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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 --- 2:20 p.m.

WATERLOO, Ind. (AP) -- Gas for nearly six bucks a gallon? Sounds pretty scary. And that's just what a gas station worker wanted. Piper Withey says she posted a price of $5.99 a gallon for regular after her station ran out of gas.

She says she wanted to scare off customers so they wouldn't waste their time pulling up to an empty pump. But she adds the phony high price caused a little more excitement at Kaghann's Korner near Waterloo, Indiana, than they had expected.

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Posted by: Alan on Oct 2, 2008 at 01:32 PM
Why not just take all the prices of the sign? If you have no product to sell don't advertise it at all.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 25, 2008 at 12:39 AM
wow jim you kind of missed the story didn't you, she just put the big out door sign that has gas prices on it at $5.99 so when people saw the price while driving they'd go to a new station, because it is a ridiculous price, the price at the pump was normal, but she didn't want to waste peoples time by having them pull in to a station with no gas. She wasn't trying to take advantage of any one, and it's not illegal

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 24, 2008 at 06:02 PM
hollahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBAMA all the way!! you McCain people don't even know correct grammar!! "McCain as are new president" *zing*

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 23, 2008 at 01:16 PM
VOTE OBAMA!!!

Posted by: Jim Location: Madison on Sep 23, 2008 at 01:05 PM
Strange story. If the station "ran out of gas," then what were they trying to sell for $5.99? If they were out, the station is supposed to close and the pumps shut down? If they were close to being out, they still have to sell the gas for a price related to what they pay for it. Is this just another example of taking advantage of a gullible public?

Posted by: trista Location: portage on Sep 23, 2008 at 11:50 AM
gas prices should go way down but only if we have McCain as are new president!@!!@!!!!

Posted by: Anonymous Location: Madison on Sep 22, 2008 at 08:44 AM
So what will our Law Makers do when it comes to us. O wait a Moment, they will be on yet another Vacation. They don't care what happens to us, they have shown that already.

Posted by: Anony on Sep 21, 2008 at 09:39 AM
That Zimmerman comment was uncalled for and disgusting. You need to grow up. I don't even know what to say to that other than that you are disgusting.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 19, 2008 at 09:06 AM
Grow up. That family has been through hell.

Posted by: anon Location: madison on Sep 19, 2008 at 03:52 AM
yes I do that is illegal so guess what I am going to sue just cause! just like the zimmerman family would do!

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 18, 2008 at 06:44 AM
is that even legal