At 01:15 PM Thursday 9/1/2005, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 07:40 AM Thursday 9/1/2005, Julia Thompson wrote:
Leonard Matusik wrote:
Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:19:31 -0700 Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Aug 31, 2005, at 3:12 PM, Horn, John wrote:
Can someone (anyone?) explain what's going on?
Some call it capitalism; some call it opportunism; some call it
gouging.
Actually, the grown-up answer is a little simpler. Must-needs of cash
flow demand that people who sell things for a living, sell them for
their anticipated cost of replacement. Gasoline is no different from
anything else. Maybe the vendor makes a little short term profit. The
smart ones plow it into infrastructure improvement rather than
declare a divident.
Or maybe they're trying to make sure they can pay for the *next*
shipment, which will cost significantly more than the last one did, and
aren't sure how much that will be.
If the price at the Chevron station is still what it was when I came in
yesterday afternoon, I'm buying gas there for once. (It's usually the
most expensive gas on that road, but it was within $0.02 of the cheapest
gas, which was at a couple of Shell stations, which usually charge more
than the Exxon and the HEB. Weird.)
Some BP station in Atlanta is charging -- and has posted -- $5.87/gal.
for regular, and $6.07 for the highest grade.
Dang! That's worse than my story!
It was on the noon news here. Followed of course by some official
promising an investigation.
I drove by the Chevron this morning after 9. They posted $2.679. I drove
by the Albertson's. They posted $2.749. I went to HEB. They posted
$2.789. So the Chevron is the best place to buy gas.
I buy my groceries at HEB and head back to the Chevron station. The price
had gone up to $2.799. I grumbled and filled up the gas tank in that vehicle.
That is the same price I paid at the nearest Shell station this morning for
2 gallons to fill the can for the lawn mower.
I took a different vehicle to pick up Sam at school. I went to the
Albertson's to buy the green bell peppers
Yum. I cut out the stem and the core and eat them raw.
-- Ronn! :)
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