NEWARK
– State officials today reminded motorists
that gasoline retailers may be charging
two different prices per gallon of gasoline,
depending on whether payment is made by
cash or credit card.
Signs
displaying the per-gallon cost for both
cash and credit card purchases are required
on each pump when there is a price differential.
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
has contacted the New Jersey Gasoline Retailers
Association to insist that roadside signs
also clearly display both the cash and credit
prices for gasoline.
"Gas
station operators who offer a cash discount
must clearly display both prices to the
motorist on all advertisements, including
road signs. With the price of gasoline at
current levels, consumers need to know whether
the posted price is for cash purchases only
and, if higher, the price for a credit card
purchase," said Acting Consumer Affairs
Director Stephen B. Nolan.
Nolan
added that the Gasoline Retailers Association
understands the Division’s concern
and has agreed to contact its members about
revising roadside signs.
The
State Office of Weights and Measures, which
regulates the retail sale of gasoline in
New Jersey, is a unit within the Division
of Consumer Affairs.
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