Hearing reports of Marine fuel going over $5.00/gallon---wow
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Well I guess since its so easy to make money owning a gas station you should probably buy one so that you get rich.
Then take all the money you made owning a gas station and buy out the local boat dealership or marine repair business and get even richer owning that because we all know that the marine repair shops are gouging us too, I mean come on that's another one of those easy businesses that everyone gets rich at.
Shame on all the evil people that go into business to make money, the world would be a better place if everyone went into business to just break even.
Market manipulation is different than trying to make a profit.
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I would say it's due to speculation and trading on the open market. All you have to do is create a scare and the prices go through the roof, regardless of supply or demand.
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But to say the gas station owners are a bunch of crooks and making the price of gas go up and down aint the case. Are they making money, yes they probably are, that does'nt mean they are all crooks.
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Certainly not all. I think the independent station owner is at the mercy of what the big guys are doing, both on the up and down slope of pricing. He is a non-factor in market pricing and is doing like most of us, trying to make a living doing what he knows how to do. Nobody will ever convince me that the big stations are playing fair. Big companies don't play fair, it's been proven time and time again in this country. Market changes don't make it to the pump in 20 minutes and as far as I know, the Arabs and the traders aren't aware of the day spring break starts in Grand Rapids, MI, but gas jumped .35 that morning at 9 AM.
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I am an independent owner of a gas station. Most stations are. Just because they have a BP, Conoco, Phillips, or what ever other brand you want to through out there doesnt mean they are not independently owned. The price of gas changes once every 24 hours. If the price of crude on the market goes up on the market you can bet that the price of gas will change the next day. If you don't like buying gas then quit boating and buy an electric car. It is a business and people are going to make money but I can tell you gas profits at a station are not going to make a payment on anything.
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I agree. If you want to put the blame on oil compainies that is fine. But to put blame for high gas prices on station owners is not right. If I could make the same profit margin as exxon I wouldn't even have to open my store.
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