I wonder why they went out of business

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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Do we know WHEN they went out of business? Because 2007, it wasn't uncommon to see gas at even $5.10 per gallon.

Also, on the day after 9/11, in New York, some gas stations went from the (at the time) common gas prices of $1.15 and made it as high as $5.00 per gallon. Then, the next day, president Bush had made that practice illegal.

So, if they happened to go out of business on 9/12/01, or anytime around 2007, this price would have been seen as low.

dastechniker@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

This sign gets flipped around by vandals pretty regularly. Right now, it says all 7s.

Edit: Just drove past it, it's back to 420

Vordimous@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This is SC, I don't think it has been over $4 at any point.

Late2TheParty@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

You haven't been to North Augusta where, during the freeze of 2013/2014 many stations jacked up prices well-beyond reasonable and are now, no longer in business.

subignition@fedia.io · 22 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Those power poles do not look okay...

dastechniker@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

welcome to the south:)))

wjrii@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

They ran out of snacks. No one knows why. However, everyone knows that the gasoline is sold pretty close to cost, and the snacks are the real moneymaker.

Vordimous@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

This math checks out.

Vordimous@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y

A closed down gas station with a price set at $4.20. Some worker had a great last day.

dastechniker@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I think I know where this is!! West Butler Road, Greenville, SC?

Edit: Mauldin, not Greenville. My bad.

Vordimous@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You are correct! Hello fellow member of the upstate.

dastechniker@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Hello! 🤚

lime@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

that's cents per gallon, right?

1 gal is 4.54609 l... 420.9/4.54609≈92.58 so 92.6¢/l.

looks at local gas station 18:49/l to dollars... 182¢/l to gallons...

827.3¢/gal. which it was just lowered to from well above 22 sek/l, or 982¢/gal.

man the US has cheap gas.

bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This would be rather expensive for most of the US. In a lot of areas we're seeing $2.85ish/gal

lime@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 1y

jeesum.

Illuminostro@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Getting high on their own supply?

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Notice to employees, stop smoking the gas