Isnt it about time the gas stations dropped this $.009 bullshit!

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  • bettilimbroke999
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 02-04-08
    • 13254

    #1
    Isnt it about time the gas stations dropped this $.009 bullshit!
    Look I understand back in the 20s you probably rolled your model T into a gas station and saw one that said 16 2/10 cents and the one next to it said 15 9/10 cents back and so you filled up for 1.59 instead of a 1.62 when a cent probably was like a quarter now

    But in 2013 when I see $3.79 and 9/10 cents Im like wtf does that mean? I mean really just round up to $3.80, if I put 10 gallons in my tank you're gonna charge me $37.99 instead of $38? Who the fuk cares!

    Im sorry honey but we cant stop here they're 3.80 a gallon and the one a couple miles up the road is 3.799 a gallon

    Hell the federal government is thinking about ELIMINATING the penny altogether as it actually costs more to manufacture a penny than its worth
  • Kermit
    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
    • 09-27-10
    • 32823

    #2
    I guess those add up.
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    • UntilTheNDofTimE
      SBR Hall of Famer
      • 05-29-08
      • 9285

      #3
      Some dumb people drive 15 miles to save 15 cents on 20 gallons(3.00 savings), theres enough dumb people that will pass over a gas station over a cent.
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      • onacloud
        SBR Hall of Famer
        • 10-14-10
        • 5360

        #4
        Gas tank on E

        Closest gas station gets my business

        Very simple
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        • Kermit
          BARRELED IN @ SBR!
          • 09-27-10
          • 32823

          #5
          Originally posted by UntilTheNDofTimE
          Some dumb people drive 15 miles to save 15 cents on 20 gallons(3.00 savings), theres enough dumb people that will pass over a gas station over a cent.
          Yeah, I have people telling me that gas is 20 cents a gallon cheaper in another town all of the time, but that town is 35 miles away.
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          • lakerboy
            SBR Aristocracy
            • 04-02-09
            • 94463

            #6
            Canada already got rid of the penny.
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            • ThaTopMoron
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              • 04-30-10
              • 27023

              #7
              Originally posted by Kermit
              Yeah, I have people telling me that gas is 20 cents a gallon cheaper in another town all of the time, but that town is 35 miles away.
              people suck at math
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              • UntilTheNDofTimE
                SBR Hall of Famer
                • 05-29-08
                • 9285

                #8
                Originally posted by ThaTopMoron
                people suck at math
                Maybe they have 5,000 gallon tanks and get 500 miles per gallon?
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                • sickler
                  SBR Posting Legend
                  • 06-05-08
                  • 15006

                  #9
                  Originally posted by lakerboy
                  Canada already got rid of the penny.
                  It was long overdue. The penny costed more to make than what it was worth.
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                  • UntilTheNDofTimE
                    SBR Hall of Famer
                    • 05-29-08
                    • 9285

                    #10
                    Originally posted by sickler
                    It was long overdue. The penny costed more to make than what it was worth.
                    Since when has doing things inefficiently been a problem in the govts eyes in this country.
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                    • smitch124
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 05-19-08
                      • 12566

                      #11
                      I'm sure the people that make the little nines are greasing some palms to keep them in play.
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                      • ChalkyDog
                        SBR Hall of Famer
                        • 10-02-11
                        • 9598

                        #12
                        Why would they get rid of that? Gas Stations can stay in business if the only profit they made were that 9/10 of a cent.

                        You expect to start seeing 3.22 instead of 3.21/9?
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                        • byronbb
                          SBR MVP
                          • 11-13-08
                          • 3067

                          #13
                          Originally posted by UntilTheNDofTimE
                          Some dumb people drive 15 miles to save 15 cents on 20 gallons(3.00 savings), theres enough dumb people that will pass over a gas station over a cent.
                          I love it when a station will be cheaper by a few cents and half the world shows up to save a whole dollar.
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                          • Kermit
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                            • 09-27-10
                            • 32823

                            #14
                            Originally posted by byronbb
                            I love it when a station will be cheaper by a few cents and half the world shows up to save a whole dollar.
                            Only to lose $2 in gas driving to and from that gas station that is out of their way.
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                            • etothep
                              SBR MVP
                              • 09-14-07
                              • 1299

                              #15
                              Originally posted by bettilimbroke999
                              Im sorry honey but we cant stop here they're 3.80 a gallon and the one a couple miles up the road is 3.799 a gallon
                              Sadly, I'm positive that would be said hundreds of times a day
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                              • mcaulay777
                                SBR MVP
                                • 09-13-10
                                • 1788

                                #16
                                I remember the guy on 6o minutes Rooney did a bit that he went around to different gas stations and kept asking for change and his 9/10th cents back.
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