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I wonder why they went out of business (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago by Vordimous@lemmy.ml to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] subignition@fedia.io 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those power poles do not look okay...

[–] dastechniker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

welcome to the south:)))

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Do we know WHEN they went out of business? Because 2007, it wasn't uncommon to see gas at even $5.10 per gallon.

Also, on the day after 9/11, in New York, some gas stations went from the (at the time) common gas prices of $1.15 and made it as high as $5.00 per gallon. Then, the next day, president Bush had made that practice illegal.

So, if they happened to go out of business on 9/12/01, or anytime around 2007, this price would have been seen as low.

[–] dastechniker@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This sign gets flipped around by vandals pretty regularly. Right now, it says all 7s.

Edit: Just drove past it, it's back to 420

[–] Vordimous@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is SC, I don't think it has been over $4 at any point.

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

You haven't been to North Augusta where, during the freeze of 2013/2014 many stations jacked up prices well-beyond reasonable and are now, no longer in business.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They ran out of snacks. No one knows why. However, everyone knows that the gasoline is sold pretty close to cost, and the snacks are the real moneymaker.

[–] Vordimous@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

This math checks out.

[–] Vordimous@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

A closed down gas station with a price set at $4.20. Some worker had a great last day.

[–] dastechniker@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think I know where this is!! West Butler Road, Greenville, SC?

Edit: Mauldin, not Greenville. My bad.

[–] Vordimous@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are correct! Hello fellow member of the upstate.

[–] dastechniker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hello! 🤚

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

that's cents per gallon, right?

1 gal is 4.54609 l... 420.9/4.54609≈92.58 so 92.6¢/l.

looks at local gas station 18:49/l to dollars... 182¢/l to gallons...

827.3¢/gal. which it was just lowered to from well above 22 sek/l, or 982¢/gal.

man the US has cheap gas.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This would be rather expensive for most of the US. In a lot of areas we're seeing $2.85ish/gal

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 1 month ago

jeesum.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Getting high on their own supply?

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Notice to employees, stop smoking the gas