Deceptive Fuel Ads

[Don Bradner]

Just had a look at Flying J's website. At all Flying J's in the US, the price
posted will be 6 cents less than the (truck) pump, as that is the Cash discount.

There are just two states with trucker tax discounts, and those are likewise
assumed in the posted price but will also reflect on the pump, so it is still
not clear why you saw the pump as 10 cents more. The two are Oregon, as I said,
where you will pay 24 cents more than the truck pumps say, and Indiana, where
you will pay 6% (not cents) more than the truck pumps say. The latter is because
truckers are exempt from the sales tax.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Posting today by satellite from Falcon, Colorado (East of Colorado Springs)

On 10/7/2007 at 8:46 AM Don Bradner wrote:

>Where was this? The most common state with a tax exemption for truckers
>is Oregon, but the difference there is 24 cents, not 10 cents.

>On 10/7/2007 at 4:52 AM John McGinnis wrote:
>
>>Driving 600 miles this weekend we noticed fuel ads on the highway for
>>Flying J at 2.95 per gallon, but when we pull up to the pumps they
>>read 3.05. We asked the clerk and was told that sign was for the tax
>>exempt truckers. Is deceptive advertising a common practice for
>>Flying J. We didn't notice it the last time we filled up at Flying J,
>>Piolet read the actual price and so did Loves. So what's up with
>>Flying J?
>>John 88FC35 Bird Brains