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Re: Formula for gas conversion
[Re: SandS]
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12/24/2018 10:12 AM
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BillandElaine
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On the Dutch side? The price is guilders. To get $ just divide by 2 and add 10%. Gets you to within a penny.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: Formula for gas conversion
[Re: SandS]
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12/24/2018 10:15 AM
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The way I have always figured the conversion is divide the NAF price by 2 and add approx 10%. Example:30 litres at the new price of 1.942/litre would be approx 58 NAF. 58/2=29+2.9 (10%)+$31.90 USD. Exchange rate is around 1.78 NAF to $1.USD In the example above 58 NAF would exchange to approx $32 USD.
Another easy way, remember the price on the pump is in NAF and the USD conversions would be slightly more than 1/2 that amount in USD.
I always ask for an amount in USD or if filling up, do the conversion as stated above.
It is easy to get confused. I also always get out of the car and watch the gas being put in and the amount on the pump.
J.D.
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Re: Formula for gas conversion
[Re: BillandElaine]
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12/24/2018 10:15 AM
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You beat me to it! Easiest way I have found.
J.D.
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Re: Formula for gas conversion
[Re: SandS]
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12/24/2018 10:38 AM
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If you're talking about prices in guilders, as the others have said, just take the price, divide in half and add 10%. No need to worry about the conversion to liters, etc., as everywhere in SXM is priced in liters regardless. And the price on SXM is going to be WAY more than in the US. Frankly, other than the scam some gas stations were running, with the pump showing guilders and them asking you to pay that price in DOLLARS, I don't worry about the price of gas on SXM. We generally fill up once on island. Not worth even worrying about the price of gas at one station versus another or on French versus Dutch side.
Carol Hill
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Re: Formula for gas conversion
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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12/24/2018 10:46 AM
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Correct. In the grand scheme of things, the price difference from one side to the other is nothing when part of the big picture.
J.D.
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Re: Formula for gas conversion
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12/24/2018 12:50 PM
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Dutch side gas stations use 1.75 to the dollar . If you tell them 10.00 dollars the pump should read 17.50 I have found that 10.00 usually will fill a quarter of a tank .20.00 half a tank and pump reads 35.00 We'll that doesn't compute, If you divide 17.50 by 2 and add 10% comes to $9.63. 35.00 comes to $19.25. Not a big difference but some. Over time the station will make a lot of extra money doing that.
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Re: Formula for gas conversion
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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12/24/2018 04:40 PM
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That is correct, $10 is not 17.50 guilders. I look at the pump, divide by 2 and add 10%, simple and easy. So if I want $10 dollars, then that should be approx. working backwards at 21.00 guilders. So when asking for $10 dollars, what you do is double (for 20) and add 10% of the dollar amount (for 1). That will get you close enough. For just $10 maybe the 17.50 is simple and easy. I never get $10 in gas, generally $20 at the min. based on how many days we have left and what I have use to that point. Think the last time I got $10 was the last trip, used more at the end than I thought, so was making the tank right, knowing that $10 was too much. But was not interested in asking for $8.50! NO the above is not right. Too much. Closer is 9 plus the 10 percent to equal the original $10) meaning $9 plus 90 cents. Easier doing it the other way. I just look at the guilder price, knowing the formula and if it is close then done. So far never have felt that we overpaid. But do always look at the price on the pump, but do that at home also.
Last edited by Eric_Hill; 12/24/2018 04:47 PM.
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Re: Formula for gas conversion
[Re: SandS]
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12/25/2018 06:57 PM
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Yes, it's open. The one in Marigot is usually a few pennys cheaper, but unless you are in the area, not worth the trip.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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