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catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,957 Points:2,494,575 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Nov 10, 2012 4:04:21 PM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse Boy, is that deceptive. They lure you in with the big number, and then charge you almost a penny more. Boycott them, and complain to your local Better Business Bureau. Spend your Saturday picketing. If we all band together on this boycott we can move on to prices ending in 9.

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Boy, is that deceptive. They lure you in with the big number, and then charge you almost a penny more. Boycott them, and complain to your local Better Business Bureau. Spend your Saturday picketing. If we all band together on this boycott we can move on to prices ending in 9.

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olympusman2004 Champion Author Maryland Posts:1,661 Points:366,755 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Apr 12, 2013 1:28:00 AM Ignore olympusman2004 Report Abuse need laws
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,957 Points:2,494,575 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 30, 2013 8:05:17 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse The only problem with satire is when it becomes hard to tell whether someone is playing along or serious. I'll count evergreen as getting the joke.
maxstar Champion Author Chicago Posts:18,471 Points:807,595 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 29, 2013 11:17:57 AM Ignore maxstar Report Abuse "It is time to issue strict laws regarding these fraudsters" What fraud would that be EvergreenON?
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,916 Points:3,528,540 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Mar 29, 2013 6:50:33 AM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse "It is time to issue strict laws regarding these fraudsters" What, you seriously want price controls? All they do is stabilize prices. They go up slower, but, to compensate, they go down even slower than they do now.
EvergreenON All-Star Author Ontario Posts:933 Points:481,740 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Mar 29, 2013 6:36:36 AM Ignore EvergreenON Report Abuse It is time to issue strict laws regarding these fraudsters
H_Holcomb Rookie Author Pennsylvania Posts:38 Points:83,905 Joined:Nov 2012	Message Posted: Mar 26, 2013 12:45:02 PM Ignore H_Holcomb Report Abuse If I boycotted the stations that did that I could not buy and gas in my area.
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,916 Points:3,528,540 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2013 3:00:28 AM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse "Better to get House Republican's to ban this practice." And all prices that aren't even dollar amounts in every business in the country, while they are at it? Think about how ridiculous that is, and think about how banning the 9/10 cent would be an unearned gift of hundreds of millions of dollars to the retail gas industry.
traffic cop Champion Author Boston Posts:1,239 Points:534,580 Joined:Oct 2004	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2013 12:07:54 AM Ignore traffic cop Report Abuse Wshutton--you think House Republicans would bother with this sort of nonsense? Dictating how things should be done is very much a liberal thing. Sounds like something Mike Bloomberg would love to do. After all, liberals know just what is best for us!
wshutton Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,662 Points:923,220 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Jan 28, 2013 3:37:50 PM Ignore wshutton Report Abuse Won't we be boycotting all fuel stations then? Better to get House Republican's to ban this practice.
Sapper08 Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:1,059 Points:318,575 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2013 5:28:35 PM Ignore Sapper08 Report Abuse The only thing that works is to use less!
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,916 Points:3,528,540 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2013 8:58:02 AM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse "How about Canada?" Actually, we have a few more flavours. One grade at the corner station uses 4/10, and a station in the next municipality uses 8/10.
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,957 Points:2,494,575 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2013 8:04:32 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse Two more.
djp071158 All-Star Author Detroit Posts:658 Points:291,050 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jan 22, 2013 5:18:00 AM Ignore djp071158 Report Abuse Do any stations in the US not use the 9/10? How about Canada?
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,916 Points:3,528,540 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2013 2:00:06 AM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse Tommyguns, there are enough CITGO threads already, it is not necessary to attempt to hijack this dumb thread.
Tommyguns45 Sophomore Author Illinois Posts:212 Points:131,205 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Jan 15, 2013 9:34:59 AM Ignore Tommyguns45 Report Abuse Its always been that 9/10 cent here in Illinois that Ive seen and Im no youngster. I do boycott Citgo gas since Chavez runs the US in the ground every chance he can and we buy $350 BILLION dollars of oil a year from him. The Gov. should speed up the process of getting us all on compressed natural gas since we have trillions of feet of it. I wrote to my Senator about it 6 years ago and he said it was too hard to get. Maybe Durbin meant Big Oil rather keep us on OPEC oil that they have a stake in. Any way he lost my vote for 2014.
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,957 Points:2,494,575 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 15, 2013 6:17:14 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse Add Trixie to the net.
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,823 Points:1,196,940 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Jan 13, 2013 4:54:56 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww-w-w-w heck, and here I thot I remembered when gas was 27.9 cents - but I do agree with ya, Trixie
TrixieNY Champion Author Buffalo Posts:2,702 Points:655,680 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Jan 9, 2013 6:47:42 AM Ignore TrixieNY Report Abuse This is one of the dumbest ideas I have ever heard! I'm not going to rehash all of the reasons it's dumb because that would be redundant. Are you maintaining your stance after reading all the replies catfish99 or have you "seen the light"?
