22 August 2003

Valley "Dirty Dozen" Gas Station List

KTAR David Leibowitz asked listeners to fax in receipts from local gas stations engaging in gouging customers during the gas shortage due to the busted Kinder Morgan pipeline. He's composed a list of the egregious violators and published it via his Leibo letter (I think it's posted on the KTAR web site now too). Gouging was defined as charging over $2.50 per gallon. You too can fax a receipt (602-241-6810) if you discover a service station owner goring the public and it will make the list if the price beats these...
  1. The Lucky 7 Tire Shop, 8946 N. 7th Street, Phoenix charged $3.97 a gallon on August 19th.
  2. T's 76 Station, 710 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix charged $3.80 a gallon on August 19th. (A note about these losers: I passed by there this morning and they'd lowered the price by a buck. If that sounds like a bargain, they're still 50 cents higher than the rest of the neighborhood. The good news? The pumps looked like a ghost town)
  3. The 7th Street Exxon, 1919 S. 7th Street, Phoenix, charged $3.00 a gallon on August 19th.
  4. Bell & I-17 Exxon, Phoenix, charged $2.96 a gallon on August 20th.
  5. Alta Mesa Chevron, 5965 E. Brown, Mesa, charged $2.90 a gallon on August 19th.
  6. Q Star Market, Apache and Rural, Tempe, charged $2.80 a gallon on August 19th.
  7. Ranch Texaco, 9550 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale, charged $2.80 a gallon on August 20th.
  8. Texaco, 83rd Place and Hayden, charged $2.80 a gallon on August 20th.
  9. Towers Texaco, 2816 S. Country Club, Mesa, charged $2.70 a gallon on August 20th.
  10. Superior 76, 6262 E. Main St., Mesa, charged $2.70 a gallon on August 20th.
  11. Francis & Sons 76, 7934 W. Thunderbird, Peoria, charged $2.70 on August 18th.
  12. Goldfield Chevron, 3265 S. Goldfield, Apache Junction, charged $2.70 a gallon on August 18th.

Leibowitz's efforts attracted national attention, as the Washington Post even commented upon his campaign.

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