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09-25-2019, 07:14 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: DuPage County IL
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Originally Posted by Breedlove
Here is something , In Houston you will have a stations on the sign say 2.22 then you pull in and fill up using a credit card and you get charged 2.35 . Cash price 2.22 . Has anyone else seen this.
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yup...all the time. when i was a VISA/MC merchant our vendor agreement did not permit charging more to use plastic but was silent on discounts for cash. that was 20-years ago so those agreements have likely changed. ours also did not allow to set a minimum purchase amount in order to use the plastic but i see those signs in a lot of smaller stores.
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09-25-2019, 08:14 PM
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#82
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Western NC
Posts: 4,633
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Originally Posted by CardsFan
That's not gouging, that is supply and demand. Don't need gas right now. don't buy it.
Though the $50/gal is really out of whack. maybe $5-6/ gallon?
I read a column by Thomas Sowell (he is an economist) years ago saying that raising prices in a Hurricane or other emergency actually is the best way to "ration" the resources.
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Here if a natural disaster caused the outage & governor declared a state of emergency anti-gouging laws are in effect.
And the state attorney general's office will levy hefty fines against any station doing what you suggest.
So stations here would rather run out of fuel than raise the price & get fined.
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09-25-2019, 08:34 PM
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#83
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Portland
Posts: 1,713
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Originally Posted by joeea
and had a soup can thrown at me.
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LOL....if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a soup can
https://youtu.be/1ZXHsNqkDI4
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09-25-2019, 09:44 PM
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#84
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern IL
Posts: 26,891
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Originally Posted by RobbieB
Yeah, insures that poor people get the shaft as usual.
You say "out of whack" I say gouging.
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The poor people are gonna get the shaft to some degree anyhow. There is no perfect system. But as mentioned below, economists will explain that letting prices adjust to supply/demand is probably the best.
If prices are fixed, anyone with a little money (not just the "rich") may buy up more than they need, just in case. Then everyone runs out. The poor guy who wanted just as much as he needed doesn't get it, because there is none left. Maybe he wouldn't like paying $10 for a $1 item, but at least he might have that option, as fewer people will "stock up just in case" at $10.
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09-26-2019, 11:35 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Talking of poor people not getting what they need, I just remember about Venezuela. There is not much in the media about this in recent days. It was estimated that 90% of Venezuelans were suffering, and I am sure nothing has changed to make their life better.
After a while, miserable people are just forgotten, just like the Puerto Ricans and the Bahamians and all the unfortunate people before this. They would not mind a few cents more to fill up their gas guzzlers.
What? They have no gas guzzlers? How about their gas sippers? They walk? Lordy!
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09-26-2019, 11:37 AM
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#86
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by NW-Bound
They walk? Lordy!
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Yabbut, they eat cake while they're walking. 
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