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Originally Posted by wrh3
I have this same argument with my father, it is not some gas company conspiracy
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One of the most common misconceptions about premium gas in a nut shell! People presume since it cost more then the station is making more from it. That is not even close to the reality. It costs more because it is more expensive to make. There are many stations that don't even want to carry it because there is a smaller profit margin in it than regular. Gas stations make their money by selling volume not by huge markups and many just do not sell enough premium to get that volume. On the other hand if they don't have it then they lose customers that may have more than one vehicle and use both so they are sort of stuck with it.