Not a prank: Drivers pay as little as 97 cents per gallon in gas war between 2 stations – WSB-TV

Not a prank: Drivers pay as little as 97 cents per gallon in gas war between 2 stations  WSB-TV

Metro Atlanta drivers thought it was a prank when two gas stations had regular gas as low as 97 cents, Monday. COBB COUNTY, Ga. — They were caught in the middle of a gas war. Drivers say they were the winners. “Ain’t it a wonderful day for America,” an excited Wartanna Haywood told Channel 2’s Tom Jones as she pumped regular gas that costs her only $1.14. “It feels like Christmas over here y’all. Y’all need to get down here.” [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] It was the greatest gift of all when they got regular gas at prices we haven’t seen this low since the 90s.

“When we were here it was set to $1.54. Then it went down again. Then it went down again. It went more it was $1.44. 1.39,” one driver said Managers at the Amoco and its next door neighbor Sunoco on Marietta Street told Channel 2’s Tom Jones they were in the midst of a gas war. Amoco said its policy is to set its gas prices five cents lower than its neighbor. “We’ll be like five cents lower than you and they don’t want to agree with that, so now it’s a war,” an Amoco manager said. Sunoco said it had to keep matching Amoco’s price. “I don’t