Gouging myth out of gas

When you’re paying more at the pump, don’t blame the station owner. He feels your pain.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you think you’re getting gouged at the pump – think again.

Like many other motorists, Daris Garnes thought she may be getting ripped off by her gas station when she filled up her Honda Accord in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Wednesday, a day that gasoline prices hit a new record.


“When I pull up, I don’t even want to look at it sometimes,” said Garnes, a speech therapist, as she paid $3.59 for a gallon of unleaded. That’s more that the nationwide gas average, but it was the cheapest choice she had.

Garnes said she figured the gas stations’s take was about $1.25 per gallon. Another motorist, construction worker Thomas Anthony, guessed 65 cents. But several other drivers estimated the station’s take was less than a dime, and it turned out they were right.

CNN