[ARRL-OK] Off Topic...Wal-Mart Stores cutting gas prices for 3 mon ths

[Jay Eimer]

Not to mention the hassle of having to go inside and stand in line just to put money on the card, when if you aren't already going in, you can just pay at the pump with your regular debit or credit card.  My time is worth a lot more than the 10¢/gallon.



--- On Thu, 6/30/11, D C (Mac) Macdonald <k2gkk at juno.com> wrote:

> From: D C (Mac) Macdonald <k2gkk at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] Off Topic...Wal-Mart Stores cutting gas prices for 3 mon ths
> To: n7xyo at yahoo.com, arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 2:20 PM
> Wal-Mart has offered a 3 cent/gallon
> discount for many years
> when you purchase with one of those cards. It has amounted
> to
> less than a 1% discount since fuel prices went over
> $3/gallon.
> The new 10 cent discount amounts to approximately a 3%
> discount with current gasoline prices; less than that for
> Diesel fuel.
> 
> If you already HAVE one of those cards and W-M is on your
> normal
> travel route, it's probably okay. You still need to
> consider the
> fuel cost per mile on your vehicle to decide whether you
> will
> actually save ANY money by going out of your way to "save"
> money.
> 
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
> 
> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:31:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mark Conklin <n7xyo at yahoo.com>
> To: Mark Conklin <n7xyo at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [ARRL-OK] Off Topic...Wal-Mart Stores cutting gas
> prices for 3
>     months
> Posted: June, 29, 2011  KJRH.com
> 
> BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) ”Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is cutting
> gas prices by 10 cents a gallon for three months."
> 
> The world's biggest retailer says customers visiting
> participating
> Murphy USA and Walmart gas stations from Wednesday through
> Sept. 30
> will receive the discount on all fuel, gas and diesel
> purchases when
> they use a reloadable Walmart gift card, Walmart MoneyCard
> or a
> Walmart credit card.
> 
> Gas prices neared $4 a gallon in late April and early May,
> but have
> since fallen to an average of $3.36 per gallon in the Tulsa
> area.
> 
> 
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