gas prices again!

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:50 pm

gas is goin up like crazy around here.. in a city called Carbondale, one of my brothers said it was $6.30!!! and a few friends have said that theres cops all over their towns directing traffic for gas stations.. damn Hurricane Ike!

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:58 pm

yea thats highly illegal its called price gouging. it will stop soon,

ZeroAccess · Post by **ZeroAccess** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:34 pm

I see nothing wrong with price gouging...
I know I might get flamed here but seriously

Why can't the owner of the franchise BP sell his gas for more? Its supply and demand?
If the owners of Mobile and the other oil companies can triple their prices overnight why can't others?
If the owner of that BP had friends in congress he'd not have a word said to him....

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:46 pm

gas stations cant legally raise their prices til they run out of the gas they already have if im not mistaken.. and yeah, id say when the hurricane is over, the prices will go down, well, as long as it doesnt **** up the refineries.

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:30 am

ZeroAccess wrote:I see nothing wrong with price gouging...
I know I might get flamed here but seriously
Why can't the owner of the franchise BP sell his gas for more? Its supply and demand?
If the owners of Mobile and the other oil companies can triple their prices overnight why can't others?
If the owner of that BP had friends in congress he'd not have a word said to him....

Well see that's kinda 2 different things... Supply and demand/ Price Gouging
The idea of supply and demand in price hikes to offset costs is perfectly understandable (to some extent).
Where as price gouging is taking advantage of the people.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:28 am

The problem with gas and price gouging. if one place raises the others follow suit. Then you have to pay the ultra high price. So thats why its illegal. That happened here when 9/11 happened. Places got nailed to by the state attorney general.

ZeroAccess · Post by **ZeroAccess** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:00 am

I'd rather the local owner of the gas station make some money than the corporate companies.

If price gouging is illegal then explain to me what the major oil companies did and how thats not illegal?

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:03 am

Hm, I filled up at 3.219 this morning.

ZeroAccess · Post by **ZeroAccess** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:10 am

Sad when just a couple years ago fuel cost 80 cents a gallon...economy was great everyone was making money, min wage was around 5/hr and you could buy a taco for 30 cents....

what a damn shame

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:38 am

I remember as a wee lad confusing the octane rating with the price...