In a message dated 8/12/2005 1:39:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
graldrich@gmail.com writes:
All the
oil companies are recording record profits,that should tell
you we a
definitely being ripped off !
Woooaahh! Be careful who you blame, most take it out on the cashier working
at the station that has no control over pricing. Neither would the
manager for that fact! Everyone thinks the stations make a huge profit but
that's not who is gouging you! It's the big oil companies like Shell, Chevron,
Tosco or making it easier any one of the oil refineries. Just because it's a
Shell or Chevron....ect...doesn't mean it's owned by a big oil company. Most in
the Phoenix area and Yuma are owned by smaller jobbers who have contracts will
the oil companies for a supply. Yes, they are making a lot of money but the
complaining on this page will get yo no where! Start writing e-mails
to your Congress and State Representatives. Actually they
are the ones to blame for all this mess! There use to be a lot of oil companies
competing against each other and the Feds let bigger companies buy out
smaller ones forming bigger corporations. Shell-Texaco was the first one with
Union, Chevron, Mobil all in bed together some way or another. With less
competition pricing will always go up and that's one of the worst
things they could of done. Just so you know Uncle Sam gets 37 cents for
every gallon, most station dealers make less than 10 cents to pay for 3200
dollar light/AC bills, pollution insurance, theft/drive offs, permits
galore, equipment. Sometimes it's just not fun....want to yell in the proper
direction, start with the ones who ask for your vote. Next you can thank
the environmentalists but no one wants to see an oil well platform off the
coast or in Alaska. So, you get what you pay for!
Robert
Jeep'en Jumpers