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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:07 PM Original message |
Remember The Days When Competing Gas Stations Had Price Wars....... |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. It seems like its still a gas war, but with the opposite purpose. nt |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just like airlines and their new bag fees and surcharges |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Its really not the gas stations that are the problem..... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. ... speculation -- and oil companies tell them what price to charge -- !! |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. The margins continue to shrink for gas stations. The profits are being allocated elsewhere. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Look for those days only in books and movies, for those days are gone with the wind. nt |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. In the mid 1960's in Milwaukee we're talking .12-.14 cents per gallon for leaded n/t |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Mid 60's in rural Arkansas |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not that simple nor is this true |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. gas stations actually have a very very small profit margin on gas, they don't get to set the price. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Small gas stations aren't the norm these days, either. They're owned by the oil companies outright |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. There are many independent gas stations |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Out here in Colorado corporate owned are everywhere |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. There was a time |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Now it's labor instead of gas. nt |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, we used to get gas for 19 cents a gallon in Houston |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've been using an app called GasBuddy to track .. |
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Matt_in_STL (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. I worked at a 7-Eleven about 13 years ago |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. Exactly -- and that's why Capitalism and myths of "free enterprise" are nonsense .... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. There were half the people on planet earth at that time. |
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