Charlotte-Area Gas Station Charging $5.39 A Gallon
Saturday, September 13, 2008 – updated: 11:44 pm EDT September 13, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Pure Mart on Unionville Indian Trail near Highway 74 charged customers $5.39 for a gallon of gas on Saturday.Drivers we talked with worry its price gouging. But they say they have to pay it.Linda Lesniewski said, “I live in Wilmington and I have to get home tonight. So, I don’t have any choice.”Brandon Aaron said the high price made him change his weekend plans. He said, “My friends, we were going to go somewhere today, and I was like you know what – we’re just gonna cancel that because gas prices are way too high.”Eyewitness News talked with the owner about why the price was so high. He told us he paid $5.31 a gallon from the supplier.The small mark-up he says is for extra fees from credit card companies.While we were there Saturday afternoon, the Exxon station across the street got a new tanker of fuel. On The Run is charging $3.88 a gallon.Workers expected to be out of gas by the end of the night.
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