07-04-2010, 06:28 PM
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30 gallons @ 29.9 cents per
A local supermarket has an affinty program...buy so much food and get a discount on their gas. The posted price was $2.699. I got 30 gallons for $8.97, on a cash back credit card!
Yeeeeeaa me! 
Took forever, and I had to buy 25 gallons worth of gas cans. 
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07-04-2010, 06:51 PM
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YEAH!!!! We do the same thing at Gordy's. Certain food has cents off coupons.
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07-05-2010, 05:56 AM
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you guys have it sooo good over there - I'm currently paying £1.179 (roughly $1.78) per LITRE of diesel, gas is £1.139
its just not funny
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07-05-2010, 08:54 AM
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About $6.50 per gallon...ouch!
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07-05-2010, 11:00 AM
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it was around the £1.29 range too long ago! - - - ¬
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07-05-2010, 12:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by silverinsight2
A local supermarket has an affinty program...buy so much food and get a discount on their gas.
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Yeah, but I bet that if you comparison-shopped supermarkets that don't have the program, you'd find that the food you bought cost... oh, about $80.97 more than if you'd bought at a different store. TANSTAAFL! |
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07-05-2010, 01:10 PM
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Quote:
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Yeah, but I bet that if you comparison-shopped supermarkets that don't have the program, you'd find that the food you bought cost... oh, about $80.97 more than if you'd bought at a different store. TANSTAAFL!
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I was going to say the same thing 
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07-05-2010, 01:46 PM
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I got 30 gallons for $8.97
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Where do you live, in Venezuela ? 
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07-05-2010, 05:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesqf
Yeah, but I bet that if you comparison-shopped supermarkets that don't have the program, you'd find that the food you bought cost... oh, about $80.97 more than if you'd bought at a different store. TANSTAAFL!
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Naaaa, not really, that's why it took forever!
The lunch wasn't free, that's what paid for the gas.
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07-07-2010, 11:58 AM
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you guys have it sooo good over there - I'm currently paying £1.179 (roughly $1.78) per LITRE of diesel, gas is £1.139
its just not funny
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How much of that is taxes?
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