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Originally Posted by Dion
Why do they have to change prices in the middle of the day causing an innocent cashier to have to deal with situations like this? It RGMG that they can't do this in the middle of the night. I've talked to more than a few gas station attendants who think much the same. It's a hassle for them to find a slow period where they can make the change without ticking off the customer.
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Aren't most stations using the LED display prices? Wouldn't it be easy to change both at the same time from a computer inside the store?
I know in Vancouver, generally the cheapest time to buy gas is around 9pm. Gas stations will bump their pricing on stations on the right side of the road slightly on the way into downtown in the morning, and coming out of downtown after work hours. It may grind your gears, but gas stations are trying to make a profit. You may get ticked off, but are you going to stop buying gas? And if gas goes up by 3 cents from before, are you really out a lot of money. I have an X5, and if it goes up by 3 cents, I think I have to pay an additional $2.50 for a full tank of gas. I'm okay with that.
I've met one of the guys for a gas company who influences the prices of what gas is sold for. He has access to all of his stations and can show how much more each store will make by varying the price, even by tenths of a cent.