Freakin Gas gouging

[JustAKid]

price went up overnight again 3.71 low grade :smflame::smflame::smflame::smflame:

[Mrs.Freeze]

price went up overnight again 3.71 low grade :smflame::smflame::smflame::smflame:


Yes, this situation is very sickening. :vomit:

[Snoman]

Starting to PISS me off :smflame::smflame::smflame:

[Mrs.Freeze]

Starting to PISS me off :smflame::smflame::smflame:


OMG!!!!! you started it now. Now this is all I'm going to hear at our supper table tonight. :rll::rll::rll:

[TOOLHEAD]

Bend over and take it. The oil companies could care less about your gas bill...

[JustAKid]

Yep , but they are making record profits , and sorry to ruin your supper talk tonight

[TOOLHEAD]

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[Krzy Kat]

Did you hear about the new $5 bill ???
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You can buy a gallon of gas with it :frown:

[pumpkin]

Diesel $4.29. Sick.:eek2::eek2:

[Snoman]

Diesel $4.29. Sick.:eek2::eek2:



$4.59 here what a bunch of shit!!!

[Mrs.Freeze]

Yep , but they are making record profits , and sorry to ruin your supper talk tonight


that's ok. I've learned to tune him out. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[MissKitty]

that's ok. I've learned to tune him out. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

I think all wives acquire that talent after a few years of marriage ! :devil

[Snoman]

that's ok. I've learned to tune him out. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

I think all wives acquire that talent after a few years of marriage ! :devil


:nono::nono::nono: Long walk home from Indian girls :eek:

[halicat]

$5.60/gallon here for supreme..... $100 per week for me just to work and back

[pumpkin]

The truck we are selling is a ford F350. That holds with the extra tank 88 gallons of diesel. At $4.29-------$377.52 a fill up. Thats almost what my first car cost.

[Snoman]

Someone or a group needs to do some prison time over all this bull shit :smflame: !
Now you guy's really got me going,,,,,Freeze is going to be mad :mad:

[MissKitty]

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[kat hunter]

Someone or a group needs to do some prison time over all this bull shit :smflame: !
Now you guy's really got me going,,,,,Freeze is going to be mad :mad:

Ok, I'll probably get creamed, and not sure if I believe all the figures. But I have heard them being tossed about.

The oil industry claims that their net profit after all expenses is 7.5 to 8%. This is supossedly about equal with other major manufacturers. I know a lot of you reading the board are business owners. If the 8% net profit is accurate, how does that compare with your net profits?

The media likes to talk about the record 10 billion dollar profits, but fail to mention the same companies also paid 10 billion dollars in taxes. This figure came from a trusted source.

Now again I'm not sure if all the figures are accurate, I do believe some of them are. Maybe it's time for a good accounting from the government where all the tax dollars go.


Yes, the gas prices suck, but with China and India usage growing and the US refusal to drill off the coasts of Florida, California, Alaska and Anwar I don't think we will ever see any significant reduction in prices. :eek::eek:


Oh, and you also need to toss in futures speculators(traders) into the pricing mix.
I had heard (and this was a couple of years ago) that speculators were hiring tankers, filling them up in the middle east, and then parking then off the the US coasts waiting to see for a higher price. Very similar to flipping houses except n improvements are made to the oil before they sell it. Probably worse now that a couple of years ago.

[Pepe]

Get this folks ................ IT'S GONNA GET WORSE !


The agency that "predicted" Oil prices going to triple digits ($ 100,-) a couple of years ago ALSO "predicted" OIL going to hit $ 200,-/barrel within the next 2 years !

HAPPY DRIVING EVERYONE ! ;-)

[Dreamcast18]

Get this folks ................ IT'S GONNA GET WORSE !


The agency that "predicted" Oil prices going to triple digits ($ 100,-) a couple of years ago ALSO "predicted" OIL going to hit $ 200,-/barrel within the next 2 years !

HAPPY DRIVING EVERYONE ! ;-)

here my 0.02: Skunkster is right...it is gonna keep goin up...but its still NOT too late to invest in energy funds...:wink:

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[1buddyc]

Yes, the gas prices suck, but with China and India usage growing and the US refusal to drill off the coasts of Florida, California, Alaska and Anwar I don't think we will ever see any significant reduction in prices. :eek::eek:
Even if we used those Drilling Sites we dont have the Refineries to process the Oil. My complaint is that they change the price overnight. You KNOW the Gas in their Tanks underground lasts more than one day. They havnt experienced a price increase in their next load yet but they just jack the prices up for the gas in the Ground as if they did. Thievin' Bastids!:mad:

[kat hunter]

Even if we used those Drilling Sites we dont have the Refineries to process the Oil. My complaint is that they change the price overnight. You KNOW the Gas in their Tanks underground lasts more than one day. They havnt experienced a price increase in their next load yet but they just jack the prices up for the gas in the Ground as if did. Thievin' Bastids!:mad:

I don't disagree with your complaint one bit, but the same practice occurs across most retail business. The little bit of time I spent in retail it was very common to raise prices on floor stock. Is it right, probably not, just more noticeable in gas than other products.

[Snoman]

Rule of thumb is if you finish the year out at about 10% you are doing ok. Now me I give shit away on ebay,,,to Meancat,Katbird and Tabasco all the time so I'm about 5%:biggrin:,,,,,,almost forgot KatHunt in my not for profit mix :rll::rll::rll:

[kat hunter]

Not trying to stir anything up with my posts, just shed a little more light or a different point of view.


