The New Jersey gas station that’s still selling $6/gallon gas
If you're like me, I tend to not let my car go under half of a tank of gas simply because filling it up from empty is really expensive.
But before I continue, allow me to make two obvious points.
Yes, I know -- filling up from half-full twice is the same as filling up from empty once. Mentally, two $35 trips to a gas station just seems cheaper than one $70 visit to me.
Secondly, gas, while expensive, is not even close to what it was in June of 2022. Remember the days of $5+ for regular unleaded?
One station near me had diesel at $6.35/gallon!
Thankfully, those days are gone (hopefully I'm not jinxing us) -- that is, except at one gas station in the Garden State.
$6 Gas in New Jersey!
Our travels today take us to the Exxon station at the intersection of the Black Horse Pike and Route 9 in Pleasantville where you'll be paying a pretty penny for anything besides regular unleaded.
Yes, it's March of 2024 and that's $5.89 and $5.99 on their sign.
While regular unleaded is higher than average (other stations in the area at the time of this writing were around $3.299), if you absolutely needed gas, you'd probably suck it up and pay $3.69.
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But why is premium sitting at $5.999? And why is there such a big jump between low grade and high grade?
There are other stations in the area -- Sam's Club has gas a mile or so up the Pike, a Wawa and Lukoil are a few miles away, there's a Mobil station south on Route 9, so it's not like they don't have any competition.
Side note: there's an old gas station in Pleasantville that has $1.99 stuck on its pumps still.
While there is a car dealership across the street, they aren't selling Lamborghinis, so they're not taking advantage of a unique situation.
And that $5.99 has been there for quite some time. I found a Google Maps image from this past September that showed the $5.89 and $5.99.
Truth be told, they can charge whatever they want and drivers will decide whether or not to buy gas there, but you'd assume very few (if any) people are buying $6 gas.
Consumers Comment
We found some GasBuddy reviews of that gas station that echo what we're thinking...
September 2022: The most expensive gas in [Atlantic] county
September 2023: Can’t believe people would pay the posted prices
Just remember, the next time you are driving across Atlantic County, keep an eye on your gas gauge and your wallet.
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