Associated Press reports Hess is selling off all its gas stations. That's bad news for Hess-mad West Roxbury, which has the city's highest per-capita number of Hess stations.
President Obama once said that everybody should check the air in his or her car's tires and drive with the recommended tire pressure of the manufacturer. Hess is the only station that offeres free air!
At least at the West Roxbury stations, because they don't have gauges, so unless you happen to have your own, you have no idea how close you are to your tire exploding in your face (me, paranoid?).
They put air in your tires, which is useful. Do people really drive vehicles without an air gauge in their glove box??? In other words, do people really climb into their 1.5-2.5 ton vehicle and drive around with no way of knowing how much air pressure is in their tires?
I can't wait to buy gas at a station that doesn't reject my credit card every single time at various locations when the zip code is entered at the pump. Funny how it always worked at the counter after a ten minute wait with everyone else who got rejected. We can only hope that the same IT people aren't going to be the ones running the systems that do the drilling.
I buy my gas at Hess because I've read they import ZERO barrels of oil from the Persian Gulf. Shell, Texaco, Exxon/Mobil and Amoco import most of theirs from the Middle East.
Right here on Hess's own website is a press release saying that Hess is "Fully exiting the Company’s downstream businesses, including retail, energy marketing, and energy trading".
I interpret that to mean that Hess will sell the gas stations to one or more competitors, not close them down.
Hopefully, whoever runs the station on Centre in the future will be better at shoveling the sidewalks. The current operator only does so reluctantly after several days. Better yet, close it down so the neighborhood will be more pedestrian friendly.
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What
a WHOPPING 2 gas station; one which is basically in Dedham....
Roughly 100% more than in any other neighborhood
But, OK, it was a poor attempt at humor.
There's 2
Hess stations in Allston. One at Cambridge and North Harvard, and the other at Brighton between Linden and Reedsdale.
Too bad
They're one of the cheapest around regardless if cash or cc sale. Sigh~
Oh No, No More Free Air
President Obama once said that everybody should check the air in his or her car's tires and drive with the recommended tire pressure of the manufacturer. Hess is the only station that offeres free air!
But kind of useless
At least at the West Roxbury stations, because they don't have gauges, so unless you happen to have your own, you have no idea how close you are to your tire exploding in your face (me, paranoid?).
get one of those pen-sized ones
And yes, I had to keep an eye on autocorrect when I typed "pen-sized" but those little gauges take up little space in the glove compartment.
They're not useless at all
They put air in your tires, which is useful. Do people really drive vehicles without an air gauge in their glove box??? In other words, do people really climb into their 1.5-2.5 ton vehicle and drive around with no way of knowing how much air pressure is in their tires?
I can't wait to buy gas at a
I can't wait to buy gas at a station that doesn't reject my credit card every single time at various locations when the zip code is entered at the pump. Funny how it always worked at the counter after a ten minute wait with everyone else who got rejected. We can only hope that the same IT people aren't going to be the ones running the systems that do the drilling.
It works for everyone else so
It works for everyone else so you ever stop to think maybe its just you?
Does this mean the return of Merit?
Or will they all become Irving stations?
This is
why i ride a unicycle 5 miles to work and 12 mile home!
unicycle guy?
Are you that annoying dude that I has almost run into me numerous times? If so, get off the sidewalk you lunatic!
:)
hess
free air and cool xmas present trucks for the kiddies. expensive but well made!!
Hess has least amount of gas from Persian Gulf
I buy my gas at Hess because I've read they import ZERO barrels of oil from the Persian Gulf. Shell, Texaco, Exxon/Mobil and Amoco import most of theirs from the Middle East.
Not so, according to a Hess
Not so, according to a Hess person of spokes.
Hess or no?
Right here on Hess's own website is a press release saying that Hess is "Fully exiting the Company’s downstream businesses, including retail, energy marketing, and energy trading".
I interpret that to mean that Hess will sell the gas stations to one or more competitors, not close them down.
They don't shovel the sidewalks
Hopefully, whoever runs the station on Centre in the future will be better at shoveling the sidewalks. The current operator only does so reluctantly after several days. Better yet, close it down so the neighborhood will be more pedestrian friendly.