Is it worth a 70 cent per gallon premium? If so why?
No. The City of Fort Myers Boat Basin is charging $2.81/gallon (as of 6/24) for Valvetect. In JAX, with taxes, Valvetect is $2.85/gallon. It sounds like who ever is charging the $0.70/gallon "so called" premium is using Valvetect as an excuse to gouge the customer. I'd go somewhere else.
As to pricing, it is funny here in that each marina seems to set its price when it gets a load of fuel and won't change it (up or down) until the next load, without regard to changes in the larger market. Last year or so when diesel prices started to really come down, some marinas had pretty much priced themselves out of the market, at least for the locals who are familiar with all the local sources.
Lambs in JAX goes through that on deliveries. They get 10K gallons at a time and they hold their price till the next delivery. This winter when prices were dropping they were high for a awhile. Now, according to AC, they are #12 on low cost out of ~100 marinas with fuel docks in FL.
Recently Huckins discontinued fueling from trucks at their faculty. In the past you fueled on Tuesdays and got that weeks market rate. Now they only fuel your boat if you are on the hard,
Is it worth a 70 cent per gallon premium? If so why?
Here's the original question and it's a valid one. He wants to know if it's worth it to pay the premium and why.
But there isn't a premium...If someone was charging $0.70 more it wasn't because they had Valvtect. Valvtect is available at the same prices as other diesel.