[TR] Car Talk

[Harold Sawatsky]

Here in Canada (Saskatchewan, not sure about other provinces) but Co-op stations in large cities as well as small communities have full service, pumping, windows, check oil etc at roughly 4 c per litre extra. ALWAYS busy. Our local small town service station does that also but we pay a premium anyway because we are a few miles from a major city. 

Harold Sawatsky 
RE/MAX Crown Real Estate
hsawatsk at sasktel.net

> On Jul 8, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> We’ve tried that in the past; used to be stations across the country would have “full service” pumps and “self service” pumps with perhaps only 5 to 10 cents difference in price.
>  
> Some quick assumptions show an average cost (to the owner) of roughly $.10 or $.15/gallon (assuming an attendant pumps all gas sold, etc), so it probably wasn’t a ripoff.
>  
> Never seemed worth the price, to me; I almost always used the self service pumps.  I’m guessing that’s what the station owners saw as well, since I haven’t seen a full service pump in a long time (outside of Oregon, where it’s required by law).
>  
> -Randall
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> Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 3:04 PM
> To: TeriAnn J. Wakeman
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> Subject: Re: [TR] Car Talk
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> TeriAnn,
> Just thinking the other day.  What would it cost a station, in terms of cents per gallon, to hire a guy to pump fuel and clean windscreens?  And, what would the public be willing to pay?
> Bill
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> On Jul 8, 2019, at 10:01 AM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman <tjwakeman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 7/8/19 3:57 AM, David Friedlander wrote:
> What's an "attendant"?
> The guy in Oregon who fills your fuel tank while you sit inside your car, or while you are cleaning your windscreen.
> 
> TeriAnn
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