[BJungNan]

You're an idiot. The gasoline retail business is ferociously competitive. If you don't believe me, buy a retail station and add 5c per gallon to all the prices your supplier recommends you charge. See how long you last.

Yea, well if you put everything up at self-serv like everyone else, never pump gas for anyone or check their oil, never wash a windshield, and everyone else is doing the SAME THING you are all going to get the same low price.

You have to work to earn your money, not just put a pump out for dispensing gas and charge the customer. How much profit do you expect for no service.

[alnitak]

Yea, well if you put everything up at self-serv like everyone else, never pump gas for anyone or check their oil, never wash a windshield, and everyone else is doing the SAME THING you are all going to get the same low price.

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Agreed. But is there a demand for such service? There may have been in the past, but I am not so sure. Certainly here in Europe it is non-existent, everything is self-serve.

You are fighting a trend, in that the cost of labour in western economies is rising compared to the cost of the raw material (oh, don't forget the government may c**p all over your business model at any time by changing employment laws, taxes + regs). At some point, it just becomes uneconomic to provide "service plus".