Saw your avatar on a mutual buddy site Lets be buddies also....4755......

To all of my buddies and your families: Have a nice week and Merry Christmas 2nd day, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous 2013! Thanks for a another great year! Thanks for your warm wishes and many returns. Your GB Debbie

Hi, I am a new buddy of "appleNY" and I noticed your great photo at her site today. She is such a sweetheart and I wonder would you Want to become buddies with me??? Warren :-) P.S. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

I read your comments about cash vs. credit price reporting on Occams Hammer's whiteboard. I've been battling with other GB's in my area who insist on reporting the lower price. Here in Los Angeles, we have stations that discount prices for different reasons, such as, stations with attached automatic car washes, using the Oil Co. (ie. Shell, ARCO) credit card and of course cash. I wish people would just read the FAQ's(at least in the L.A. area GB it is stated very clearly, not every driver can take advantage of the discount. In the retail business they call that pricing a loss leader. I'm constantly going behind some other GB users in my and changing their cash prices to the credit.

I'm taking a different solution. I am reporting the actual price (Credit) rather than the discounted price and indicating in the notes that there is a cash discount. I'm thinking that since most people pay by credit card, they'll report the price that they pay (credit) and then the app will sort accurately. The way it is now, reporting gas prices means that stations that charge one price have an unfair competitive disadvantage. You should go to the forum link that I left you and strat some threads on the subject. There are some long time Gasbuddies there who insist on reporting the cash price and the best argument they can give is that the GB guidelines and that they know better than us rookies and threaten to have us banned (like they own the place). They need a lesson in critical thinking.

If you use the GB app, you will notice a sort feature. Everyone is reporting cash discount prices instead of the standard Credit price. Since there are stations that only have a credit price, which is usually higher than a cash discount price, the app misdirects you to a station that has a higher credit price. Some people combat this misleading reporting by reporting the credit prices. That way, there is a fair comparison of prices. I have reported this issue to GB without any effect. Voice your opinion on the subject in the Long Island Forum. http://www.longislandgasprices.com/Forum_Topics.aspx?category=1351

Care to be Buddies?

Here’s wishing from my Family to yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for being buddies. Have a great holiday weekend. No pics.

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