Comments on: Cheap Gas http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Mon, 14 May 2012 18:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ZZMike http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-99309 ZZMike Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:41:37 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-99309 (Rejoining the Dead Horse Beating Society:) About nk's comment about buying 1.00000 gallons: just try buying 1.00000 gallons. Liquids are [almost] infinitely divisible. The pumps read only to the nearest .001 gallon (0.128 ounce or 3.79 ml). And you have to pump it - if you go over, you've bought it. I invite nk to join me in going to one of those stores that prominently advertise "rent CDs for .99c". One of these days I'm going in and get 10 for a dime, "keep the change". And not just video rental stores. Nobody seems to know what that little dot means, or when to use it. (Rejoining the Dead Horse Beating Society:)

About nk’s comment about buying 1.00000 gallons: just try buying 1.00000 gallons.
Liquids are [almost] infinitely divisible. The pumps read only to the nearest .001 gallon (0.128 ounce or 3.79 ml). And you have to pump it – if you go over, you’ve bought it.

I invite nk to join me in going to one of those stores that prominently advertise “rent CDs for .99c”. One of these days I’m going in and get 10 for a dime, “keep the change”. And not just video rental stores. Nobody seems to know what that little dot means, or when to use it.

]]> By: nk http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98650 nk Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:33:05 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98650 P.S. But please don't sue the Marathon on my corner. He's a nice guy and he just plays the game all the others do. P.S. But please don’t sue the Marathon on my corner. He’s a nice guy and he just plays the game all the others do.

]]> By: nk http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98649 nk Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:26:04 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98649 This is how you can fight them. Find a full-service gas station and ask for $.999 worth of gas and then demand that they give you change from a dollar and threaten them with the legal tender laws if they don't. Actually, what I just wrote, is not as stupid as it sounds. The smallest legal tender is one cent. I won't take the case. Maybe Judicial Watch will. This is how you can fight them. Find a full-service gas station and ask for $.999 worth of gas and then demand that they give you change from a dollar and threaten them with the legal tender laws if they don’t. Actually, what I just wrote, is not as stupid as it sounds. The smallest legal tender is one cent. I won’t take the case. Maybe Judicial Watch will.

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98581 Xrlq Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:21:37 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98581 Really? I didn't think anyone but the petroleum industry sold consumer products in currency units that do not exist. The closest analogy I can think of is the airline industry, which has long advertised fake prices in huge type, only to reveal in the not-meant-to-be-read print that the fake prices displayed are "one way based on round trip travel." In any event, it's a pretty safe bet that all or substantially all products sold on late night T.V. engage in some sort of fraud. If an item is "not available in stores," there's probably a reason for that. Really? I didn’t think anyone but the petroleum industry sold consumer products in currency units that do not exist. The closest analogy I can think of is the airline industry, which has long advertised fake prices in huge type, only to reveal in the not-meant-to-be-read print that the fake prices displayed are “one way based on round trip travel.” In any event, it’s a pretty safe bet that all or substantially all products sold on late night T.V. engage in some sort of fraud. If an item is “not available in stores,” there’s probably a reason for that.

]]> By: jjv http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98502 jjv Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:22:24 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98502 As I recall all Roncomatic and products sold on late night T.V. engage in the same "Fraud." As I recall all Roncomatic and products sold on late night T.V. engage in the same “Fraud.”

]]> By: Lance http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98356 Lance Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:52:59 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98356 In just bought gas for a 1.98 as well which inspired all kinds of conspiratorial nonsense at my site. In just bought gas for a 1.98 as well which inspired all kinds of conspiratorial nonsense at my site.

]]> By: ZZMike http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98275 ZZMike Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:59:26 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98275 "Legalized fraud"? Not at all. The pumps and signs outside clearly say "$2.769" (here in So CA), with the last "9" carved into the sign. It's just the same thing as every price in America ending in ".99". Cars are an exception - they go for "$23,995". It was most amusing a few weeks back when the price was "$2.999". “Legalized fraud”? Not at all. The pumps and signs outside clearly say “$2.769″ (here in So CA), with the last “9″ carved into the sign.

It’s just the same thing as every price in America ending in “.99″. Cars are an exception – they go for “$23,995″.

It was most amusing a few weeks back when the price was “$2.999″.

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98145 Xrlq Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:22:31 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98145 Of course it's fraud. The only purpose served by printing the price in such an odd format as Real Price - 1 cent + 9/10 is to make it appear to the naked eye as though the price were lower than it actually is. And yes, I do consider most "fine print" fraud, assuming you mean ads where the regular sized print is intentionally misleading without it. Whoever said it's OK to lie some of the time, as long as you tell the truth at other times? Of course it’s fraud. The only purpose served by printing the price in such an odd format as Real Price – 1 cent + 9/10 is to make it appear to the naked eye as though the price were lower than it actually is. And yes, I do consider most “fine print” fraud, assuming you mean ads where the regular sized print is intentionally misleading without it. Whoever said it’s OK to lie some of the time, as long as you tell the truth at other times?

]]> By: Michael Angier http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98130 Michael Angier Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:52:04 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98130 The pricing issue is not fraud unless you are willing to define most other 'fine print' as fraud. That little "9" on the sign is some of the simplest fine print ever seen. The pricing issue is not fraud unless you are willing to define most other ‘fine print’ as fraud. That little “9″ on the sign is some of the simplest fine print ever seen.

]]> By: Mark L http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-98126 Mark L Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:41:54 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/09/25/cheap-gas/#comment-98126 XLRQ: Could be worse. I filled up my son's car (Houston, TX area) at $2.12 on Sunday night. On Monday morning, I filled up mine at $2.09. By Monday evening, the place I got gas on Sunday was $2.04. Today, while driving around at lunch it was $1.99. Not that I am complaining. . . XLRQ:

Could be worse. I filled up my son’s car (Houston, TX area) at $2.12 on Sunday night. On Monday morning, I filled up mine at $2.09. By Monday evening, the place I got gas on Sunday was $2.04. Today, while driving around at lunch it was $1.99.

Not that I am complaining. . .

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