ghostrider421 wrote:
Energy prices fluctuate minute by minute. It's fault is the whim of the traders. They burp and price jumps, go to war and jumps higher. Takes forever for it to drop at the stations. Just in the past week I visited my Dad in Georgia. You would think that the truck stops there would have the best prices - they don't always. Their price was 2.729/gal. Across the street from his home is an Exxon station with 2.549/gal gas. Now why is it that a lil ole gas station would have lower price than a BIG truck stop. Logic says the truck stops buys more at a better price. But not always.....
Many truck stops are higher due to convenience. They know most customers that are traveling through will not want to stray too far from the highway. The little ole gas station has to lower prices enough to entice traffic to want to stray away from the highway.
