This is not about the high price of gas - that got cheaper - and is now going back up despite the still lowering crude oil prices. Nope, not about that. It's about 9/10 of a cent. This one has bothered me forever. How can anyone charge a price at a rate that can not be paid? If I offered something for sale at some fraction of a price each, I'm sure I would eventually have to answer to some government official. It's true, when you buy in bulk, lots of small cheap things, the price each might be some fraction of a cent. Maybe a dozen for 10 cents. I get that. But gas? Have you never bought 1 gallon? Or just 2 1/2 gallons for your lawn mower? At $1.999 per gallon your price is $5.997. You are charged $6.00. Big deal, you lost 3/10 of a cent. How much extra does a gas company make over millions of gallons sold? Would they miss that 1/10 of a cent? I bet they would. Did you ever buy exactly 1 gallon? What is the price you pay? Is it legal for them to cheat you out of that 1/10 cent every time?
How many prices end in .99? And the gas companies have found a way to add just one more. I wish I could invest in the number nine. Buy this new car for under $20,000, yes only $19,999.99! You save a penny! What a deal! Would you buy the same car from the guy next door who is not trying to trick you for $20,000? Enough of the nines!
This is just a place to rant and rave about how nothing works any more. No wonder US and world companies are in trouble! You can plan on what you buy to not work. Or is it just me? Poor quality from products to service seems to be the norm now and no one cares to fix it. And other ramblings.
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