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jvw wrote on Nov 9, 2009 10:31 AM:
While I agree that the gas prices in Coos Bay are ridiculous, driving to Reedsport will not save you money unless you are headed that way anyway. If your car gets 25mpg you'll use 2 gallons of gas to drive up and back - that will be around $5.50. If you arrive there on empty and fill up a 15 gallon tank, you'll save about $4.50, since the prices are usually about 30 cents different, for a net loss of $1.00. You are correct that people passing through would do much better to wait until they get to another community to fill up.
E.M. wrote on Nov 8, 2009 6:50 AM:
Ron, You are right on. I often talk to people who complain about prices of gas here. I tell them to boycott our stations. If you want to see the prices go down , don't complain, take a drive to Reedsport and fill up there. If enough people start doing that, you will see the prices in this monopoly market adjust to the rest of the area.
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