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Originally Posted by edpontiac91
If some stations in that area have the BALLS to get those prices, whats to stop stations in this area from giving it a go.
Easter is this weekend (big Holiday travel) and of course HERE COMES SUMMER!
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Don't think for a minute that gas station owners are just randomly all marking up their prices together. Most service stations are lucky if they see more than a few cents of profit per gallon. This is just another example of the @#$% rolling down hill. Price of a barrel of crude is going up, oil companies are paying more for it, so they are charging more for the refined products. All too often I see / hear of people blaming everyone from station owners to the guys pumping the gas for high prices, which is flat out ridiculous.
We have to deal with the brunt of it because lets face it - many people may cut out some unnecessary driving, or try to drive more efficiently, or even spend a ton of money on a more fuel efficient car....but at the end of the day, there isn't going to be any sharply reduced demand for gasoline at the pump. That's why I always laugh at the people who spread around the "Don't buy gas on XX day this month - that will show the oil companies who the boss is" emails. Very few, if any, of those people will do anything to reduce their use of gas that day, so they are still going to have to spend the same amount on gas another day.
- Justin