Dboy23
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That may be true, but it balances out on the front end because you buying the gas cheaper than what you sell it for on the front end as the price is going up. You buy it at $1.40 per gallon, but then the price jumps $0.10/gal so you sell it at $1.50/gal.
Now I dont know about the independent owners today, my parents owned a convenience for a number of years as well where they had 6 pumps I believe, but in the larger chains the price is set more from a corporate office. I would imagine they also have larger tanks in the ground as well but I dont know that for a fact, and that would certainly create more of a buffer particularly if gas prices go up significantly in a short period of time.
Basically it would balance out, but it would most certainly be over a long period of time.
It dropped from $4.29 to $1.49 within about two months, I highly doubt we'll make the money from that time back anytime soon.