Date:         Tue, 22 May 2012 15:22:42 -0400
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: While Discussing Gas Prices
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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Hi Loren,

One interesting byproduct of the gasbuddy.com websites is that some gas
stations are setting artificially lower prices from 11PM - 6AM in order
to dilute the pricing data being collected. The result is that it's
common to find long lines at pumps at 11PM, then see the same pumps
sitting empty the next morning when the price comes back up.

So don't take those web prices as gospel, there are some shenanigans
going on related to their collection.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (ND Graphics graphics wrap)
1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride)
Engine conversion blog: http://www.pottsfamily.ca/wordpress/
www.pottsfamily.ca

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On 5/19/2012 2:17 AM, Loren Busch wrote:
> Okay, especially my friends in the Great White North, here is a question
> that will prove my ignorance.  The website 'GasBuddy.com' shows gas prices
> for all over the US and Canada.  But the price for Canada locations shows
> up as 113.568 for Alberta right now.  So I'll bite: is that $113 or 113
> cents per liter or what?  I makes no sense to my mind that is trapped in
> gallons and pints and inches and such.  Waiting for one of those answers
> that will be so obvious when I see it that I'll be forever embarrassed.
>
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