So, as I pulled in to the local gas station that shall remain nameless (It rhymes with Bell) this morning for a fill up, I was pleased because it was a Tuesday. See, they had a deal that all gas on Tuesdays was 5 cents off. I don't try to aim for this day, but it's a convenient station right on my path to work so when it does work out, hooray. Any other day and I'd go to another station nearby that pretty much always has the cheapest price (rhymes with Bess). But anyway, as I start to pump, I notice that the 5 cent off sign now says "every Thursday."
Screw you, gas station that rhymes with Bell!
I wouldn't be so upset about that, but see...originally when they started this, it was on Wednesday. When they moved to Tuesday, I shrugged it off, figuring there was some logistical, or at least, logical reason, to move it. But when I saw that sign today, boy, the light went on (and not that little low gas light in my car...though with prices today, I do let it get turned on more often than not). 
Moving the day around is a shameless, shameless move to get people to come to their pumps on every day of the week. How much does anybody want to bet it gets moved to Monday in the not too distant future? I doubt I'd get any takers. Of course you wont see the discount on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, though they might surprise me.
So, even though it's relatively convenient, I won't be using that particular station that rhymes with Bell anytime in the near future. There's a station that rhymes with TP right up the street a ways that might cost a bit more, but doesn't think their customers are complete idiots.
Here, the lowest day in the weekly fuel cycle is Tuesday. Even at that `low' point we pay $1.38 to $1.42 a LITRE and at the weekend it's generally $1.50 to $1.55 per litre, not per gallon.
ReplyDeleteLast week I coughed up $1.62 ....
Not sure on the exchange rate, but it's about $3.60 in my area, and higher in other areas in the state. Some places in the country it's breached 4.00. And I'm pretty sure the average commute of the American is the longest in the "western world."
ReplyDeleteCheaters!
ReplyDeleteAnd gas prices should never be compared from one country to the next, not with average salary, exchange rates, and overall transportation systems all very different.