Yesterday our local gas stations went crazy ...
... as I discovered when I stop by David's Car and Child Care Center. Come to think of it, David's was a bit crazed too - Judy the Immigrant (perfectly legal) was having an altercation with one of the kids while customers came in to drop off and pick up there cars. Judy and David started telling me how traffic at the local Kangeroo Station was backed up nearly a mile and the cops had to be called to direct traffic. Gas had been going up all day and topped out at about $3.99, apparently so they wouldn't have to breach that $4 psychological barrier which might be the breaking point.
I asked the reason. Since Hurricane Ike was heading towards Texas where all the big refineries are, the refineries were going to shut down, and since the refineries were going to shut down there might be a gas shortage in the future, so everyone was rushing out to buy now and since everyone wanted to stock up whatever the cost, the gas companies just naturally had to raise the price of gas. Supply and demand.
See. It all makes sense. No price gouging here.
though the governor did go on the radio saying he was instructing law enforcement officials to be on the lookout for ... price gougers. Should any show up.
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... as I discovered when I stop by David's Car and Child Care Center. Come to think of it, David's was a bit crazed too - Judy the Immigrant (perfectly legal) was having an altercation with one of the kids while customers came in to drop off and pick up there cars. Judy and David started telling me how traffic at the local Kangeroo Station was backed up nearly a mile and the cops had to be called to direct traffic. Gas had been going up all day and topped out at about $3.99, apparently so they wouldn't have to breach that $4 psychological barrier which might be the breaking point.
I asked the reason. Since Hurricane Ike was heading towards Texas where all the big refineries are, the refineries were going to shut down, and since the refineries were going to shut down there might be a gas shortage in the future, so everyone was rushing out to buy now and since everyone wanted to stock up whatever the cost, the gas companies just naturally had to raise the price of gas. Supply and demand.
See. It all makes sense. No price gouging here.
though the governor did go on the radio saying he was instructing law enforcement officials to be on the lookout for ... price gougers. Should any show up.
.
posted by Clemens | 11:05 PM
4 Comments:
Yesterday a.m. my station had 3.55 and p.m. 3.61. Ike news coverage showed stations in Houston jacking gas up to almost 5.00 the day of expected landfall with people in line watching the prices jump before their eyes. Having the phone # of White House I called yesterday to ask if these price gourgers (sp?) would be fined, etc and "misunderstanding me" the man gave the toll free number that was to report price gourging. I swear that when I called them they told me they sent reports to the Dept of Energy. Neither place could tell me if these stations would be prosecuted. Well...got that off my chest!
I just checked cnn.com and there's good article about price gouging and what Bush has to say (like it won't happen.hahahah)
No no. It won't happen here. The Federal ans state governments would stop them. Of course.
Wouldn't they?
Georgia and other states have anti-price gouging laws. Their prices haven't changed. Bunch of crooks.
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