What would you be willing to endure to fill up with gas for just $0.97 per gallon? Throngs of drivers showed up to rival gas stations in Powder Springs, Georgia, as they aggressively undercut each other’s prices for regular gas last week, eventually prompting police to shut the whole thing down. And you thought the Costco line was brutal.
Rival Amoco and Sunoco stations on Marietta Street were responsible for the kerfuffle last week. The very dedicated staff at the Amoco station reportedly adhered to a policy that required them to price their fuel five cents lower than its nearest rival’s—in this case, the Sunoco, which responded with its own price cuts. This race to the bottom sparked a race to cash in as drivers took note of tumbling prices.
“We were here this afternoon, it was $2.54. Then it went down again. Then it went down again. When we pulled in, it was $1.44, $1.39,” one driver told WSBTV-2.
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