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Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:56 am to ragincajun03
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no different than any other politician
That's been painfully apparent for some time now.
He's not a Nazi, he's not the devil, he's not trying to be king. But he's also not some transformative figure, sacrificing his well being as he fights for the little guy.
He's just another politician.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:03 am to W2NOMO
True but it has been slower than normal to drop. As much as people whine about prices, they don't necessarily stop going to their normal gas station even though the guy right across the street is 40 cents cheaper.
Pre Katrina, almost every gas station had the same price. Except for that clown on Claiborne across from Tulane who was always higher than anyone else.
Now you can see HUGE differences in price because people still go to the spot they like and are used to going to.
I used 40 cents because on the way home from work, that is the difference between 2 gas stations. Right across from each other but on two different sides of Jeff Hwy.
Pre Katrina, almost every gas station had the same price. Except for that clown on Claiborne across from Tulane who was always higher than anyone else.
Now you can see HUGE differences in price because people still go to the spot they like and are used to going to.
I used 40 cents because on the way home from work, that is the difference between 2 gas stations. Right across from each other but on two different sides of Jeff Hwy.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:12 am to Ailsa
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the collapse of BP’s stock value due to the Gulf disaster
I don't even know where to start with that royal clusterfrick.
The fraud was off the charts. I have buddies that got BP money for their crawfish ponds.
Had guns drawn on my boat by the coast guard in Vermillion Bay.
There were not letting anyone in the Gulf at that time.
I wish I could have bought a condo at Turquoise Place. They were giving those things away right after the spill, and now they are worth more than double.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:14 am to Deuces
The one by me was $2.98 yesterday and this morning but it inexplicably just went back up to $3.39 sometime today. It doesn’t make any sense, oil is dropping like a rock.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:22 am to stout
There is a local mom pop type gas station by my house and over the years I have became somewhat friends with the owner of the station just because I am in there almost every day. He said that the way he prices gas for his station is 3 months in advance. He prices now what he thinks the gas will cost 3 months down the road. He said that the quick trip and racetracks down the street price the exact same way.
I don't know much about it but I tend to believe that he knows that he's talking about considering the gas station has been there since the 90s
I don't know much about it but I tend to believe that he knows that he's talking about considering the gas station has been there since the 90s
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:36 am to stout
Risk drives it up.
Market competition drives it down.
Market competition drives it down.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 10:39 am
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:45 am to W2NOMO
quote:This is infuriating to me, oil goes up and prices go up "you are paying for the next delivery", Goes down and it is "well, the gas in the tanks was high"
Gas at the pump is always quick to rise to reflect the price increase but always slow to drop once prices at the rack come down. I used to wait for my competitors to dropped before I would. It’s not just big oil. It’s distributors and retailers too.
As a trucking business owner, this is a huge problem. Do you raise prices, or do you wait it out, hard to raise prices when you are seeing oil drop. But until it reflects at the pump you just take an arse whipping.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:24 pm to Ten Bears
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Ahhhhhh…..so even though there is not a single identifiable difference between Trumps and Sanders statements, Trump’s statement is more nuanced and correct, reflecting a 4D chesss perspective?
Ahhhhhh.....so you don't understand context. That's really not surprising considering the number of times you people misinterpret Trump's words.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:27 pm to W2NOMO
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Gas at the pump is always quick to rise to reflect the price increase but always slow to drop once prices at the rack come down. I used to wait for my competitors to dropped before I would. It’s not just big oil. It’s distributors and retailers too.
And anyone with a functioning brain knows this.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:28 pm to stout
quote:Pray tell, what does this mean, comrade?
gouging
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:30 pm to stout
quote:So you wanted to gouge on other items, not gas? Fair.
so the huge margins on fountain drinks and the hot box were what I cared about.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:31 pm to loogaroo
quote:What are you alleging they are doing exactly?
Don’t forget the traders like Vitol and Trafigura.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:33 pm to stout
Someone with more expertise than me, but when I stated this recently, I got hammered... lol.
Quick jumps, very slow falls, milking mucho profit along the way -- In part because we're just glad it's not as high as it was.
Quick jumps, very slow falls, milking mucho profit along the way -- In part because we're just glad it's not as high as it was.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:43 pm to Big Scrub TX
Not at all what he said. Regular margins on gas and food are good already so what he’s saying(I think). Fountain drinks are crazy profitable. Bag of syrup and a tank, cups and straws and that one bag of syrup makes great money.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:55 pm to tiger1616
quote:What is "gouging" if not "huge margins"?
Not at all what he said. Regular margins on gas and food are good already so what he’s saying(I think).
Posted on 6/24/26 at 3:07 pm to TenWheelsForJesus
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Ahhhhhh.....so you don't understand context. That's really not surprising considering the number of times you people misinterpret Trump's words.
Lmao at, checks notes, “misinterpret Trump’s words”…are you for real? There is no context, and only a person that doesn’t speak English, or was in kindergarten, would misinterpret what Trump said.
You cannot even acknowledge that Trump said the exact same thing that the socialist Bernie Sanders said. Instead, you stupidly imply that there is some “context” that only you can understand that us “ignorant folk” fail to comprehend.
It must be so weird to be so blinded, so submissive, and so intellectually challenged that you can’t even call this out.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 3:40 pm to Ten Bears
President Trump speaks in tongues, you TDS Doubting Thomas heathen.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 10:05 pm to deltaland
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Margins on gas are razor thin so when oil rises gas stations must immediately price in the cost of their next shipment and raise prices accordingly to increase margins on their current inventory to cover some of the price hike.
When prices are going down? The next shipment will be cheaper. But somehow that’s not an immediate factor.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 10:33 pm to stout
Good for Orange here 
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