Saving money on gas: Pay less if you pay with cash
Gas selling for about $4 a gallon translates into credit-card fees of about 10 cents a gallon, cutting, or altogether eliminating, any profit for stations, which typically mark up gas about 11 to 12 cents a gallon.
“It is a problem,” said Saad, whose family runs Two Brothers Distributing and 13 Valero and am/pm ARCO gas stations in the Valley. “We’re not making any money on gas.” (AZCentral)
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