Page 10 University Daily Kansan, April 2, 1982
Gas prices pumped up by retailers
By LISA GUTTIERREZ Staff Reporter
In yet another gasoline-pricing skirmish, Lawrence gasoline retailers Wednesday raised prices at the mnm.
Prices soared as much as 11 cents a gallon in some places, from 98 cents and $1.03 for regular, to $1.09 a gallon.
Local retailers购买 the pricehiking move of two or three "lowbailers," or people who don't make the money. Some lowbailers are convenience stores.
"They use gasoline as a way to get people into their stores," Mike Royer, a spokesman for Westside 2315 W. Sixth, and Westside 2315 W. Sixth, gas stations, said yesterday.
"There are a couple of them who
always seem to be the first ones in the gas war."
Royer said gasoline prices had steadily decreased within the last six weeks because refineries were more efficient than consumers were demanding.
In addition, lowballers consistently charge lower prices than their competitors. Royer said. This pressures companies to pay even more for prices even further to retain business.
"For whatever reason they're selling gas, whether to make a living or getting people into the store, everyone's going to get more customers," Royer said.
"It's a war to get the customer and keep it from gasoline. Gasoline almost gets lost from light."
MANY LOCAL RETAILERS said they set their prices according to what
the station across the street or nearby was charging.
Wednesday was a busy day for sign changing.
"We wore out at the pumps just changing the numbers," said Jeff Underwood, an attendant at Jayhawk Oil Co. Inc., 1306 West 6th.
"It's to stay competitive with everybody else."
He said at 10 a.m. Wednesday, regular gasoline was selling for 98 cents a gallon. At 3 p.m., it had been hiked to 114 cents a gallon. Yesterday, it dropped to $1.08.
The Lawrence Battery Co. ,903 N.
2nd, was also selling regular at $1.08
a gallon yesterday.
"Two weeks ago, we were the first to guard below one door," the Zeller, manager of a company, said.
"But it was more a gas sale than a war."
Zeller, who operates seven self-service pumps, said he watched other retailers' prices and set his at competitive prices.
"Everyone did apparently go up," he
said. "I "I think it started on Ninth Street."
WHEREVER IT STARTED, Dan Brown, assistant manager of Sinclair Service Station, 845 Iowa St., said his station raised prices because the station across the street, Big V Oil Co. 846 Iowa St., had raised its prices.
"I think there's sort of a pattern," he said. "Somebody moves first, and the rest follow."
Sinclair's prices rose from 98 cents to $1.34 and $1.04 unleaded to $1.08.
Brown's competitor on the same street raised its prices after receiving a call from the station's home office in Kansas City, Kan.
Even though Lawrence consumers were paying more at the pumps, KI remained untouched by the price raise.
"Wholesale prices haven't changed and we buy our gas wholesale," said Dewey Alley, associate director of management for facilities operations.
“At the present time we're paying 96
at our regular and one dollar for unleashed.
Alirease said the University purchased gasoline for University vehicles every other day through a bidding process.
"Our tanks hold 1,000 gallons of regular and unleaded. We use about 400 gallons of gas a day," he said.
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