Comments on: A penny for your thoughts* http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2008/01/20/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/ The Insiders Guide to Yosemite Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Spiff http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2008/01/20/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-63247 Spiff Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:55:24 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2008/01/20/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-63247 I wrote intitially and made typo in email. Sorry. I have a long time friend who retired from Shell Oil at 55. He lives in Texas and came to Yosemite to visit and saw El Portal station. He did not 'get it' either but was inclined to have similar statement as your Chuck comment above. My friend took a photo of the prices and since I am a 'regular' to the park, I photo the sign and email to him 4 or 5 times a year. He takes said photos to the golf course to show his complaining buddies so they will calm them down. They, in Houstin, are always at least a dollar or more behind El Portal. Plus they are well below California in general. Spiff We gas up at Mariposa Shell or at Vons in Oakhurst. I wrote intitially and made typo in email. Sorry.

I have a long time friend who retired from Shell Oil at 55. He lives in Texas and came to Yosemite to visit and saw El Portal station.
He did not ‘get it’ either but was inclined to have similar statement as your Chuck comment above.

My friend took a photo of the prices and since I am a ‘regular’ to the park, I photo the sign and email to him 4 or 5 times a year. He takes said photos to the golf course to show his complaining buddies so they will calm them down. They, in Houstin, are always at least a dollar or more behind El Portal. Plus they are well below California in general.

Spiff
We gas up at Mariposa Shell or at Vons in Oakhurst.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2008/01/20/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-63138 Chuck Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:24:11 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2008/01/20/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-63138 I've never used the Shell station at El Portal so I don't know what else, if anything, they sell as opposed to the station in Midpines. If El Portal sells only gasoline (and no other high-margin goodies) I am guessing they do a relatively low volume - perhaps to nervous tourists or locals who need to top off in an emergency. If that is the case I can see why they have such a high price relative to other locations. Not defending, just trying to understand the local market. I’ve never used the Shell station at El Portal so I don’t know what else, if anything, they sell as opposed to the station in Midpines.

If El Portal sells only gasoline (and no other high-margin goodies) I am guessing they do a relatively low volume - perhaps to nervous tourists or locals who need to top off in an emergency.

If that is the case I can see why they have such a high price relative to other locations.

Not defending, just trying to understand the local market.

]]> By: Edie http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2008/01/20/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-63131 Edie Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:16:56 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2008/01/20/a-penny-for-your-thoughts/#comment-63131 Sue me, instead. There's a word for this sort of pricing, and it's not pretty: Gouging. I have never, EVER bought gas at this station, and NEVER will. Midpines is on the same delivery route, and according to the owner of the one gas station there, they pay the same price per gallon as these folks do. You won't see prices like this in Midpines. Edie Not afraid to call it as she sees it. Sue me, instead. There’s a word for this sort of pricing, and it’s not pretty: Gouging.

I have never, EVER bought gas at this station, and NEVER will. Midpines is on the same delivery route, and according to the owner of the one gas station there, they pay the same price per gallon as these folks do. You won’t see prices like this in Midpines.

Edie
Not afraid to call it as she sees it.

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