The guy running an Atlanta gas station charging $6 per gallon claimed he
made the price so high "so people wouldn't buy the gas" what? So, why not
put out a sign "out of gas" or close the station for the day.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Braun" <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:15 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Re: Getting gassed - a rant.
>
> On 1 Sep 2005 at 16:04, Mark Dapoz wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Wayne Culberson wrote:
>> >
>> > $1.30 cdn. per litre for 87 octane here in NB, Canada, today. I'm
>> > not sure what it is today in Calais, ME, USA, which is where I
>> > normally buy most of my gas. It usually runs about 20 to 25 cents a
>> > litre cheaper there than here.
>>
>> The prices jumped from $1.04/l to $1.26/l here overnight. I'd like to
>> know why the price at the pump has gone up over double the increase at
>> the wholesale level caused by Katrina! Someone is taking advantage of
>> the situation and screwing us yet again.
>> -mark
>>
>
> They showed on the news this morning at least one station in Georgia was
> charging almost $7 a gallon for premium. Georgia's governor was also on
> the news saying they'd be following up, since they have access to the
> wholesale pricing information and will come down on anyone doing
> something like that....
>
> Paul Braun
> Valparaiso, IN
>
> " It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St.Hubbins
>
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