Comments on: Gas Service Stations and Gouging http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dj http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/comment-page-1/#comment-256270 dj Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:11:32 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/26/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/#comment-256270 The government doesnt like oil companies gouging...but wants to raise taxes EVEN more on gasoline...and gouge the customer. The gvmt doesnt like competition when it comes to stealing. The government doesnt like oil companies gouging…but wants to raise taxes EVEN more on gasoline…and gouge the customer. The gvmt doesnt like competition when it comes to stealing.

]]> By: G http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/comment-page-1/#comment-2553 G Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:57:50 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/26/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/#comment-2553 Great article. I recently posted about gas prices and the unbelievable success of oil companies. I enjoy reading your blog and added a link to your site. Please add my site to your blogroll. Great article. I recently posted about gas prices and the unbelievable success of oil companies. I enjoy reading your blog and added a link to your site. Please add my site to your blogroll.

]]> By: Herb http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/comment-page-1/#comment-2548 Herb Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:31:10 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/26/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/#comment-2548 All this talk of price gouging by the White House is ridiculous. GW loved energy de-regulation when his buddy Ken Lay was getting rich gouging California but now that his approval rating is in the toilet, he's all for regulation? So much for not listening to opinion polls and being a "straigh shooter"... They should of course go after collusion and the like, but capitilism is built on the free market. There has to be some regulation because gas really is not a discretionary purchase (if a station was allowed to charge what the market could truly bear ($10/gal? $15/gal?), things would get very ugly) but this whole political component is out of control. All this talk of price gouging by the White House is ridiculous. GW loved energy de-regulation when his buddy Ken Lay was getting rich gouging California but now that his approval rating is in the toilet, he’s all for regulation? So much for not listening to opinion polls and being a “straigh shooter”…

They should of course go after collusion and the like, but capitilism is built on the free market. There has to be some regulation because gas really is not a discretionary purchase (if a station was allowed to charge what the market could truly bear ($10/gal? $15/gal?), things would get very ugly) but this whole political component is out of control.

]]> By: Bill http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/comment-page-1/#comment-2547 Bill Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/04/26/gas-service-stations-and-gouging/#comment-2547 Heck, I work in the oil and gas industry, and even I think the first example is gouging, plain and simple. I have no problem with prices going up, even sharply and quickly. However, the profit margin should stay reasonably level. Otherwise it looks like gouging. Heck, I work in the oil and gas industry, and even I think the first example is gouging, plain and simple. I have no problem with prices going up, even sharply and quickly. However, the profit margin should stay reasonably level. Otherwise it looks like gouging.

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