[G2:7355 frame=shadow class=left] All the Wal-mart haters out there, rejoice; I probably just cost them a few cents more than normal on this gas transaction. Hehehe! (You should probably view the full-size version of this one. It's worth it.) In redeeming some points I've earned on an unrelated site over the past couple of months, I turned in four sets of 1,500 "points" for four $10 gift cards at Wal-mart (yup, I shop there; feel free to hate me for it :)). In true bureaucratic style, instead of just mailing me a single card worth $40, they really did just send me four cards worth $10 each. Nothing says "pain in the ass" like busting out four gift cards just to buy $40 in groceries, so I decided to save a cashier having to waste time with it, and have some fun at a self-service gas pump at the gas station in Wal-mart's parking lot. It's run by "Murphy USA," and offer remarkably competitive prices on gas, and they also accept Wal-mart gift cards. As an added bonus, they yank $0.03 off the per-gallon price for using a gift card, and, in what must be an absolute gaming of the "system," you can buy gift cards *in the store* with a credit card (which means you can use a PayPal card, which isn't actually credit, but debit, and get an extra 1.5% cash back on the purchase).