marina fuel prices

[swankster]

The marina I'm at will not allow us to bring fuel to the docks. So I'm stuck going to the public launch to transfer my fuel as I refuse to pay a $2.50+ premium per gallon. TX allows for the return of gas road taxes for off road use of fuel and I file to get it back. I drop between $3,000 to $4,000 in fuel each year and tried to use that to negotiate a discounted quantity price/rebate from the Marina. They were not interested. I figure paying a $0.50 premium per gallon would offset the hassle of transferring the gas at the public launch. I might even go to a $1.00 since my free labor has gone off to college. Has anyone been successful in negotiating fuel discounts//quantity rebates from your marina? If so, how did you do it and what type of discounts are you seeing?

[Nautiquehunter]

Those G23s are very hungry. My understanding is the marinas have more stringent regulations to follow plus they have a shorter time to sell product.So that adds on to the pump price. Why don't you pull the boat and drive to the gas station.

[cedarcreek216]

I highly doubt you're going to any Marina in today's TX economy to negotiate on anything because there are plenty of people willing to pay full price for their products and services. Your $3-$4k a year in fuel is not even a blip on their business radar. One of these massive half million dollar cruisers put that in their boat in two fill ups and on our lake there are hundreds of those starving for fuel. I guess I don't understand the idea that everything is negotiable. I would never think that marina fuel prices, or anything at a marina for that matter, would be negotiable.

If the savings is that critical to you, do as advised above and pull the boat for fueling.


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[Wayward]

Marina fuel prices....... the constant battle. It really suprises me that more people don't just have a tank at their camp/home on the lake, instead of paying $2-$3 above pump prices at the marina (if they have lake property). Or, if you have a pickup, get a tank in the back. The marinas price gouge because they know they can. Simple as that. They are banking on the fact that it's a pain to bring cans, or to pull and trailer to the gas station.

I finally asked a local fuel company about it. They placed a 1000 gallon tank in the ground (typical limit for a fuel tank on residential property, and avoid the need for any commercial permitting), and I bought a fuel pump and hose. They fill it for me once a year with 91 octane non-ethanol, and charge wholesale price (about 20 cents under the local gas station pump price), and I fuel right at my dock. Best phone call I ever made.

[CHassmann]

I would love the option of a marina at our lake, but new underground storage tank regulations in 1998 shut it down. Now we haul up to 45 gallons from town (about 7 miles) in the back of our SUV.

[swankster]

Those G23s are very hungry. My understanding is the marinas have more stringent regulations to follow plus they have a shorter time to sell product.So that adds on to the pump price. Why don't you pull the boat and drive to the gas station.

May have to do this but it means driving across town to get it where I store it for free. If I store it at the marina it's another $760 per year but the pay back is about 4 fill ups. Would love to move out of the HOA where I could have it on my own property but the divorce would cost me more money...She's not moving.