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I grew up in Oregon, and my real first job was as a gas station attendant. In my experience, fuel was more expensive in Washington, Idaho, and California (all t
by floydnoel 4y ago
I grew up in Oregon, and my real first job was as a gas station attendant. In my experience, fuel was more expensive in Washington, Idaho, and California (all the surrounding states). So while it doesn’t make the fuel more expensive, it does make running a gas station more labor intensive. Of course we know how corporations feel about having to put up with labor!
- karaterobot 4y agoThe average price of gas in Oregon is higher than in WA and ID, lower than CA. Source: https://gasprices.aaa.com/ https://gasprices.aaa.com/
- lotsofpulp 4y agoI am looking at the Costco app and gas prices are $0.25 per gallon cheaper in Vancouver, WA compared to all the gas stations in and around Portland in Oregon. Oregon gas tax is ~$0.38 per gallon ($0.10 extra in Portland). Washington is $0.494 per gallon. The claim that labor costs for full service gas are not reflected in prices at the pump that customers pay for a low margin fungible good like gas is ridiculous to me. Even more trivial is the proof by way of 48 other states having no full service gas stations, with the only possible reason being that people do not want to pay the extra cost for someone else to fill their gas.
- bruckie 4y agoOr people would rather pump their own gas. I live in Oregon, and usually I'd rather pump my own than wait for the attendant to start pumping, then wait again for them when pumping is done. I appreciate being able to do it myself on trips out of state (or in rural Oregon, where in some places self-service is now legal).