Saiyanman Benjita
...in 2012. This time, why not the worst?
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$2.00!!!! We in the city of Lansing, MI Have reach $2.00! Think of how many complaints we're getting at the Attorney General's Office.
Actually, it's $2.09, for an increase of 41 cents over the span of ten days, for those of you keeping track of my posts ------------------ Well I'm a Bada$$ cowboy living in a cowboy day wicky-wicky-wak yo yo bang bang me and Artemus Clydefrog go save Selma Hayek from the big metal spider Wicky-wicky-wak wicky-wicky-wicky-wak Bada$$ cowboy from the West Si-yiide
[This message has been edited by Saiyanman Benjita (edited June 12, 2000).]
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Ah, we got $2.12. Chicago's above $2.20. And some places in Michigan have run out of gas because a pipeline was broken, so there's no gas coming in.
------------------ "The things hollow--it goes on forever--and--oh my God!--it's full of stars!" -David Bowman's last transmission back to Earth, 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Of course, the oil companies are blaming the price hike on the new rules which just went into effect in some cities, requiring that the gass be more purified than it was.
Of course, what they don't tell you is that they'd been working on just that for the last FIVE years, and could easily have factored in the "upgrade" cost during those years. In fact, they almost certainly DID.
Price gouging.
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Actually, the new "enviromentally-safe" gas was only supposed to raise gas prices by 2�! So they're BSing you about that.
------------------ "The things hollow--it goes on forever--and--oh my God!--it's full of stars!" -David Bowman's last transmission back to Earth, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Saiyanman Benjita
...in 2012. This time, why not the worst?
Member # 122
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Ya, Michigan is going to be going up another 20-30 cents in the next week because of the disaster in Jackson, MI. I've even heard of the possibility of gas rationing. What decade is this again?
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I think the gas companies are raising the prices because they can. They realize the demand curve is almost flat, so whereever they set the price, the gas will still be bought. It's like cigarettes. Cigs are still being sold, if not as much as ten years ago, then more so. Gas prices are the same way (if not, more profitable.) You have to buy the gas, whether the price is $1.00/gal or $2.00/gal. Complain all you want, you'll still pay them, and that's what they want. As for the price gouging thing, unfortunately there aren't any laws in Michigan, and probably not in many states. If you would like to see a change, contact your local congressman (God, I think I'm sick of saying that. I have to say that to every gas complainer we get. It's getting really redundant)
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