# How does this gas station do it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-gas-station-do-it/740433>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 14, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-gas-station-do-it/740433 "2015-12-14T18:29:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Mrdeals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-gas-station-do-it/740433/61 "2015-12-23T05:57:50Z")

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> [@Phu\_Cat](#):
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> Mrdeals, Does your friend making 35 cents/gallon live in a mansion by chance? If he’s making 15 cents/gallon he’s doing very well. I suspect he might be pulling your leg.  
> [SIZE=“1”](I absolutely loved that refinery job. Great pay and bennies too.)[/SIZE]

It’s possible he is as I’ve never seen his books.

But around my area it’s possible the margin is inflated a bit (rural, less competition) He also has to pay for his flop of a convenience store that is attached to it 🙂

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