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Old 02-17-2017, 11:44 AM
 
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Ruth, re: gas prices. WA state gas prices in general are high. Port Townsend is no exception.

You can minimize the pain by buying gas outside of PT. I managed to buy all gas in either Blyn (near S'Klallam's casino) or in Chimacum. There is also a station or two near Port Hadlock that do not gouge. The Safeway in PT offers competitively priced gas during the off season, but WATCH OUT during high season.

I never bought gas IN Port Townsend in four years, and it wasn't hard to do. While I like to support local economy, gouging makes me Just Say No.
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Old 02-17-2017, 03:24 PM
 
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Ruth, re: gas prices. WA state gas prices in general are high. Port Townsend is no exception.

You can minimize the pain by buying gas outside of PT. I managed to buy all gas in either Blyn (near S'Klallam's casino) or in Chimacum. There is also a station or two near Port Hadlock that do not gouge. The Safeway in PT offers competitively priced gas during the off season, but WATCH OUT during high season.

I never bought gas IN Port Townsend in four years, and it wasn't hard to do. While I like to support local economy, gouging makes me Just Say No.
Wow just wow...you think gas is reasonable at the Jamestown station at Blyn? Wow. If you go that far why not go all the way to Sequim Costco. The cheapest gas I have ever found close to PT is a small station on Highway 19 in Beaver Valley.

As far as gouging goes in PT...I can't think of any place/business there that doesn't especially during the summer tourist season.
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Old 02-18-2017, 01:02 AM
 
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The quintessential example of this is an oddity I came across in Pt T. A couple bought a huge yacht (I'm not sure: 50-60 feet), but can't afford to maintain it, so they set up a foundation so that strangers would donate to help them maintain their boat. Seriously. Ever heard of "The Schooner Martha Foundation"? They say it's a historical wooden boat from the Sacramento area, so maybe it's historicity is the justification? Or maybe the popularity of old wooden boats in Pt T? Does anyone have an explanation for this? I've never before heard of people buying a pricey recreational item, and expecting the public to pay them to maintain it.

Well, they do have that Wooden Boat Festival in PT ($25 a head? gah!), so...
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Old 02-19-2017, 02:27 PM
 
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Wow just wow...you think gas is reasonable at the Jamestown station at Blyn? Wow. If you go that far why not go all the way to Sequim Costco. The cheapest gas I have ever found close to PT is a small station on Highway 19 in Beaver Valley.

As far as gouging goes in PT...I can't think of any place/business there that doesn't especially during the summer tourist season.
I only buy gas from places that I am going by. I went by Blyn or Chimacum frequently, but not Costco.
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Old 02-19-2017, 02:33 PM
 
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Well, they do have that Wooden Boat Festival in PT ($25 a head? gah!), so...
Yeah, I know, but who buys a sailboat, then sets up a donation fund so people can help them maintain it? If you can't afford to maintain it, why buy it? It's not on exhibit, that I'm aware of; it's not like they turned it into a museum or public amenity. It sounds to me like a couple of people who bit of more than they can chew, so they expect the public to foot the bill for them.


I'm hoping there's more to the story, that would explain it.
edit: OK, I see there's more info on their website than when I previously checked. It was under restoration for a long time. Now, they rent it out to groups as a sailing school.

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Old 02-19-2017, 02:35 PM
 
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I only buy gas from places that I am going by. I went by Blyn or Chimacum frequently, but not Costco.
Do they sell tax-free rez gas at Jamestown?
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Old 02-19-2017, 05:34 PM
 
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Do they sell tax-free rez gas at Jamestown?
No! For one thing the land both the store/gas station and the Casio is not reservation land, its trust land as is the Dungeness golf course...Jamestown has no reservation.
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Old 02-20-2017, 04:58 PM
 
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No! For one thing the land both the store/gas station and the Casio is not reservation land, its trust land as is the Dungeness golf course...Jamestown has no reservation.
Oh, thank you. I didn't know they don't have a reservation. Really? A reservation is a form of trust land.
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Old 02-20-2017, 07:45 PM
 
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Probably the cheapest gas on the whole peninsula is Costco in Sequim, (need to be a member), the Arcos in PA, QFC & Safeway (need cards for last two). But all those are out of the way for PT residents. But they do have QFC & Safeway in PT.

The Elwah tribe have a reservation, so do the Makah.
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Old 02-21-2017, 10:38 AM
 
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Oh, thank you. I didn't know they don't have a reservation. Really? A reservation is a form of trust land.
The tribe buying up land and businesses and converting it to a land trust is their way to avoid paying preoperty taxes. For example when the Jamestown tribe brought the Dungeness golf course they took it off the Clallam county tax rolls. Costing the county about $34K a year in property taxes.

Jamestown tribe has owned land near the Dungeness spit for over a 100 years but it is not a reservation.
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