No self-serve gas in New Jersey: Letters

The Issue: A new bill that would introduce self-service pumps to New Jersey’s gas stations.

Tommy Behnke’s article about Jerseyites pumping their own gas is laughable (“Let Jersey Pump!” PostOpinion, Aug. 3).

First of all, most of us like having the gas attendant pump the gas. I don’t know about you, but I like not having to stand in the rain, cold or snow to pump gas.

Second, gas prices might be discounted for self-service for a short period to keep customers, but would soon be brought back up to normal prices. Have you ever seen cheaper prices at the supermarket for self-check out? Plus, the removal of full service puts people out of work.

Lastly, just look at New York, where everyone pumps their own gas. The prices are not cheaper for anyone doing self-service, so let’s leave well enough alone.

Walter Wayne

Morris Plains, NJ

Hey, Tommy, wake up! This is Jersey. Gas stations won’t lower prices for self-serve customers as you claim. They will instead raise prices for attendant-pumped gas. Didn’t you see “The Sopranos”? I got a bridge to sell you.

Dan Hopkins

Washington Township, NJ

The price per gallon of gasoline has little to do with how it’s pumped into a vehicle’s tank.

New Jersey, now and for a long while, has the most reasonably priced gas in the region. New Yorkers and Pennsylvanians — who reside near the Garden State and have self-service gas — drive there to tank up.

Also, millions of Americans can remember when all gas stations provided full service. Outdated? Since when is convenience outdated? Try being elderly or handicapped and needing to pump your own gas.

The Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act, while promising choice at the pump, offers no reassurance that it isn’t a camel’s nose under the tent for universal self-service.

Ron Wasserman

Freehold, NJ

I often drive from Rockland County to New Jersey just to get gas, not only because I don’t have to pump it myself, but because it’s cheaper.

The editorial suggests that pump-it-yourself gas will save customers money. But won’t it simply encourage Jersey to increase its gas tax to New York and other states’ levels?

Catherine Ricks Kant

New City

The Issue: The announcement of the new LA-based California Post, which will launch early next year.

Thank you for putting a big smile on my face. I can’t wait until you come out with the Los Angeles counterpart to the New York Post (“Coast to coast Post,” Aug. 5).

There’s so much corruption here in the city for you to expose. For example, I know of an apartment building that was sold for $6 million then resold for $9 million a month later to be made into a homeless shelter. I’d love to know whose pockets got lined.

Ed Autumn

Culver City, Calif.

Dear New York Post Editors: I’m wishing you the best, but you have your work cut out for you.

Common-sense journalism in California? With the politicians they have in place, it makes you wonder if they can even read over there. The pols are taking a beautiful state and turning it into a dumpster fire!

Nobody wants to visit — much less live — there, so good luck bringing some sanity to the state. And don’t forget your hometown. It looks like we need help, too.

Kenneth P. Lebeck

Plainview

I spend a lot of time in southern California. Having The California Post on sale at my local Ralphs or Albertsons is a dream come true. I can only imagine the first California Post headline: “Stuck on the 405? Read The Post or watch the Bassmaster.”

Eric Walters

Staten Island

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