A PENNY SAVED...

   THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH., 2019
             A PENNY SAVED...

  I'm always watching for the best gas
prices in my area. That pretty much
started back in the days when fuel was
nearing $4 a gallon and my old Suburban
had a 42 gallon tank!
   About the time my Suburban died and
prices started to come down Pennsylvania
decided to boost it's tax on gas. To fix our
roads of course, (Not!)
    This summer prices have been
fluctuating a lot but I'm still watching!
     Unfortunately the closest stations
for me are also close to Mohegan Sun.
They realize people from New Jersey
and New York leaving the casino want
to have a full tank so they tend to keep
their prices a couple pennies above
other stations.
      I'm not happy about that. But I get
it. Wednesday, however, I didn't. Get
it that is.
     The little gas pump symbol on my
car started flashing to remind me I
needed fuel. The Sheetz station close
to my home is closed for renovations
and a brand new station a few blocks
away hasn't yet opened for business.
     That left the Turkey Hill station,
I haven't been real happy with that
chain since their membership loyalty
card ceased giving me an extra 3cents
off every gallon.
      But having seen lower prices in
Mountaintop on Tuesday I couldn't
believe the one near the casino was
asking $2.78 cents a gallon.
       Waring light or not I drove to
another Turkey Hill station about a
mile away where I found another $2,78
price.
       As long as I had gone that far I
did one more mile to a Turkey Hill
on Wilkes-Barre Blvd. Same company,
just short of three miles from my
original stop. But gas was selling
for $2,62 a gallon. That's a 16 cents
difference!!!!
       That "penny saved", in my case
 amounted to about two bucks!
       I realize the price will vary as
the market goes up and down. But
I won't bother to "gamble" on the
stations catering to our out of state
visitors anymore.
        Hope you're shopping around
too so that all your NEWS will be
good. (And less expensive )