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Arbitraging rental car companies
Occasionally menu costs kick in...Dylan Alexander sends me the following:
Gas at the pump in downtown Birmingham: $3.99/g.
Gas from Hertz when you return it: $3.05/g.
Ha! Here is a related link.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on September 6, 2005 at 07:36 AM in Current Affairs | Permalink
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