European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Consumer watch As k re you willing to clamber out of the family and filler up yourself to save a couple a gallon on Gas lots of cafes customers according to director of the european services per cent of the Gas sold at cafes stations Between april 1976 and february 1877 was bought through the self service the which went int effect during the summer of gives customers who Man the pumps themselves a discount on each gallon of almost two currently priced at cents a goes Down and regular drops from to cafes prices have done some Yoy oing in the past in december both super and Normal were in creased four cents a then just four months the Price for both was Cut All this followed steady Price increases since 1970 when a gallon of regular when it was known As Quarter master Cost 17 cents and Esso super 24 As of March German customers whose Gas comes from the same source As that of cafes were paying an average of cents a liter for regular a gallon and cents a liter for super a this carries a German Federal tax not included in the cafes without the germans would be paying 58 cents a gallon for regular and 63 cents a gallon for in any by using the pulpit yourself cafes customers can now fill up a tank with to Gallons a Cost of Back in the according to Van Vanuch of Ike associated customers Are also being offered discounts for Doit yourself plus Exxon Parent company of Esso overseas is offering cents off bennies for those paying in Cash instead of by credit for in Lee one of the 35 dealers taking part in the discount Forcash pro gives customers five cents off on regular cent Gas for doing their own plus two cents off for paying in the end result a gallon of regular there costs cancelling mail fraud if youre looking for a Quick Way to get lose grow remove wrinkles or become a better youre a target for a Hal billion Dollar Industry mail postal service officials say the swindle by mail business is so sophisticated it has developed a legitimate one promoter in peddling the names of his Best a prime sucker anyone looking for a Start in swindling can Purchase the list according to the associated that Way he Doest have to drum up his own officials responsible Lor policing mall Rand say it is both diverse and toe variety of stuff around is said George assistant general counsel for the Post the postal service estimates swindlers who made about million two years upped their take to at least 514 million dollars in fiscal postal authorities stress that most of the billion year mail order Industry is but they warn con Sumers to be suspicious of products and direct mail offers that seem too Good to be recent examples include a Cream to quickly enlarge the bustling up to five times while sleeping and a youth mask guaranteed to produce the equivalent to a Minia Ture unscrupulous promote have used the malls to sell toe Public worthless diet fake medical de phony investment pseudo for baldness and soc Ald and fake devices to remove wrinkles and increase the length of another outfit advertised executive Job openings in a Noo existent Chain of to combat mail order promoters who advertise falsely or who fail to furnish the product they the postal service can Stop delivering them their Cut Ting off the Supply of or it can move under the nations oldest consumer Protection the 1872 Mau fraud to seek jail terms against the april 1977 cents As compared to the Pumple yourself cafes this Means a person who is willing to pump his own Gas and pay Cash at the stateside station can save him self every time he fills up a 20gallon tank and the person who fills his own tank at gaffes saves 38 As to that stateside discount Forcash Mcca Sill says its been working i think it has helped t think people Are watching their pennies now and two cents a gallon makes a the program began in september in Charleston and i had a few credit card customers who Felt like they were being discriminated but now everybody seems to be Welt Mccaskill Exxon officials Salis they were conducting the pro Gram to determine whether the discounts would in crease some dealers say it has and others say business has been about the 1 dont know whether its increased my business or but i do know Ive been Able to help my customers hang in there As gasoline prices have continued to go says Robert who owns a station in downtown Exxon didst reduce its wholesale prices to dealers it the stars and stripes Page 19 per cent of the Gas sold at cafes stations was bought through the self service is taking into account Cash sales during the experimental period to provide rebates to dealers As an incentive to participate in the Don Field sales manager of Exxon in Charles says 35 of 41 dealers in Charleston Are participating in the dealer reaction has been Good and the Cash customers love he discounts for Cash save Exxon John a spokesman at Exxon regional Headquarters in says credit costs the company Imi cents per gallon of Gas besides the savings both to the customer and the com less credit business saves the dealer a lot of paper says Chapin also of Exxon in International gasoline prices per gallon Gas at 14 cents a gallon in Venezuela is the cheapest outside saudi vocation tanking if you plan to wheel through Europe this summer on four be prepared to pay High Gas costs when you leave the lands of cafes according to a Survey made by Esso in among the 11 euro Pean countries italian Gas carried the highest Price tag c 08 a gallon and Britain the least with Germany coming in next at a by the if Carters Energy Bill passes and eventually an extra 50cent tax is added to the current average Price per gallon in the americans could be paying around a gallon for that would still be below the lowest in Europe and almost half the italian that expensive italian Doest seem to keep Romes streets free of being clogged with Horn toot motor revving which leaves one to wonder if Carters Hope that higher prices will Lead to less Gas consumption is Well cafes Gas of Are available through cafes stores for military travelling in the Netherlands and coupons for must be purchased after arrival at military bases in that while Ameri cans stationed in Britain Are allowed Gas people travelling to Britain unofficially that summer vacation have to fill up their tanks at local reduced Price tourism coupons Are Avail Able for gasoline in Greece and Yugo the coupons Are usually sold at the Borders but some Are available also from automobile clubs or Banks outside those Germany for Sells Gas coupons for travellers to in any following Are the average prices in dollars you can expect to pay at the service station Normal country Austria Belgium Britain Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland country Austria Belgium Britain Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland super liter liter 40t gallon gallon