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Confident_End_3848 OP t1_j2mb40v wrote

Reply to comment by TransporterOffline in Getgo gas no longer listed on the Top Tier website. Did they drop their certification? by Confident_End_3848

You know, I noticed the same thing about the stickers. Well, BP ended their participation a year ago, but I don’t understand why, if you had certification, why let it lapse.

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TransporterOffline t1_j2mbm2h wrote

I don't have any insider knowledge, but I imagine a lot of factors are at play. It's entirely possible that the fees for licensing and testing Top Tier gasoline are prohibitive, or the retailers decided to cut them as an expense. Association and certification fees are huge in some industries. They may have decided that it wasn't drawing any more consumers having it than not having it. Or maybe they are seeing a future of much higher gasoline prices, so as a cost/price-cutting measure they did away with it to avoid scaring consumers away. The joke's on us in that case since the PA gas tax just went up again. Either way, I'm willing to bet overall inflation (with or without fuel) drove the decision.

I'm hopeful someone who works for GetGo can shed some light on this since the topic seems to come up every now and then.

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Confident_End_3848 OP t1_j2mchrp wrote

I doubt the licensing fees are a factor, but if getgo is changing to a cheaper detergent mix, I can see that being big bucks.

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CARLEtheCamry t1_j2nknfb wrote

They probably did market research and figured out that the vast majority of drivers don't care about Top Tier certification, so why bother.

Remember, GetGo is the gas station that was pretty much created around the "spend $50, save 10 cents a fill up" to drive people to shop at Giant Eagle. And people went gaga for it, to save $1.50 when spending $50.

Plus, with how they're gutting the current perks program to whatever the new MyPerks is (much worse) it seems they're re-aligning their model to be less of a shopping driver to an Sheetz-type high markup convenience store that happens to have gas.

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