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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
Right which is why there is always some sort of sale on 12 packs, milk, candy.. blah blah.. whatever. I just need to get you to pull up to my gas pump and fill up with my gas instead of the guy down the street. since the cost difference between competors is small but based on volume, then I need people to empty my tanks and then I can fill them up again.
for some people that difference in percieved sale price for the extra items is enough to draw some to go to a gas pump.
the best of course is to stop at the store buy the sale item and then go to the cheaper guy down the street 
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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
Gas stations make profits off of the items INSIDE. That is where they can actually mark items up. That is where they make a large majority of their money. Off candy, cigarettes, alcohol, chips, oil, wiper fluid ALL of which they can mark up and make a profit. That is the reason soda is so expensive, especially in remote areas, they know that people will be thirsty and would pay a price for some form of refreshment. That is where they make their money, not at the pump. The sales have identical goals to those of a grocery store, to get people in and purchase additional products.
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