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Originally Posted by jims69camaro
'zactly. but when the prices shot up and he is suddenly selling for $3.50, that gas he paid $1.25 per gallon was looking pretty nice for the station owners.
btw, that is not an example of big oil behind us with our pants at our ankles. that is the station owner, who may be only a franchisee with a 49% interest in the company. i feel sorry for the franchisees in today's market. they are slowly being squeezed out of business. there were two stations that closed in beachwood on route 9. we, as consumers, didn't care, because there is always another station to go to, but those were franchisees who got the shaft so they shut the doors. something to think about when you think about how big oil is slamming it to us; they're also slamming it to the guys who are supposed to be on their side, helping to sell their product.
and, for the last time, the most recent price increase was due to the futures market. no oil embargo, no shortage, but big oil did make out in the long run - you can bet on that.
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as far as i know, its not the individual station owners that set the prices. big oil give them a minimum price they can sell at. if they sell higher, they can pocket the extra. but at setting higher prices, theyll run themselves out of business.
also, anyone with the least bit of sense knows there was never any oil shortage. china didnt use THAT much oil to make the prices skyrocket. it was all just a scam, to see how far they could push the american public. they made such a rediculous amount of money, and thereby drove the entire economy into the dirt, since no one can afford gas to go anywhere or do anything. everything got more expensive, people couldnt afford to run their own businesses. dubya and his big oil cronies proved they couldnt give less of a fyck about the people of this country.