Maybe you can use the $17.50 to buy more underwear to get that gun/underwear
ratio back in line :)
Seriously, that sounds like a good idea.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
To: "Midwest NRG" <Midwest_NRG@egroups.com>; "autocross list"
<autox@autox.team.net>; "Wichita Region Email List"
<wichita-scca@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 6:13 PM
Subject: Priceline.com gas prices
> Howdy all!!
>
> Y'all should go check out http://www.priceline.com for discount online
> prepaid gasoline.
>
> I put in an offer of $1.13/gallon for 50 gallons of Amoco Premium (92
octane
> here in KC) gasoline. It got accepted at the 75th & Metcalf station!!!
> WOOHOO!!! That's $56.50 for 50 gallons of premium gas.
>
> It works like this. You make an offer for either "regular", "mid grade"
or
> "premium" gas at whatever price you want to pay for it. They suggest 4
> different prices. I picked the lowest suggested price but you can put in
> your own bid of an even lower amount. You pick at least 3 area gas
stations
> (sorry Eric P, it's not available on the Missouri side of the line but it
is
> available in Kansas). I picked all Amoco stations (they offer Texaco,
> Citgo, Conoco, etc) and premium gas since that's the only grade of gas
I've
> ever put into my Neon.
>
> You give them your credit card or debit card # and they then go "ask" the
> gas stations that you listed as your preferred pumping stations if they'll
> accept your offer. Either they will or they won't. If they do not you
> simply rebid at a slightly higher price and pray for the best. I'm
guessing
> that purchasing in higher quantities will get you a better chance of
having
> your bid accepted.
>
> You can choose to buy in increments of 10 gallons with up to a 50 gallon
max
> at each purchase. You can repurchase gas online every 14 days but may
never
> have more than 100 gallons prepaid on your account at any one time.
>
> You do not have to pump all 50 gallons (or whatever amount you purchased)
> all at once. You have 90 days to pump it all or you forfeit anything left
> at the end of the 90 days. Each time you again purchase gas your 90 day
> period starts over again.
>
> When you get the end of your 50 (or whatever) gallons of gas you may pump
> "over" your limit up to 5 gallons and still pay your bid price. If you
pump
> over 5 "extra" gallons you get charged market rate plus a $1.50 charge.
You
> cannot purchase food, smokes, oil, etc or you'll get charged market rates
> for those items and pay another $1.50 fee. You must only pump your
bid-upon
> grade of gasoline or you pay a $1.50 penalty. Are you starting to see a
> pattern here?
>
> Once they accept your first offer they send you a blue Priceline gas card
> that you activate online, you simply "pay at the pump" with the Priceline
> gas card and enter your ID# that they send you via e-mail. Ignore the
price
> on the receipt as you've already prepaid for the gas at your bid price.
> Just save your receipts and match them against your online account.
>
> PLEASE read the "terms and conditions" very carefully though. After your
> initial 90 day period they charge you a $3 fee in any month that you make
a
> purchase, but only once per month.
>
> By purchasing 50 gallons at once I basically saved $17.50 over the current
> KC pump prices by using Priceline.com. That's a couple of pizzas folks!!!
>
> So go check it out and for cryin' out loud, bid low at first. You never
> know.
>
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
> #69DS TLS #13
> '98 Neon R/T
> <eric10mm@qni.com>
>
> "I ask sir, who is the militia? It is the whole people...
> To disarm the people, that is the best and most
> effective way to enslave them..." - George Mason
>
>
>
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