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Micah - definitely agree which is why I said: Are you entering an already crowded field with the hopes of doing what everyone else is doing and then try to sel
by sanjayparekh 18y ago
Micah - definitely agree which is why I said:
Are you entering an already crowded field with the hopes of doing what everyone else is doing and then try to sell some lottery tickets and candy bars along with it?
For gas stations, maybe it would be interesting to have paid memberships to a gas station franchise (would have made a killing in the last few weeks in Atlanta). But doing the same thing as everyone else plus selling candy bars isn’t the way to make a killing. At least I can’t think of an example where that was done to huge success.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoCostCo does actually have paid memberships to their discount gas. They do an amazing volume of business.
- sanjayparekh 18y agoI was actually thinking memberships only to a gas station. I'm a Costco member but they make their money (or at least more money) on the stuff inside, instead of at the pump. With our gas delivery problems in the last few weeks a gas station that catered only to members (and had gas) would have made a killing from membership signups. Come to think of it, Costco probably would have too if they weren't subject to the same issues as everyone else.
- MicahWedemeyer 18y agoAh, sorry. Missed that part.