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Ann
May 10th, 2007, 03:39 PM
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/10/MNGUKPOGKJ1.DTL


It has become almost a regular stop for San Francisco tourists. Once they've seen the Golden Gate Bridge and the Transamerica Pyramid, they can drive down Harrison Street to see the most amazing sight of all.

Regular gas for $4 a gallon.

Actually, it is higher than that. At Bob Oyster's Shell station at Sixth and Harrison, regular is $4.33 a gallon, plus is $4.43, and "V-Power'' is $4.53. Motorists can be seen rolling their eyes as they drive by. Just another example of a greedy station owner, sticking his customers for all they are worth?

Not really.

There's a much deeper story here, and it begins with Oyster, a respected, self-made businessman who turned a single station into Oyster Petroleum, a profitable firm in Redwood City. Oyster is nobody's fool. Don't think he isn't well aware that the Chevron station across the street is selling regular for 70 cents less.


Definitely worth reading IMO. Click on the link to read the whole story.

foxxwoman
May 18th, 2007, 08:50 AM
Anyone else here remember the long lines during the gas shortages in the late 70's? Stations were saving for their 'regulars' and turning away others-lines were enormous at others. Jobs during that time were hard to find. Nothing new under the sun-just new variations on old themes.

Patti311
May 18th, 2007, 09:08 AM
Anyone else here remember the long lines during the gas shortages in the late 70's? Stations were saving for their 'regulars' and turning away others-lines were enormous at others. Jobs during that time were hard to find. Nothing new under the sun-just new variations on old themes.

I remember something about either odd and even plate numbers or days...and if you had 1/2 tank full of gas you were turned away till the next day....or something like that. That's how it was in NY anyway.