More Plant Shutdowns

[Pete Masterson]

There are high franchise fees for the name brand stations, plus some heavy duty real estate costs if the land is owned by a third party. (Once looked into a gas station real estate "opportunity.")

If the 'little guy' is a no-name station and owns the underlying real estate, he may well be able to profit at a lower price.

I note that a station close by to me recently dropped their Shell identity -- and their prices went down by about 4 cents per gallon.

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Apr 22, 2008, at 10:25 AM, Ryan Wright wrote:

I fill up at a little bitty gas station located a couple of miles from

my house. <snip>

Not sure how he does it. I always hear how gas stations operate on a

penny per gallon margin at best, but this guy has been profiled in the

local paper and claims that's BS and that he is still making a profit

at the lower price point. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong

with his fuel or any shenanigans going on, I've filled up there twice

now and haven't had any problems.