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They were probably having you do this so that they could price the gas as high as possible while still in line with the neighborhood going price. Why sell at 200 while the best next price nearby is 260? Sell at 250.

>>grutur+(OP)
They were worried about suing and being sued. In the place and time, gas stations simply did not make money off gas.

They made money by selling coffee, which costs less than a cent, for five bucks.

>>pyuser+oA
> They were worried about suing and being sued. In the place and time, gas stations simply did not make money off gas. > They made money by selling coffee, which costs less than a cent, for five bucks.

True. That's no reason to "leave money on the table" as they may have seen it, and being substantially cheaper than the alternative, when they could have been barely cheaper and attracting the same amount of people.