They sell these testers at your local big box store.

Also you could have a gas station in a great location but it is not a hard pin corner.Race Trac comes in or QT and buys a corner which is easier to get out of.Now many of the people coming into your store will go to the easier access location.I have seen this happen to a Shell station that closed down when a RaceTrac went in.The gas you don't make the money on it is the items in the store.You have to be really careful of selling the Lottery and the Liquor and robberies.Have to pay special attention that the camera is up to date to watch for stealing or outside loitering.Many have the solid plexiglass windows that are bulletproof depending on the area.I know some gas station owners who have 8 to 10 locations but I don't specialize in that.The dumbest thing I have seen is putting a huge commercial for sale sign in front of the gas station.You are telling all your customers who go there that things are changing and they speculate as to why you are selling.Customers are creatures of habit and they do not like change and uncertainty.So in many cases when selling commercial property you do not stick a sign upfront if it is an operating business.

Not the "box store" insurers.

Something no store can ever offer these days!!

There was a recent article in the NYT about people who try to escape corporate America for their dream job of running their own store, etc. and are overwhelmed by the monotony and the physical labor involved.

There are lots and lots of smart people with lots of ideas who are doing lots of interesting things that will appear on store shelves and web sites in the days to come.

I haven't checked the HUD store since last week.

I've bought some online, but I've found that in most cases, local parts stores or tire stores have about the same prices and good availability.Like you mention, I do like to try to support local stores.

All they really want is for you not to store it however you're storing it.

(Unlike buying a bucket of paint with the LLC credit card, this is not something that's easily separable.)The service I use is unable to do separate billing for different reports--you can only have one credit card stored in the system at a time.