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Ed Pawlowski wrote:

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> "Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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>> Self serve started gradually here. For a while, towards the end, there
>> were token full serve pumps, but nobody used them. The surcharge was
>> US$.50 per gallon.

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> I'm glad you recognize that the difference is a surcharge, not a saving by
> doing your own pumping. I work in Mass and every town decides if it will
> allow self service. The ones that do not and have full service only sell at
> the same price as the self serve.


If I recall, and if nothing's changed, New Jersey and Oregon do not even
allow self-pumping.


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