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Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh My!!
In honor of American Idol starting up tonight….for your viewing pleasure!! haha!
it’s this time of year
that people in minnesota start to go a little wacko. its cold and snowy and that means we all drive even more like ding dongs. cold and snow washes out some peoples memory of which is the gas pedal and which is the break. it gets interesting on the roads
we also start to get a little …. ready for spring and summer…. especially when our forecast reads as such…
monday - 3-5 inches of snow… blizzard warnings, winter storm warnings, wind chill warnings
tuesday - high around -1, lows around -14
wednesday - high around -5, lows around -15, snow flurries
thursday - high around -10, lows around -17
friday - it finally warms up!!! high around 0
woo!
FFUSA Hears Relief Coming to Consumers at Gas Stations
Recently, there have been some changes in the credit card industry relating to gasoline purchases. Caps on interchange rates for certain debit and re-paid fuel transactions will result in savings for service stations, which can be passed on to consumers. This change is expected to take place in fall of 2008.
The relief is a way of counteracting the high increase in oil prices, which has frustrated gas station owners as they watch their profits shrink even further on card purchases. As gas station owners have had to increase the price of a gallon of gas from under $3.00 a gallon, to over $4.00 a gallon, profits have been shrinking and with gas station owners across the country offering discounts to cash customers, yet many people relying on plastic…it becomes an industry tug-of-war. This relief program may be the answer both sides are looking for.