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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
10 cents a gallon / $3.00 a gallon = 3.33% increase, about the cost of the visa / amex / mastercard expense to the vendor. .
like to pay at the pump. . . pay for the cost of the card.
love to park at the pump while people wait and stand in line at the convenience store, pay with cash. .
5,000 mi a year, 25 MPG = 200 gallons * $0.10 visa card fee per gallon = $20 per year extra for using your card for every 5,000 miles travelled per year. . .
Deal breaker? for 10 cents no, but for a $1, i would say yes. . . most of these are located in areas with little to no competition, so have cash when you travel, and again, business people making rules for themselves in government suck. .
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You think like I do. Cumberland farms used to be only 10 cents per gallon savings, and when gas was close to $5 per gallon the % savings was so small it was a better deal to use the Jet Blue credit card and get the airline miles. But then an Irving gas station was built just down the road from the Cumberland Farms I frequent (drive by almost daily on my way to the YMCA to swim laps) and with the new competition they upped the savings to 20 cents per gallon (competition is a wonderful thing for consumers). At 20 cents per gallon savings and $2.80 per gallon, the 7.14% savings is worth not using a credit card. Dam I miss the bubble, 6 sports pools within 1/2 hour golf cart ride versus a 65 mile round trip in my truck to the nearest YMCA. I spent more $$ on gas the first week I got back up north than I did in over three months at the Villages last winter.