Am I happy about the gas prices, %#*& NO. :mad:


Do I think it's going to change, yes it's going to get worse.:smflame:

[kat hunter]

Rule of thumb is if you finish the year out at about 10% you are doing ok. Now me I give shit away on ebay,,,to Meancat,Katbird and Tabasco all the time so I'm about 5%:biggrin:,,,,,,almost forgot KatHunt in my not for profit mix :rll::rll::rll:

Hey, at least I was only once, oops twice. Meancats there every week! :biggrin::biggrin:

You really should open store in Moddersville, I think your already supplying the town.:rll::rll::rll:

[JustAKid]

On the news they said the little mom and pop stores are going to go under as there old pumps only go to 3.99 (here in ks). The oil companys said that there profits are going to protect there shipments ($##%$&&*%*&^(*&(^)&()&*_)*+()*+):smflame::smflame::smflame:

[MM84]

So.... planning on going green????? How about the first "green" prowler......what I don't understand is how when I go to Brazil half of the cars are ran on ethanol yet we in America can't seem to get the technology going here....

oh that's right.... oil companies are paying our political figures nice "bonuses" to keep it that way....

what's nice about the situation wait till we we get a "tropical storm" in the gulf that's enough to increase the price by .50 cents... if a real hurricane comes heck we may be in the 5 dollar range...

typical BS..... Hard to put a stop to it, when the government is getting "theirs"...

oh....yeah...our main client who has deep water rigs....will leave oil down in the ocean floor if it cost more than 2 dollars for uplift cost claiming it's not "profitable"....WTF?

[Krzy Kat]

Has anyone ever seen an engine modified to use both gasoline and gas (propane) ...

while I was in Dominican Republic it is a very common thing down there to save money on fuel consumption.

[MM84]

Has anyone ever seen an engine modified to use both gasoline and gas (propane) ...

while I was in Dominican Republic it is a very common thing down there to save money on fuel consumption.


Brazil has ethanol and regular petro cars.... you can run either. Some cars do both... They are getting ethanol from sugarcane that grows rampid all over the place..... also another question why does th US have lower milage standards for their vehicles than other countries? Same car....diffrent country gets better mileage.... another WTF?

[ME & MY KITTY]

I DON'T CARE WHAT GAS COST'S AS LONG AS THEY KEEP PAYING ME 3 TIMES.:rll:

[Kruisin Kat]

Gas stations adjust the price to cover the next deliveries of fuel. They have to constantly watch the market so they don't get caught short on buying the next load of fuel.

It works a little opposite of how most business does where I buy a part at a certain price and then mark it up, later that same part might cost me more at the time of purchase and then I mark it up, etc, etc. This way the customer only pays an increased price on the item I payed an increase on.

Speculators are driving the rapid rise in fuel. World demand hasn't risen at the same rate as the prices.

[TooHipCat]

:eek2::eek2::eek2:

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[halicat]

Gas is expected to go up 36 cents per gallon here tonight.... Supreme will then be over $6 per gallon...:smflame:

[KLONDIKEKAT]

The oil companies are not much better or different than drug dealers !!!! JMO Theiving Bastards

John

[Snoman]

It's all about GREED my friends GREED :evil:

[TOOLHEAD]

The oil companies are not much better or different than drug dealers !!!! JMO Theiving Bastards

John

And the big US oil companies are still getting BILLIONS in tax breaks and subsidies from the US Government!!!

[Diny]

I agree with Kat Hunter on this. It really does suck, but there are more complex reasons than OMFG TEH OIL COMPANIES ARE EVUL!!!!111

[KLONDIKEKAT]

Yes that maybe true Diny, but how many oil company execs/owners are living paycheck to paycheck like thier customers.

[Snoman]

Yes that maybe true Diny, but how many oil company execs/owners are living paycheck to paycheck like thier customers.


LET ME TRY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NONE: ?:

[ME & MY KITTY]

I Rented A Van Today To Move My Son's Furniture Out Of His Apartment And I Had To Put Gas In So It Had The Same Amount When I Got It, I Put In 30 Bucks And The Needle Didn't Move.

[Diny]

Yes that maybe true Diny, but how many oil company execs/owners are living paycheck to paycheck like thier customers.



How many food industry execs do that, how many health insurance execs do that. The fact that they're an "exec" means that they are not living from paycheck to paycheck. It's not just oil companies, but it applies to every other company that produces things that we have to have.

[kat hunter]

How many food industry execs do that, how many health insurance execs do that. The fact that they're an "exec" means that they are not living from paycheck to paycheck. It's not just oil companies, but it applies to every other company that produces things that we have to have.

Also applies to most politicians also!:smflame:

I've read and heard people talk about a windfall profits tax, and they argue that this cost would not be be passed on to the consumers, because this is a what they refer to as a backend tax. The oil companies will not know what the tax will be until the end of the quarter, so no way that they can pass this cost on the the consumers. :rll::rll: Anyone that believes that line of garbage, are you interested in some ocean front land in Arizona. :rll:

Many factors are contributing to the gas prices, stockholders are starting to work to reign in corporate Exec salaries. But it will be a long process. And probably a very small part of the cost of a gallon of gas/diesel.

You will never see an exec living paycheck to paycheck.

In the 70's it was the phone company that was bad, and the government forced a breakup, and service suffered. Now most of the baby bells have merged back together into one company.