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Originally Posted by Slava
The one part of this I find frustrating is that the gas in the tanks at the service stations today doesn't cost them more than it did two days ago. This is the excuse we always hear when the prices are expected to drop; that they have to clear inventory. Unfortunately for the consumer it doesn't work that way on the way up.
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Having worked at a private owned gas station years ago; I understand this. Sometimes the station would end up on top of a price change, other times they lose out. The gas in the tanks lasts for a few days of sales; and if they sell it for the lower price they end up selling out of that gas within a day. So they can be the "good guy" for a day, or make up for a shortfall earlier in the year.
Something I was wondering, I heard about the "don't buy gas on Sunday" campaign; and I know there is a bit of a debate on the effectiveness. What if there was a campaign to avoid major gas stations for a longer period of time? Like Shell, Esso, and Petro Canada? Sure- they wholesale to the smaller guys, but if their own stations are hurting, would that not put more pressure back onto them?