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> why not just allow them to charge more for full-service Because they would, and this is the main reason voters have rejected self-service in the past in Oreg
by rootusrootus 3y ago
> why not just allow them to charge more for full-service
Because they would, and this is the main reason voters have rejected self-service in the past in Oregon. It's not like they would lower the price for self-service, they'd just raise it for full service. So of course people tend to vote to keep full service prices the same.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoThis chain of reasoning is crazy. If gas stations had that much pricing power, why would they not charge $20 per gallon? Believe it or not, gas stations do compete on price. Exceptionally located gas stations might have some ability to set their own price, but otherwise, if you have two gas stations next to each other, and one priced gas lower than the other, then the other will have to match it. Which means either the gas price will go down by the cost of the labor for gas stations that are no longer needed, or every gas station owner is in collusion to maintain the same price (obviously false).