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Gain At The Pump?

Wallmart escapes an expensive class-action case and shares its victory with customers at the gas pump.

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Gain At The Pump?

POSTED: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 9:53 AM

Filed Under: Americana | Breaking News | Traffic

This just in from my pal Amy Worden in our Harrisburg bureau: Walmart, which recently wriggled out of a potentially costly class-action workplace discrimination case involving as many as 1.6 million women, has decided to spread the celebration to its gas pumps.

June 29, 2011 – Today, Walmart announces a 90-day Rollback at the pump to give customers a savings of 10 cents a gallon on all fuel, gas and diesel, at participating Murphy USA and Walmart gas stations. The discount applies to gas purchases made when using a reloadable Walmart gift card, reloadable Walmart MoneyCard® or Walmart credit card from June 29 through September 30, 2011.

Now that's what I call summer lovin! So the discount giant can continue to promote men at the expense of women, but Moms in minivans can save $1.50 every time they fill-up? What could be more all-American than that?

-- Monica Yant Kinney

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:16 AM, 06/29/2011

Since the release of petroleum from the national reserves popped the speculators' bubble and drove down prices anyway, how do we know that Walmart didn't just keep the old prices so they could look generous?

— Susie from Philly

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:48 AM, 06/29/2011

The western suburbs gas prices still are around 3.70 to 3.85 (just about where they were in upstate Pa. several weeks ago). A little further west in western Chester County and Lancaster county it suddenly drops to 3.50-3.60. Last weekend I found a Hess station on Oregon Pike that was charging only 3.34 a gallon. Why are the prices so variable? What a manipulated market.

— atp2007

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 5:58 PM, 06/29/2011

Wiggled out of a class action law suit... Do you know who were the losers here, the lawyers? Class action suits are "BIG BUCKS" for them. They collect a paycheck in the millions while the workers receive pennies. The original complaintants can still sue, but the lawyers can not include the rest of the female workforce. The case will be won or lost on it's own merits. The way it should be!

— junethe4th

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:00 PM, 06/29/2011

If you have a beef with Walmart, then find another store to shop. No one is twisting your arm to patronize this business. When I do not like a company's product, I do not buy it i.e. The Inquirer.

— jeandarc