Drivers Line Up As Station Offers $1.99 Gas

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Drivers Line Up As Station Offers $1.99 Gas

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/mostpopular/16950709/detail.html

Credit Union Thanks Customers

POSTED: 6:58 am EDT July 22, 2008

WORCESTER, Mass. --

Drivers lined up to buy gas at a Worcester gas station Tuesday morning
when the operator starting selling the fuel at cut-rate prices at 7 a.m.

Video: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/16950763/index.html

The Gulf gas station at 528 Pleasant Street was planning to sell gas for
$1.99 a gallon until 1 p.m. courtesy of Marlborough-based Digital Federal
Credit Union, which sponsored the "roll-back" in prices in an effort to
thank the community.



The station has been selling regular unleaded gas for $3.97 a gallon.
At that price it would cost close to $60 to fill a 15-gallon tank.

The one-day-only rollback is a welcome change for many drivers considering
the American Automobile Association says the state average for a gallon of
regular is $4.05.

"I don't work, so every cent counts right now," said one motorist who was
lined up waiting to buy gas.

"This fill-up will probably last me a good month. I'm a stay-at-home mom,
a housewife, so I think so," said another woman waiting to buy.

A police detail was brought in as the line of purchasers began to grow
before the station even opened.

Damn! I wish I had heard about this last night!

I'm sure the line is to long now. :(

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1. Heard it on the news last night...

should be quite the circus.