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,957 Points:2,494,575 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 9:39:05 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse This topic is the gift that keeps on giving.
batman2010 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,658 Points:1,012,755 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jan 3, 2013 5:48:39 PM Ignore batman2010 Report Abuse good luck with that search, please let us all know when you find one
2amy Champion Author Fresno Posts:1,714 Points:604,155 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Jan 2, 2013 8:25:45 PM Ignore 2amy Report Abuse Boy oh boy. We'd be boycotting every station in the US. I have not seen one that doesnt use the 9/10.
CLS1998 Rookie Author Akron Posts:90 Points:7,690 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Dec 17, 2012 1:00:35 PM Ignore CLS1998 Report Abuse Boycott is a joke,the prices have always been that way,so why even do something like that in the first place. I would have to walk a least twenty miles everyday if I did that to and from work five plus days.
CptSteve Champion Author Illinois Posts:13,181 Points:2,643,265 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Dec 17, 2012 10:24:24 AM Ignore CptSteve Report Abuse There's no way around it my friend. I don't know of any station that doesn't use the 9/10 pricing.
Casey225 Rookie Author Baton Rouge Posts:91 Points:80,265 Joined:Nov 2012	Message Posted: Dec 14, 2012 7:28:06 PM Ignore Casey225 Report Abuse It was used long time ago and had never been dropped. So what's the big deal? You're paying it aren't you?
1OILMAN Champion Author Alabama Posts:2,070 Points:157,255 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Dec 14, 2012 3:55:57 PM Ignore 1OILMAN Report Abuse Not even if I price it at $0.009/gal?
kamsackguy Rookie Author Saskatchewan Posts:2 Points:56,215 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Dec 14, 2012 9:21:15 AM Ignore kamsackguy Report Abuse Every station has gas prices ending in 9. We either pay it, or ride bicycles, or horses.
borsht All-Star Author Oakland Posts:785 Points:188,550 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Dec 9, 2012 6:37:29 PM Ignore borsht Report Abuse I guess you plan on not buying gasoline for a long time. Can you point out a single gas station in the U.S. that does not post prices in xyz.9. I think this would be unamerican.
skidsteer85xt Champion Author Indiana Posts:3,602 Points:185,075 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Dec 7, 2012 11:22:31 PM Ignore skidsteer85xt Report Abuse just dont think people will go along with it.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,213 Points:3,251,670 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Dec 5, 2012 6:55:43 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Found this The extra "tenths" is a very old tradition that's never gone away. In 1935, a Reno Nevada newspaper wrote about "selling third grade gasoline at eight and nine-tenths cents a gallon." In those times, a penny had considerable value. To raise the price of gasoline from 8 to 9 cents would be more than a 12 percent hike. To compete, gas stations raised prices by tenths of a penny. Around this time, federal and state excise taxes were also introduced in increments of tenths of a cent, so it made sense to keep the decimal value.
michelson Rookie Author North Dakota Posts:2 Points:225,865 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Dec 3, 2012 11:54:32 PM Ignore michelson Report Abuse good idea in theory, not in practicality
rx7racerca Champion Author Calgary Posts:4,192 Points:1,111,145 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Dec 2, 2012 6:05:34 PM Ignore rx7racerca Report Abuse The .9 cents is just marketing - same way retail prices almost always end in 9, or .99 - because it's long been know that consumers will largely ignore the last digits. Gasoline retailing has just long taken that further than anywhere else by adding 9/10 of a cent. Good luck finding a station that doesn't, however.[L=http://www.wisegeek.com/why-do-gas-prices-always-end-in-910-of-a-cent.htm][/L]
installer All-Star Author San Diego Posts:925 Points:475,600 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Nov 30, 2012 11:43:48 AM Ignore installer Report Abuse SI've never seen a station that does not use 9/10ths.
GasMiserGod Rookie Author Milwaukee Posts:71 Points:202,025 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Nov 23, 2012 2:00:25 PM Ignore GasMiserGod Report Abuse Perhaps, and this is just a suggestion, but look up what deceptive means. Since the pricing is in full view of the consumer, there's nothing deceptive about it. Further, all you will end up doing is pricing gasoline higher. That 9/10 will become 10/10 and the price goes up. A lot of the time, the idea is psychological - we'd all rather pay 3.999 a gallon, than 4.00. It's a universal truth. Same reason items in stores are priced at .99 instead of a 1.00; it looks like the better deal.
BTP1535 Veteran Author Seattle Posts:364 Points:105,000 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Nov 23, 2012 1:41:29 PM Ignore BTP1535 Report Abuse It's always been done, so stations that cut the 9/10 will just lose money. Everyone is already used to it...
PatAZ Champion Author Tucson Posts:9,235 Points:122,280 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Nov 23, 2012 9:44:03 AM Ignore PatAZ Report Abuse If a person is so dumb they are "lured" in and not notice the .9 they are too stupid to be driving.
borsht All-Star Author Oakland Posts:785 Points:188,550 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Nov 22, 2012 11:46:52 PM Ignore borsht Report Abuse Dang , it would be great if this was the biggest problem facing us. Just dwarfs the fiscal cliff doesn't it!
