is not full service so
> I don't have to pay extra (note: in Virginia getting someone to pump your
> gas for you generally adds $.60 to the price per gallon). ended up driving
> all the way to the guys house I was visiting and he filled me in on the
> deal. I can't see how the gas in NJ was only $.10 more per gallon over
> Virginia (at the time) when everything is full service. Is pumping gas some
> sort of community service or something in NJ? 

They have to try to be competitive or everyone will just hop over to 
NY/PA/MD/whatever when the need gas.  If the station has high enough volume, 
then it shouldn't be too much financial strain.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd