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Hamhock
5/2/2006, 03:06 PM
on the end of the price of a gallon of gas?

My theory is that it is some kind of rounding screw job.

Anybody know?
handcrafted
5/2/2006, 03:12 PM
It's some kind of rounding screw job.

YWIA.
walkoffsooner
5/2/2006, 03:13 PM
Just a marketing scheme 2.99.9 looks cheaper than 3.00 and it is.
KABOOKIE
5/2/2006, 03:14 PM
It's not a 9 rather, a symbol of the oil company's leg booting yer ***
KABOOKIE
5/2/2006, 03:15 PM
Just a marketing scheme 2.99.9 looks cheaper than 3.00 and it is.

That would be 2.999, Einstein. :rolleyes:


:D
Hamhock
5/2/2006, 03:19 PM
It's not a 9 rather, a symbol of the oil company's leg booting yer ***



YMSSRA
walkoffsooner
5/2/2006, 03:31 PM
That would be 2.999, Einstein. :rolleyes:


:D I didn't understand the gravity of the situation:D
GDC
5/2/2006, 03:31 PM
tax
TheHumanAlphabet
5/2/2006, 03:32 PM
Its a tax thing, don't know if it is state or fed, but its a tax...
walkoffsooner
5/2/2006, 03:35 PM
Look it up some stations in California don't have it. Idaho did without it for four years you can price it anyway you want it.Yahoo why the nine on gasoline?
Hamhock
5/2/2006, 03:42 PM
tax


The other $2.00/gallon of tax isn't enough?
GDC
5/2/2006, 03:48 PM
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/gas_prices/14361411.htm
toast
5/2/2006, 04:00 PM
http://www.beyondhollywood.com/moviepics/officespace2.jpg

"It's not a whole penny, it's just a fraction of a penny."
TopDaugIn2000
5/2/2006, 04:27 PM
yeah, it's a rounding thing. but my grandpa ALWAYS says it when he talks about the price of gas. (which is OFTEN)

Papaw: "gas at the corner was two-sixty-three-nine"
leftfield
5/2/2006, 04:32 PM
http://www.beyondhollywood.com/moviepics/officespace2.jpg

"It's not a whole penny, it's just a fraction of a penny."
:D