INTERACTIVE RADAR IN THE 12 NEWS APP. AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD IT, TURN ON THE ALERTS TO GET WEATHER AND BREAKING NEWS NOTIFICATIS. TWO GAS STATIONS ARE SUING WOODM’N’S IN WAUKESHA OVER CHEAPER GAS PRIC.ES CAROLINE REINWALD REPORTS THE TWO STATIONS ACCUSE WOODMAN’S OF BREAKING THE LAW. >> AT THE WOODMAN’S GAS PUMPS IN WAUKESHA, LINES OF CARS PULL IN TO FUE.UP HOW COME YOU PUMP YOUR GAS HERE AT WOODMAN’S? >> WOODMAN’S HAS THE BEST PRICES. I JUST REALIZED A WHILE AGO THAT THIS WAS CHEAPER PRICES AND I DON’T REALLY LOOK AT OTHER PLACES, I JUST COME HERE. >> I SAW THAT IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER THAN OF COURSE ACROSS THE STETRE IT’S ABOUT 20 CENTS ALMOST MORE EXPENSIVE. >> THOSE GAS STATIONS NEARBY NOW SUING WOODMANS BECAUSE OF THEIR CHEAP GAS. ACCORDING TO OVER 200 PAGES IN COURT DOCUMENTS 12 NEWS OBINTA FRIDAY, THE COMPANIES OPERATING THE SHELL ON MAIN STREET AND THE B.P. ON LINCOLN AVENUE AUE WOODMAN’S VIOLATED THE STATE’’ UNFAIR SALES ACT, WHICH PROHIBITS SELLING GOODS BELOW COST. AND ARE DEMANDING ABOUT $80,000 EACH BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS THEY SAY WOODMAN’S ILLEGALY OUTPRICED TH.EM BUT NEWLY FILED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW WOODMAN’S ARGUES THEY CAN SELL BELOW COST IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH COSTCO, WHICH THEY SAY IS THEIR MAIN COMPETIT.OR SIX AND A HA MLFILES AWAY IN PEWAUK. IN A STATEMENT TO 12 NEWS, WOODMAN’S IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ITS WAUKESHA STORE GAS PRICING AND BELIEVES THIS LAWSUIT IS WITHOUT MERIT. AS SUCH, WE HAVE ASKED THE CRT TO DISMISS THIS ACTION. PATRICK: CAROLINE, YOU REACHED OUT TO THE OTHER COMPANIES IN THIS SUIT? CARONELI RIGHT, AND NEITHER OF THEIR ATTORNEYS RETURNED MY REQUEST FOR COMMEN
Gas stations suing Woodman’s for its cheap prices
Two gas stations in Waukesha are suing Woodman’s for, they say, illegally outpricing them
Two gas stations are suing Woodman’s in Waukesha for, they say, making gas too cheap.The companies operating the Shell station on Main Street and the BP on Lincoln Avenue are suing Woodman’s for damages of $80,000 each, based on the number of days they said Woodman’s illegally outpriced them.According to more than 200 pages in court documents WISN 12 obtained on Friday, the companies are suing under the state’s Unfair Sales Act, which prohibits selling goods below cost.However, in newly filed documents, Woodman’s argues it can sell below cost in order to keep up with Costco, six and a half miles away in Pewaukee.WISN 12 saw lines of cars waiting to fuel up at Woodman’s Friday, compared to the few at the other two stations.Each of the customers interviewed said they fuel up at Woodman’s because it has the lowest gas prices. Neither attorney for the gas companies responded to requests for comment Friday.In a statement, Woodman’s legal team said, “Woodman’s is in full compliance with its Waukesha store gas pricing and believes this lawsuit is without merit.”
Two gas stations are suing Woodman’s in Waukesha for, they say, making gas too cheap.
The companies operating the Shell station on Main Street and the BP on Lincoln Avenue are suing Woodman’s for damages of $80,000 each, based on the number of days they said Woodman’s illegally outpriced them.
According to more than 200 pages in court documents WISN 12 obtained on Friday, the companies are suing under the state’s Unfair Sales Act, which prohibits selling goods below cost.
However, in newly filed documents, Woodman’s argues it can sell below cost in order to keep up with Costco, six and a half miles away in Pewaukee.
WISN 12 saw lines of cars waiting to fuel up at Woodman’s Friday, compared to the few at the other two stations.
Each of the customers interviewed said they fuel up at Woodman’s because it has the lowest gas prices.
Neither attorney for the gas companies responded to requests for comment Friday.
In a statement, Woodman’s legal team said, “Woodman’s is in full compliance with its Waukesha store gas pricing and believes this lawsuit is without merit.”
