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Yes, I know that the fraction of a cent might have once been useful when fuel cost ~$0.20 per gallon and stations charged extra for taxes.

Yes, I know that it's a trick such that people read the larger digits and ignore the smaller ones, to somehow make the fuel appear ~$0.01/gal cheaper.

That doesn't make it less gay. Plus every gas station's prices end in 9/10, so nobody's saying, "Oh, this station is $0.001 cheaper per gallon than the other one." The difference in price per gallon between stations is always $0.01 or greater. There is no competitive edge to using that pricing model if everyone does it.

I always round up. When the sign shows $4.059 I say it's $4.06 because that's what it fucking is. Only a retard thinks it's "$4.05".

Yes, I know that the fraction of a cent might have once been useful when fuel cost ~$0.20 per gallon and stations charged extra for taxes. Yes, I know that it's a trick such that people read the larger digits and ignore the smaller ones, to somehow make the fuel appear ~$0.01/gal cheaper. That doesn't make it less gay. Plus every gas station's prices end in 9/10, so nobody's saying, "Oh, this station is $0.001 cheaper per gallon than the other one." The difference in price per gallon between stations is always $0.01 or greater. There is no competitive edge to using that pricing model if everyone does it. I always round up. When the sign shows $4.059 I say it's $4.06 because that's what it fucking is. Only a retard thinks it's "$4.05".

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When gas was five cents a gallon, it made a difference, but it should have been eliminated once it passed fifty cents, or there about.

I graduated in 1972 and bought a Chevy Vega soon after. At that time you could buy gas at a USA station for .27 cents a gallon. I even remember when we had diesel delivered for our farm, in the 60's, it was .13 cents a gallon. I'm probably too old to be on here shit posting, but it beats the hell out of watching Jew TV.