Something to think about.............
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Something to think about.............
Please read this all the way to end.. all the way to end...
This is a good thought and it could work. It won't cost anything to try.
Think about it !!
A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery
store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he
normally buys two dozens at a time.
One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents.
The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked to
explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up and
I have to raise my price accordingly".
This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better price
and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have
begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven
out of business.
He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen
eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs.
This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man
says,"there must be something we can do about the price of eggs".
He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop
buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the
man suggested only buying what you need.
He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery
and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.
The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his
cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe
wouldn't need any all week.
The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg
farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least
two weeks.
At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs.
The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price
of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner
said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buy 2 or 3
eggs at a time".
"Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price,
the customers would start buying by the dozen again".
Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few
cents.
The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the
price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the
dozen."
Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash
their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg
farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher
price than they were selling eggs for.
Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.
And them chickens kept on laying.
Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing
away eggs they couldn't sell.. The distributors started buying again
because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them
at the lower price.
And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.
Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.
What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled to
the pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers
wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The tank
farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And
the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from
the huge tankers coming from the Middle East.
Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop
for gas twice a week but, the price should come down.
Think about it.
As an added note..When I buy $10.00 worth of gas,that leaves my tank a
little under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas
for
$2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your
tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not
understand the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't
buy cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.
Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no bread,
milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money
than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may
not see this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them
out where you buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting
them on windshields at the mall.
I did not write this but it is interesting. The only problem between the eggs and gas anology is:
1- OPEC can and will reduce production if demand falls.
2- Gasoline has a longer shelf life than eggs.
Venom
Please read this all the way to end.. all the way to end...
This is a good thought and it could work. It won't cost anything to try.
Think about it !!
A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery
store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he
normally buys two dozens at a time.
One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents.
The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked to
explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up and
I have to raise my price accordingly".
This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better price
and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have
begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven
out of business.
He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen
eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs.
This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man
says,"there must be something we can do about the price of eggs".
He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop
buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the
man suggested only buying what you need.
He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery
and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.
The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his
cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe
wouldn't need any all week.
The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg
farms that he didn't have any room for eggs would not need any for at least
two weeks.
At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs.
The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price
of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner
said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buy 2 or 3
eggs at a time".
"Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price,
the customers would start buying by the dozen again".
Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few
cents.
The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "when the
price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the
dozen."
Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash
their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg
farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher
price than they were selling eggs for.
Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while.
And them chickens kept on laying.
Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing
away eggs they couldn't sell.. The distributors started buying again
because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them
at the lower price.
And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.
Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry.
What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled to
the pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers
wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The tank
farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And
the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from
the huge tankers coming from the Middle East.
Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop
for gas twice a week but, the price should come down.
Think about it.
As an added note..When I buy $10.00 worth of gas,that leaves my tank a
little under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas
for
$2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your
tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not
understand the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't
buy cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.
Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no bread,
milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money
than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may
not see this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them
out where you buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting
them on windshields at the mall.
I did not write this but it is interesting. The only problem between the eggs and gas anology is:
1- OPEC can and will reduce production if demand falls.
2- Gasoline has a longer shelf life than eggs.
Venom
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it doesn't matter how much you fill up each time you go to the pump if you don't change your driving patterns.
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THese stupid ideas and analogies are getting really old. There's NOTHING the consumer can do about gas prices, aside from using less gas ALTOGETHER, OR trying to get more refineries built to increase the supply. It doesn't matter what day of the week you buy it, what company you buy it from. Gas companies don't live "day to day" (despite the fact that their prices change daily) - they'll sell the same amount of gas per month.
NOT to mention that if any of these hair-brained schemes WERE true, EVERYONE would have to follow them, which will NOT happen. Ever. So just give it up.If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
In my area gas is as expensive as many places in the nation. (2.90 / gal for the cheap stuff)
Prices have stayed in line with national prices for the last few years at least. Over the course of the last few years, many of the smaller independent gas stations have gone out of business. (about all we have left is national gas chains)
I don't think the problem is the gas station making huge profits. Since gas is a fixed commodity (for the most part - people will fill up their tanks 1 time per week reguardless of where they have to fill up at) as the smaller gas stations die the big chain stations make more money (due to more volume sold).
The distributor does not really care, because from a city or state perspective, they are selling the same amount of gas. (since most people still have to get to work, school, etc.)
Just trying to point out that if you did try this theory and it worked (which it won't) - in the end you will only be hurting independent gas stations that have very little to do with the price of gas and will not be helping your cause at all - maybe hurting it in the long run.
