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By Dave Sholler - In every town across the country, there is one gas station that you can count on for the lowest fuel prices. As you cruise down the highway in your 8-cylinder gas guzzler, you know where to refuel when your tanker’s gas light shines bright. If low prices aren’t enough to reel you in, you know the station’s fast service and cheap Quickie Mart make it the gas champion.
On the flip side, there’s always that one fueling station that boasts prices that make you scratch your head. If fuel is $3.01 at your favorite gas pumps, the clueless station down the street is charging $3.09. While we understand each has its own business constraints, is there nothing these particular gas pimps can do to at least compete? Does the business really think it will attract customers willing to pay an extra eight cents? Sitting idly by their empty pumps, don’t the owners and employees wonder why they are being passed over by fuel-hungry folks?
In boxing, Ronald Wright has become the dreaded “other” gas station. At a time when competitors are attracting audiences by agreeing to marketable bouts, “Winky” has upped his prices and become the Quickie Mart whose slurpies aren’t frozen. In essence, Wright has transformed from the trusty corner station that would refill your windshield wiper fluid to the gas conglomerate that is too good to check your oil levels. What’s more, Wright actually thinks he has the right business model. [details]
On the flip side, there’s always that one fueling station that boasts prices that make you scratch your head. If fuel is $3.01 at your favorite gas pumps, the clueless station down the street is charging $3.09. While we understand each has its own business constraints, is there nothing these particular gas pimps can do to at least compete? Does the business really think it will attract customers willing to pay an extra eight cents? Sitting idly by their empty pumps, don’t the owners and employees wonder why they are being passed over by fuel-hungry folks?
In boxing, Ronald Wright has become the dreaded “other” gas station. At a time when competitors are attracting audiences by agreeing to marketable bouts, “Winky” has upped his prices and become the Quickie Mart whose slurpies aren’t frozen. In essence, Wright has transformed from the trusty corner station that would refill your windshield wiper fluid to the gas conglomerate that is too good to check your oil levels. What’s more, Wright actually thinks he has the right business model. [details]
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