I’m curious: Who is filling up at these gas stations charging over $3/gallon?

My wife asked me this. We were looking at the prices at the Ekko's Valero on Richmond and S Rice and the Exxon on Woodway at Sage.

She says she's "never" seen anyone at the pumps at either place. Prices are always well over market value.

We've lived in both areas and have never struggled to find cheaper gas stations.

Even if the land is ricier… is having such a low customer volume really a profitable business model? It's not like you can store gasoline indefinitely.

Just looking for insight.