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Old 06-15-2008, 05:18 AM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by bronco67 View Post
I heard that their profit margins are so low, that if a couple people drive off without paying, that whole day is fucked.
It's like that here. Working in litres and Aussie dollars here (close enough to the USD these days) ...

Assuming 40 litre average tank size
$1.60/litre
Let's say 5c/litre profit

2 driveoffs = $124 worth of petrol wholesale
To recoup just that loss alone will require the purchase of 2,480 more litres, or roughly 62 full tanks.

I don't think that would wipe out all profits for the day, but it would probably put a sizeable dent in them...
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