1OILMAN Champion Author Alabama Posts:2,070 Points:157,255 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Nov 22, 2012 2:21:27 PM Ignore 1OILMAN Report Abuse D'oh...doesn't say X.XX9 end in a 9.
HeavyDuty_cache Champion Author Omaha Posts:12,975 Points:2,482,710 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Nov 22, 2012 9:15:40 AM Ignore HeavyDuty_cache Report Abuse If we boycotted every station that had a 9/10th of a cent pricing where would someone buy fuel? Gas has always had the 9/10th of a cent price for as long as I can remember, and thats 40 some years.
teddytrow Rookie Author Iowa Posts:46 Points:124,485 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Nov 20, 2012 5:52:57 PM Ignore teddytrow Report Abuse Back in the 70s or 80s, can't remember exactly when, Iowa passed a law getting rid of the .9. Lasted a few years then they repealed it.
MARIOWERX Champion Author Vancouver Posts:15,921 Points:1,637,810 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Nov 19, 2012 9:07:00 PM Ignore MARIOWERX Report Abuse I think dvc2 is starting a club.
dvc2 All-Star Author Oakland Posts:937 Points:447,340 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Nov 19, 2012 6:31:56 PM Ignore dvc2 Report Abuse Are you an idiot?
maxstar Champion Author Chicago Posts:18,471 Points:807,595 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Nov 15, 2012 8:33:20 PM Ignore maxstar Report Abuse sunite I doubt is prices would be lowered by 1/10, but rather raised by 1/10th. Instead you will spend an extra $0.60 a year.
sunite All-Star Author Virginia Posts:916 Points:222,895 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Nov 15, 2012 8:21:42 PM Ignore sunite Report Abuse Really - after decades of this practice of silly pricing that is fully posted on all signs and pumps why would anyone actually, wait a minute, if it was lowered to 8/10s instead of 9/10s I could save a whole $0.60 a year! That is an extra .17gals in my neighborhood. Petition congress now!
MARIOWERX Champion Author Vancouver Posts:15,921 Points:1,637,810 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Nov 15, 2012 5:44:46 PM Ignore MARIOWERX Report Abuse Ask for a rebate and you will probably get it. They gave me an address in the Bahamas and I am expecting a rebate soon you just have to mail your receipt with a self addressed return envelope and a ninety nine cent processing fee. Limit 1 receipt per envelope Easy peasy! [Edited by: MARIOWERX at 11/15/2012 5:50:09 PM EST]
Gary9696 Champion Author Detroit Posts:1,103 Points:226,805 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Nov 15, 2012 12:48:41 AM Ignore Gary9696 Report Abuse Every station does it. I think that 0.9 cent goes to Federal Tax.
Mikeyl Champion Author Cleveland Posts:5,147 Points:1,183,945 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Nov 14, 2012 3:46:47 PM Ignore Mikeyl Report Abuse Every station does this. I can't say I've ever seen one that doesn't. Most retailers do it, too. Is $6.99 really less than $7.00? Our brains our wired to see the lower price and think "DEAL!!!" It's us that has the problem. Not the gas retailer.
Michael29644 Champion Author Greenville Posts:4,950 Points:840,350 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 5:01:08 AM Ignore Michael29644 Report Abuse "No tenths at all,max. Call your state attorney general. Better yet, go to his office and refuse to leave until you get a response. Then you will see some government action." No, no, no. That's the completely wrong approach. We need to petition Congress to authorize the US Mint to begin minting 1/10th cent coins. That way, people will be able to pay precisely for the amount of gasoline they buy, which in turn will force all gas stations to buy new pumps to display the tenths of a cent and new cash registers with drawers that will accommodate the new coins. Once they realize this added expense is because of their pricing policy, they'll relent on their 9/10th pricing nonsense. Now, bait up another hook.
daniel374 Rookie Author Orange County Posts:34 Points:48,535 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Nov 11, 2012 11:43:01 PM Ignore daniel374 Report Abuse Technically,they do tell you that they're charging an extra 9/10ths, so its not deceptive.
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,916 Points:3,528,540 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Nov 11, 2012 8:08:55 PM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse "No tenths at all,max. Call your state attorney general. Better yet, go to his office and refuse to leave until you get a response. Then you will see some government action." What, you actually believe an Attorney General would take action placing restrictions on one category of retailer as to how he can display his price? What a useless waste of time that would be, and costly if it went to court, which it inevitably would. What's next, restricting 7-Eleven from selling chocolate bars 2/.99, because one has to pay an extra 1/2 cent on the purchase of only one?
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,957 Points:2,494,575 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Nov 11, 2012 10:06:42 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse No tenths at all,max. Call your state attorney general. Better yet, go to his office and refuse to leave until you get a response. Then you will see some government action.