by jaws » Mon 05 Sep 2005, 02:15:11
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shockley', 'I') have been protesting the gas gouging...hey check out this article....starting to get heard.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industrie ... usat_x.htmEmail me back with comments at
shockley46703@aol.comThis article offers the perfect lesson about the laws of supply and demand.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')ere and there are stories of flat-out craziness, such as when the T-Bird Mini Mart in Springfield, Vt., decided NOT to raise its gas prices.
T-Bird stopped raising its prices midday Wednesday at $2.60 a gallon while all the other gas stations around kept pushing their prices higher — until T-Bird was charging 30 cents a gallon less.
People started showing up from as far away as New Hampshire. Lines snaked through town. Neighboring businesses summoned police, who directed traffic for hours.
So overwhelming was the traffic, says clerk Jason LaValley, "We had to raise (the price) to keep people away." The store was selling gasoline for $3.19 Wednesday night, more in line with the competition. Here you go, gas station owner decides not to 'gouge', creates disaster. Gouging is good. Gouging is averting a national disaster.