skybiker
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Yes, I don't want to see us lose any stations....
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laoloup
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Bad for big oil and OPEC. Serve them right!
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ardmoretoday
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Old News
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Busy1
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better to have the little guy making the money instead of the ones that don't need it!!!
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Busy1
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better to have the little guy making the money instead of the ones that don't need it!!!
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GCL
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So when gas prices were high, I was getting screwed by the wholesalers, and now I'm getting screwed by the retailers?
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Lonewolftx
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Well good for them, we are all winning, eh!
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Jamer
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This is great for the gas station owners, they usually are the ones who get the short end of the stick all the time.
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BartBuzz
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Ain't economics grand. Supply and demand...what's that?
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BartBuzz
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Ain't economics grand. Supply and demand...what's that?
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eaglev
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They didn't raise the prices as fast going up and it hurt them, now on the way down they can recoup some of their losses.
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VTROCK
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Good for the gas stations. These guys are the face of high gas prices but not the cayse of it. They take all the abuse and try to squeel out a profit. When the price is that much lower, just the difference in credit card fees they have to pay is substantial.
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94Vol
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As long as the prices keep dropping at the pump I'm ok with them making a profit but I still think some of the stations our gouging
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GasholeMI
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Goes to show that prices should have been lower during the drop. When the per barrel price was plummeting, the price at the pump should have been dropping faster too.
This should not surprise anyone.
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mvosevich
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Station owners took a page from big oils playbook.
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Allstop
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The more we conserve the lower they should go.
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AZDaisy
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Prices went up $.10 here. How does that work?
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napermike79
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good for them
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whitemiata
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why do so many of these posts have to be about envy - oil companies rich, we are not - and we have to be angry with them.... does it have anything to do with the companies that do the work - of getting oil out of the ground, of maintaining a gas station, or whatever... isn't that part of the american dream? - working hard, and with that hard work - to make something better for yourself? (without envying or grumbling at everyone else who is working hard along the way?)
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armstrmb
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I'm glad to hear that the lower profits are benefiting someone beside myself and I hope that we see continued benefits.
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aaaaaaaa
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We need to continue to conserve gasoline despite the lowering of the price.
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rod1965
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Duh!
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BoerneWatch
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Yes, now the customer can actually pay a $1.50 for that 10¢ cup of coffee while filling up their tank that nets the retailer less profit than the coffee.
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niceguytx
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I could lower prices slower if it was in my financial interests. Volatility is their best ally.
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tobasco
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Seems obvious.
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spunky4443
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Sure their making more money, with the lower cost of fuel, more people are driving now, that's a no Brainer.
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sgm4law
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I was very worried! Phew! Thank goodness!
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Thanatos1369
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No matter the circumstance, somebody somewhere is making a record profit.
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REVLAW
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A balance in life is what is nauturally and usually sought ... that is until the human element enters the picture.
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parsec
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Screwing you up and you feel sorry for them. However...
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salog
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ok
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shenna
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when opec goes down, fuel stations don't go down the amount they should
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girlusps
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keep conserving.....no matter how low the price
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thomasteach
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they're just trying to make a living... too many stations are closing as it is
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glazarides
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I feel bad for the "little guy" so it's good to see that they may be doing better.
Although I still want gas to go down to below US$1.50/gal.
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bug27
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I believe it. We call it gouging around here. When prices go up, they go up 30¢ at a time. When they go down, it's 1¢ to 2¢ at a time, begrudgingly. GOUGING!!!
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kelsielee
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I guess that both consumers and gas stations have benefitted from lower prices. OPEC,however, still seems to be upset about the prices.
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Chazzer
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Yeah, more people are buying gas!
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danthemanvan
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let's don't stop conserving gas, no matter how low the price goes!
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Sisipepe
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gouging
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Redwingz
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Some good news in a climate of doom and gloom.
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PenDoctrJD
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Good for them.
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MightyDude
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I say ol' chap utterly shocking ;-)
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jake7497
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Good for them.
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Palico
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Good the local gas stations need to recover some of the lost funds as well. Maybe this will help some of the ones that closed reopen. More competion is good.
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owatonnajeep
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I'm actually happy for them
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spadilla
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As it should! I hope the local gasoline stations can recover from the losses they took over the summer months. I would hate to see these small business owners go down because speculators and OPEC were getting rich.
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thedennis64
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The stations are now making some money and not just the oil companies.
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rylank
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Finally the gas stations can make a little profit after so long in the red
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DST43
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That is good for them
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