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my new job puts me close and personal with an oil company, Ive talked to the fuel transport guy when he's in the office in passing, Gas stations DON'T make money on gas.. Its the food store inside, beer, soda, food and what nots.. He showed me some prices there were paying for Gas and it was pennies below what its selling for. and i was also told, Summer is actually the slower season.. so all the people thinking the hike is because of the summer approaching, Think again.. Its supply and demand as been said before.. i drive a SUV and will keep buying gas... you can't just trade in a new car for cheaper ones when ever you want.. well without being upside down like hell... That's why for work i now drive a beater 95 neon.. as a second car..
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I agree this analogy is plain old stupid!
I drive an SUV that I bought 2 year ago for a killer price. Right now, 90% of my driving is back and forth to work. So, if I fill up only half way say on monday, i'll be back later in the week to hit the pump again. Doesn't matter if I fill half way or all the way, I need the gas to get to and from work.
What I am contemplating on doing though is to sell my Mustang that just sits and get a motorcycle. Roughly 18mpg to about 40-45mpg on nice summer days would save me quite a bit of $$$. Imagine if more people went via motorcycle. Now that would pinch the oil companies a bit.No excuses! -
Yup. Can't wait for the temp to go up a couple more degrees, so I can start taking my bike into work. 45MPG if I beat on the thing, and way more fun to drive than anything with four wheels
If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
Drive slower = better gas milage = burn less fuel = less stops at station.
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I figure I save about $3000 a year with my short commute compared to what it could be on average around here in Seattle. And I drive a lame 4 cylinder commuter car.
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What if we all just try to buy $1 worth? Will that work? Ya, or maybe $1.50 if you have to drive over 3.4 miles to work...
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MrNightly wrote:What if we all just try to buy $1 worth? Will that work? Ya, or maybe $1.50 if you have to drive over 3.4 miles to work...
and if we only filled up on odd numbered weekdays in amounts divisible by 5 under $10, and not at Exxon, it would take no time and we'd all be pumping gas into our cars for free!!! -
10 bucks will give ya on average 3 1/2 gallons of gas.. not much gas at all... this doesnt even fill my boat tank for a couple hours of fun.. MY HT RIG:
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Exactly!! I can get 18mpg out of my Cherokee, maybe even more if I try, but on my last tank I got 13.90mpg. I just can't stay off the throttle! It's too boring!jakelm wrote:Drive slower = better gas milage = burn less fuel = less stops at station.
All of you..not me..lol
Though I do think it'd be somewhat entertaining to try and get 20mpg or better...for maybe two tanks. Then it'd be right back to smoking the tires at every light and getting sideways when it rains. Oh, and it rained today!
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When people stop buying gasoline, or reducing the amount of gas they use anyway they can. Demand goes down, prices go down.
Our problem in America is that we don't care. We keep buying gas!Carl -
We dont have a gas problem we have a price problem. To stop buying gas is not the solution to the problem.
We wont stop buying fuel, we start buying vehicles with better fuel milage, thats the only way.
My ext Z-71 gets about 14 mpg in town, the only way I will get around to buy less fuel is to sell my truck and buy an Aveo. Otherwise I'm buying the same amount of fuel no matter wether I stop 5 times and put $10 of gas each time or fill up just once. A tank a week is a tank a week, no matter how you look at it. Orielly had an idea that we dont buy gas on Sunday. While I like Orielly, I think this plan is just dumb, because I would just buy more gas on friday to get me through Sunday. Unless I dont drive on Sunday , but thats my electronics shopping day, I'm not missing that.
So I'm right back where I started. I wont sell my truck and I wont (can't) drive less.Monitor 7b's front
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The profit for the national chains is in the sundries they sell along with the gas; that's where the profit is for them. That's why every single station opened in the last 10 years includes a convienence store that sells everything but the kitcehn sink. Gas station owners are not reaping all the profits from higher gas prices the big oil companies and the share holders are.
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Just heard the quarterly earnings report on the news for most major oil companies. Ya don't even want to know! Exxon reports tomorrow.
How about that dude who retired from Exxon and got the almost $400 million package.
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Mine too, it's from all the gas, from the mexican food I had last night.My **** is hurting....If...
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heiney9 wrote:The profit for the national chains is in the sundries they sell along with the gas; that's where the profit is for them. That's why every single station opened in the last 10 years includes a convienence store that sells everything but the kitcehn sink. Gas station owners are not reaping all the profits from higher gas prices the big oil companies and the share holders are.
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Too bad most of the idiots in this country don't realize that. It starts with OPEC...always has, always will.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint. -
They're having a field day in the Middle East. Those F***ers over in Dubai are kickin back and lovin life! The $$$ they're making is totally insane!No excuses!
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politics and big business aside... this will help.
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