Do you use a web site like MSN, Gasbuddy or equivalent to find the lowest fuel price before re-filling your tank?
I read an article today about comparison shopping for gasoline that used a term I hadn't seen before - "gas obsessive" - to refer to people who strategize & use various tools to get the lowest price they can.
Quote:
It was the gas obsessives – the ones who were happy to drive across the city and wait in line for half an hour to save a few bucks a litre – that Vancouver film production assistant Samantha Stewart, 25, once scoffed at.
“I thought, ‘Wow, that’s kind of extreme,’ ” she says.
But after a Sunday night fill-up at Shell where the price was $1.29 a litre (she’s used to paying $1.15), she’s thinking of ditching her brand loyalty and becoming a comparison shopper.
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Source:
Getting more bang for your buck at the pump - The Globe and Mail
I'm lucky in my situation: Since I don't spend much money on fuel (don't commute, and bike locally as much as practical), I don't really pay attention to the price, or where/when I buy.