So I'll take it you are doing the price gouging.
Which one of the Oil Giants do you work for?
But you heard the Oil Thugs here.
They swore gas was going to be cheapest ever this fall.
No one said that. Not one person. Period.
THIS is why people dislike you, and you are the butt of so many jokes.
You're a liar. A crook. Because someone disagrees with you, and calls you on your blatant lies about gas prices, does not then mean they stated or predicted gas would be "it's cheapest ever this fall". Because someone didn't agree with your (now patently proven wrong) predictions about $8/gallon gas, DOES NOT then mean they predict the cheapest gas ever.
That's a lie, Dave. That makes you a liar. This is why you will never be respected or taken seriously. You are either unwilling or incapable of dealing and speaking honestly. And you have no one to blame but yourself.
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But in case you missed it......IT'S THE NORMAL PATTERN FOR YOUR MESSED UP SECTION OF THE COUNTRY.
NO ONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY, outside the few states that persist in this persistent peak-and-valley pricing, HAS HAD ANY SORT OF INCREASE IN GAS PRICES LIKE YOU'VE HAD.
Fluctuating gas prices will be the rule this summer in the Midwest.
LIMA Its not Iraq, and its not the upcoming holiday. Its not refinery shutdowns or rotten weather.
Even when wholesale prices remain stable, gas prices in the Midwest ratchet up and down like a pinball ricochet. Patrick DeHaan, an analyst for GasBuddy.com, said thats because Midwestern gas stations are ultra-competitive. Unlike most of the country where there are small fluctuations in price Michigan, Indiana and Ohio prices tend to swing wildly.
Take an area like West Michigan and compare it to any other city in the country where theres not price cycling, DeHaan said. The other city would see prices holding steady. In West Michigan, prices would go far lower and go far higher.
The price cycling pattern typically plays out like were seeing now.
As prices bottomed out at $3.44 on Thursday afternoon in Lima, stations were losing money, according to DeHaan. All it takes is for one of the leading stations to raise its prices and the others will follow suit. In late spring and early this summer, it wasnt unusual to see gas prices jump by as much as 40 cents per gallon. A week ago, Lima area prices flirted with $4 a gallon. Thats been the ceiling, with stations beginning to undercut prices by a penny or two. That trend continues typically for a week or week and a half as each station tries to outdo others with a lower gas price.
The competition to churn prices downward continues until no profit margin remains, according to DeHaan and then, a big jump.
When they cant undercut anymore, thats when you see the price hikes, then the whole war begins all over again, he explained. Those little 2-cent declines add up to 40 cents over a week and a half. Its a mini price war every time.
Looks like the perfect time to post this article yet again. SOSDD for gas prices in the Midwest
http://limaohio.com/news/news/1465464/Expert:-Gas-price-swings-predictable#.VAH9lP0XP1M
And what Dave misses in all that is the fact it's not the oil companies doing this, it's the local stations. Honestly, if it were the oil companies doing this surge-and-retreat pricing in IN/OH/KY/MI, you'd see the same pattern replicated in other sections of the country. But you don't.
And what Dave misses in all that is the fact it's not the oil companies doing this, it's the local stations.
Prove it.
There are a ton stations to choose from right around me on Northwest side of Indy.
Get a Manager to meet me and say he jacked the price 30 cents because he felt like it and nothing to do with Corporate.
Prove it.
There are a ton stations to choose from right around me on Northwest side of Indy.
Get a Manager to meet me and say he jacked the price 30 cents because he felt like it and nothing to do with Corporate.
I get a lot of entertainment out of all you guys trying to convince this one poster. It is a fun read through, but I always think to myself "why are these guys trying so hard?".
You know, from a certain point of view, you guys are just as crazy as Dave himself. Save yourselves now!
Prove it.
The proof is no other state/part of the country does that stupid shit up and down pricing. Not CA, OR, WA, ND, SD, TX, NV, UT, NE, ID, MN, IA, OK, LA, MS, GA, SC, VA, WV, MD, NY, PA, NJ, MA, NH, VT, ME, among others.
Don't you think if the oil companies were colluding to push prices up and down like riding a pogo stick, like y'all do, they'd do it everywhere? Not just in the states of IN, OH, KY, MI, and IL a tad. WI does it slightly, but not nearly as bad as IN/OH/MI.
So, what's the explanation for the lack of cycling prices everywhere else, Dave? Oil thugs just too lazy or stupid to inflict that upon everyone?
This could be the Oil Thugs excuse for raising prices:
Who was the person who just accused someone of whining in another thread, because it suited his viewpoint?
Oh right. It was you.
Been carded for vinegar lately?
Really? Can you not afford it or are you just whining like a baby?
If you don't like it then start doing something about other than whining like a baby on an Internet board.
dmcowen674 said:Really? Can you not afford it or are you just whining like a baby?
If you don't like it then start doing something about other than whining like a baby on an Internet board.
This could be the Oil Thugs excuse for raising prices:
http://news.yahoo.com/us-led-air-strikes-resume-syria-oil-fields-210146984.html
US-led air strikes target IS oil refineries in Syria
The US-led air war against Islamic State extremists targeted oil refineries in eastern Syria on Wednesday, in a bid to undercut the group's oil smuggling profits, the Pentagon said.
"These small-scale refineries provided fuel to run ISIL operations, money to finance their continued attacks throughout Iraq and Syria, and an economic asset to support their future operations," Central Command said in a statement.
The oil installations produce between 300 to 500 barrels of "refined petroleum per day," and the destruction of the refineries further limits the IS group's "ability to lead, control, project power and conduct operations."
Analysts say the group operates in a similar manner to a mafia and uses kidnapping ransoms, extortion and robbery -- in addition to oil smuggling -- for its funding.
US intelligence agencies say the IS group takes in at least $1 million a day from its oil sales and other criminal activities.