Crazy difference in diesel prices by stations within 100 yards of each other

[harrisonm]

We took a short trip in our RV this week, and I noticed a crazy anomaly in diesel prices by stations that were literally 100-200 yards from each other. There would be a Pilot or a Flying J station with diesel at $3.95 and right across the street would be a local chain station, Shell, BP, or Conoco station with diesel at $3.15 +/-. Gas prices were about the same. I don’t get it. Who would pay $3.95 when it’s $3.15 across the street. Some, about 25%, of the stations with the cheaper prices had bays for big trucks. I average $3.15 over the trip.

 

[Kern Dog]

People are idiots.
There is a Shell station down the road from me where 3 corners of the intersection have gas stations. The Shell is always consistently 15 to 20% higher yet I still see people stopping in there. Fewer than the other stations but they still do SOME business.

 

[Rick@Laysons]

The price difference in gas between North Tacoma where I live and Lakewood where I work can be as much as $.70-$1.00 a gallon.....irregardless of the brand of station.

I don't pay any more than I have to......

 

[RON REAGLE]

Diesel right now in Pa is 3.99 to 4.25 per gallon. I can drive into Ohio (18 miles) and it's 3.39 to 3.59 I take my truck on 1/4 tank or less , 5 - 5 gallon cans and 4 or 5 - 5 gallon cans for gas. I can save about $50 combined per trip. Sometimes I stop for dinner (which I would do anyway) and I still have a $20 in my pocket when I'm done. Pa can stick their too high gas taxes you know where. Ohio gets the same weather and their roads ARE WAY NICER!!!

 

[A body]

If we’re on a longer pull and wanting to make time I’ll look up on Gas Buddy and find the station nearest the cheap one thats .05 to .10 more expensive. Guaranteed there will be no lines. I call it the convenience tax.
Diesel is 3.23 down the street….. but I can go 15 miles south to CA and I’ll bet it’s well north of $6.

 

[JDMopar]

Diesel is $3.09 here and I saw it for $2.94 at the Murphey's station by our place in Myrtle Beach.

 

[Bewy]

You think THAT'S bad? Here in Oz petrol can go from $1.56...to $2.19 overnight......& that is for ONE litre!

 

[4fortyDemon]

I live in St George Utah. Seems that historically we're higher than the rest of the state in gas / diesel prices compared to Salt Lake or just over the border into Arizona.
That being said, we're paying $2.89 for 85 unleaded, where just 25 minutes down the road its $2.15 for 87 unleaded at the TA truck stop in Littlefield AZ .

 

[JDMopar]

You think THAT'S bad? Here in Oz petrol can go from $1.56...to $2.19 overnight......& that is for ONE litre!

No, actually I'm pretty happy it's come down to a reasonable price. It may come down even more before summer.

 

[jos51700]

Some truck stop signs toggle between the cash price and the credit price. I'm betting you saw it on the cash price.

Also, you may have caught it when one just adjusted the price but the other hadn't.

When I first worked at a gas station in the nineties, it was adjusted daily. When I worked at Casey's a few years ago, they adjusted with a remote control hourly

 

[RustyRatRod]

Yall can thank me for high diesel prices. I sat down in November of 2003 and ordered a new 04 Ford F250 Powerstroke truck. Diesel was still a good bit cheaper than gas. Soon as I ordered it, I told Kitty "True to form, watch diesel prices go up". Almost immediately, they did. LOL Not only that, but that truck was the biggest POS I've ever owned. First new vehicle ever, too.

 

[A body]

……why would I run cheap fuel when I can buy that fine craft diesel in needles

 

[4fortyDemon]

Some truck stop signs toggle between the cash price and the credit price. I'm betting you saw it on the cash price.

Also, you may have caught it when one just adjusted the price but the other hadn't.

When I first worked at a gas station in the nineties, it was adjusted daily. When I worked at Casey's a few years ago, they adjusted with a remote control hourly

Agreed, but this TA stop is cash or credit.. same price. This pic was last week.

 

[Demonracer]

Here where I live, the is a Love's truck stop on one side of the highway and a QT truck stop on the other maybe 200 to 300 yards apart. There is anywhere from .60 to .90 difference is diesel pricing, Love's being the higher priced of the two. When QT first opened, I figured their pricing would go up after the grand opening, but it never has. Now Love's has a big sign at the entrances that says "NO big truck overnight parking unless you buy fuel".

 

[RON REAGLE]

Columbiana Ohio saturday Why would I buy gas in Pa for $3.09 and diesel for $3.99