# .99 cents a gallon gas

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**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-cents-a-gallon-gas/15957 "2006-08-15T03:36:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-cents-a-gallon-gas/15957/26 "2006-08-15T10:33:00Z")

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> [@BikerFry](#):
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> Wow. I just watched the news article on this. **The stupidity is just swarming around it.**
> 
> 15 gallons per person  
> $2 bucks cheaper per gallon  
> 200 people
> 
> So people actually camped out overnight to save $30 bucks in gas. :bloated:  
> The best part was the guy from cricket they interviewed. “This is actually turning out quite costly for us. If you notice that gas is $2 dollars per gallon more across the street and do the math, this promotion is costing us $600,000 dollars.”
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> :bloated:
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> I hope this guy wasn’t their accountant. He was either an idiot or is trying to scam Cricket out of $540,000 dollars.

I hope that you aren’t an accountant either. :bloated:

15\*$2\*200=$6,000

$600,000-$6,000=$594,000

Sounds like you are trying to scam $54,000 out of the Cricket guy. :bloated:

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