May-20-2008 09:25 PM
May-12-2012 04:37 AM
MitchF150 wrote:
Okay, why in the heck did gas just go from 4.09 this morning to 4.25 this afternoon in Washington State????? :h
I saw that the 'per barrel' price went down again today too... :R
Is it just a "SHELL" thing?? I'll need to drive around a bit and see what the other "Top Tier" stations are at.. Well heck, I should check ARCO, just to see where they are at.. They are usually around .10 lower per gallon then Shell, but I've never liked ARCO gas.... Just my own prejudice, so don't get all "flamie" on me.. 😛
This really suck$....
Mitch
May-12-2012 12:07 AM
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May-05-2012 06:41 AM
Gale Hawkins wrote:tomman58 wrote:
Ya know when I talk to my barber he is doing fine, when I talk the my RV dealer he is having a great year, when I talk to my cousin the farmer he wants lower fuel costs but is doing well, when I talk to my friend a baker and restaurant owner he is a little slow until summer but doing just fine and expanding.
Point is, with business if you don't have a model or the where with all to market what you have then go flip burgers or do somethin else, period, stop the whine.
Tomman58 our cross country trip to the Pacific last fall helped open my eyes to point you make.
Fuel/energy cost has impacted everything. A local low end country club is down about 35 members from last year so they have a $50K smaller budget. The owner of a local seven screen theater stated this week it is harder to get people to drop money on going to the movies.
Yet I wanted change for a $1 for the gumball machine and stood behind a kid that was not short on food at home who had just bought at least one $8 ticket then dropped $10.50 on popcorn, etc.
Businesses are closing yet McDonalds, Arby's, Dominos and Dunkin Donuts are moving to town or building new locations from scratch.
Successful business models always replace the other type. Those who learn to reduce normal business expenses equal to the increase of energy costs will do OK.
There are new industries being born just because of higher energy costs. Gas is not $.25 like it was in 1973 when I bought my first new car for $2150.
One either increases income or decreases out go. Debt is the wild card in the world today more than energy costs as I see it.
May-05-2012 05:25 AM
tomman58 wrote:
Ya know when I talk to my barber he is doing fine, when I talk the my RV dealer he is having a great year, when I talk to my cousin the farmer he wants lower fuel costs but is doing well, when I talk to my friend a baker and restaurant owner he is a little slow until summer but doing just fine and expanding.
Point is, with business if you don't have a model or the where with all to market what you have then go flip burgers or do somethin else, period, stop the whine.
May-04-2012 07:38 PM
cekkk wrote:
Wouldn't balance be something to think about? No one I've heard from suggests there should be no restrictions on businesses. But oppressive, anti-business government, which necessarily depends on those businesses for income, is...Oh, well.
May-04-2012 02:23 PM
May-04-2012 01:43 PM
cekkk wrote:
Darned capitalism. That's sure not a problem in socialist countries. They just charge $8 whether you're desperate or not. The more government holds your hand, the tighter its grip.
May-04-2012 10:25 AM
May-04-2012 10:11 AM
AO_hitech wrote:
That kind of price hike based solely on someones desperate need should be included in the definition of gouging, and therefore illegal. No new law, just update the definition of gouging.
May-04-2012 10:06 AM