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Finally – A Gas Coupon Worth Clipping, from Exxon

eddie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:25:09 +0000

I’ve been posting silly gas coupons lately, mostly because I’m shocked that gas stations expect people to get excited at the opportunity to save a whopping 1 cent per gallon on their next fill-up.

The 1-cent-per gallon (limit 12 gallons) coupon from Holiday amounts to a savings of 0.28%.

I’m sorry, but that’s just plain offensive. No, on second though, I’m not sorry.

They should be sorry for expecting me to take their coupon seriously.

Because, honestly, 12 cents? Twelve cents?

A coupon from Fleet Farm Gas Mart was a little better – save 4 cents per gallon, up to 100 gallons. Still, it’s not a big enough savings for me to forgo the convenience of paying at the pump.

A reader recently sent me a gas coupon worth clipping. This coupon, pictured on the right, is from a local Exxon station and offers a 10-cents-per-gallon savings on up to 50 gallons.

Hallelujah!

At 10 cents per gallon, with no requirement to buy anything else, this coupon offers a savings of $1.70, or 4%, on a 17 gallon purchase.

Kudos to Exxon of Shoreview for putting out a coupon worth clipping. They are clearly serious about treating their customers with a little respect.

Let’s hope that more gas stations follow their lead.

More Silly Gas Coupons: Save 4 Cents at Fleet Farm Gas Stations

eddie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:19 +0000

My recent post about one of the most ridiculous gas coupons I’ve ever seen – Save 12 cents on a $42.50 purchase at Holiday Gas Station – has been pretty popular, so I thought I’d post another.

This coupon isn’t quite so bad, but it ain’t great. Act now and you can save a whole 4 cents per gallon at Fleet Farm Gas Station, up to 100 gallons.

I’ll at least give Fleet Farm credit for not limiting this to measly 12 gallons like the Holiday store. But come on – at $2.50 per gallon, this coupon only saves you 1.6%, or $0.60 on a typical 15-gallon fill up. I know what you’re thinking – “60 cents is better than nothing!” And you’re right, 60 cents is indeed better than nothing. With the 60 cents that you save, you could maybe convince the clerk to sell you half of a candy bar or something. But for my money, 60 cents still isn’t worth giving up the convenience of completing my purchase at the pump.

Ridiculous Gas Coupons – Save 0.28% at Holiday Gas Station, courtesy of Cub Foods

eddie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:04:39 +0000

Who wants to save 12 cents on a $42.50 gas purchase? Apparently Holiday Stationstores and Cub Foods thinks you’ll be chomping at the bit for this little “deal.” (And I *do* mean “little.”)

After completing my purchase at the Cub Foods grocery store, the clerk made sure that I took this print-at-the-register coupon with me. ”Wait!”, she called out, you forgot your gas coupon!”

Hmm, lets see here – I’ll save one penny per gallon, up to 12 gallons. That means that on my typical 17-gallon fill up, I’ll save a whopping 12 cents. At $2.50 per gallon, that’s a savings of 0.28% on my $42.50 purchase. And to think, I nearly left this coupon sitting on the checkout counter! How could I be so careless?

“But you can use up to three coupons,” she told me. ”So you’ll save up to three cents per gallon.” Wow, 0.85%. Staggering.

These worthless coupons aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, yet they’re printed each and every time I make a purchase at Cub Foods. They actually expect people to save these little slips of paper, to carry them around, to purposely seek out a Holiday Gas Station, to forgo the convenience of completing the transaction at the pump – all for a measly 12 cents savings? Seriously?

Am I the only one who finds this incredibly insulting?

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