Gas and credit cards...

From www.newsfare.com comes this commentary on both:

I just filled up my tank and asked a few questions. My kids hate this. “Dad, shut up!”

At $2.35, according to the guys at the station, regular gasoline is “the highest we’ve ever been.”
And going up. “It usually goes up on weekends.” They get a fax or email informing them their cost has risen. After adding a profit margin, they post the new prices.

What price would it take to make people buy less?

Shaking their heads, they’re not sure. It’s summertime. People will go on vacation, no matter what.

Three dollars? Five dollars?

“Three dollars would do it. Not make ‘em stop, just slow ‘em down a little.” The station owner pauses.

“What’s happening now, they’re all using credit cards. Two, three months, when those bills start coming in, then they’ll think about it.”

Everybody’s using credit cards? (I had just used mine.) You mean, even people who usually use cash?”

“Oh, yeah. Don’t forget, some of these campers, that’s a $65 fill up.”

The other man chimes in. “And you’d be surprised how many bad cards there are out there.”

How long has that been — I mean, the credit cards?

Staring into the air a moment, “I’d say the last month or two.”
Jul 15, 2005, 8:28 am Permalink
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And the Chinese want to buy one of our big oil companies? Hah!
Wrap.