loophole could you explain this?

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(b) No entity that is selling motor fuel below
cost shall limit the quantity of motor fuel sold or offered for
sale from a motor fuel pump to any one customer to a quantity
less than the entire supply that is owned or possessed by the
seller and that the seller is authorized to sell at the place of
sale or offering for sale unless preempted by a State or federal
state of emergency.
(c) Motor fuel purchased under this section shall
be dispensed into a container approved by the fire prevention
code, the State Building Code as authorized under G.S. 143-139,
or a containment vehicle approved by the Department of
Transportation.
(d) Each act violating this section shall
constitute a separate offense, and is subject to a civil
penalty. The civil penalty for each offense shall be not more
than five thousand dollars ($5,000). Upon a proper showing by
the Attorney General or the Commissioner of Agriculture, further
violations may be temporarily or permanently enjoined. The clear
proceeds of civil penalties provided for in this section shall
be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in
accordance with G.S. 115C-457.2."



is this the part you're talking about turfgrass? not loophole, nor anything CLOSE to an attorney, but i didn't take it to mean what you described.....

my interpretation is that if you have a gas station and are selling fuel below cost, you have a customer come in with some sort of a tanker truck that will hold every drop of gasoline you have on hand, you are required to sell it to him rather than limit the quantity he is allowed to purchase. :shrug:
 
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OK...so it wouldn't mean... I bought X gallons of gas at 1.80 per gal...then sold that gas at 1.79 per gal...then be fined for selling below cost?

Because what your thinking sounds fair and reasonable...but if it is the way I have described...that seems alittle like price fixing...

The way I see it...if I bought X gallons and wanted to give it away just to get more people in my store to buy drinks or whatever I could.

But you make a very valid point that was not explained very well in the news.
 
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turfgrass,

not my area of expertise, but yeah, what mama said sounds right. it appears to me to prohibit putting limits on the quantity of gas you sell if you are selling under cost (i.e. 10 gallons per customer limit).
 
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