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Re:Why most gas stations don’t make money from selling gas by kumarski on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:24AM (#28501424)
Still heavy cash transactions for the bootstrapped <15 location gas station franchises.

ATMs, etc...

60% of the 130K-ish gas stations in the USA are Indian owned, but we only make up <1% of the population. (old metrics)

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Re:Why most gas stations don’t make money from selling gas by gruez on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:42AM (#28501575)
> Still heavy cash transactions for the bootstrapped <15 location gas station franchises.

What counts as "heavy"? 5%? 15? 50%? Based on my observations it doesn't look like it's happening at a significant enough scale for it to meaningfully make a dent on gas station profitability numbers.

>ATMs, etc...

Why would someone use an ATM to pay for stuff? I don't think I ever saw a gas station that didn't accept debit. If anything gas stations offer a free "ATM" in the form of "cash back" transactions.

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