Fighting the Gas Price Gouging Blues

How can a gas station have one price on their billboard but when you get to the pumps they show a much higher price? The Marvon station on Highway 30 in Athens had gas priced at less than $4.00 for high grade on thier billboard, when you got to the pumps it was $4.08 for regular and $4.19 for the high grade

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As far as gas gouging goes, we know that gas station in Murphy,NC was sticking it to the people. Please do a follow up on this after the State investigates them. In a local paper they even said they purchased the fuel at a higher cost then sold it at a loss (yea,right).

Why do stations go up 2 or 4 times a day? They don't get gas in that often. If they have to pay more for it OK, but they go up on gas they've already bought at a cheaper price! That is wrong!!
The Rocky Top Stations in Spring City and Rockwood raised their prices as soon as Ike was heard of!
On Friday it jumped from $3.59 to $4.59 and then up to $4.99 while the Piggy Wiggle was $4.19. In Chattanooga it was $3.84. Rocky Top should be finded!
When the first Plane hit the tower they jumped their price 10 cents for no reason! I do not trade with them.

I keep seeing that Barrels are going for $95.00. What is being ignored is that this is the price for Crude Oil and not Gasoline. A 55 gallon drum of Crude Oil does not provide 55 gallons of Gasoline. Yes, crude oil is currently down. It takes time for prices to drop, just as it took time for prices to rise, not withstanding the recent run. For months I had been reading that Crude Oil prices were going up several dollars a day, but prices at the pump rose meagerly a few pennies a day at most. The run on gas can be attributed to several factors, most of which have been covered above, so I will not repeat them. I will say that it is our own greed and feeling that we shouldn't have to be bothered by a regional problem even though we live in that region. People seem to feel entitled to do what they want without regard for their actions. The Tennessee Valley citizens should be happy they only pay what they do, if you look at the Gas Maps, our area is certainly priced lower than many others. If you don't want to pay for gas, then dont. Sell your houses, move closer to where you need to be. Walk to work. Ride a bike. No one forces you to pay for gas. It is your own desire to continue with the lifestyle you live. I bought a car recently and the gas milage is terrible, but you know what, I knew that when I bought it. I don't go running around complaining it costs too much to drive. Deal with.

when my husband and I left Morristown to visit family
in New York on thurs. gas at the pump was $3.59, when
we returned late Sun. night, it was $4.05!and rising.
Why? I also call this gas goughing. The barrel of gas
is at $95.00, so why are the people that are responsible for this getting away with this? I am for
hefting a very large fine for the responsible parties.
My husband and I are retired seniors and this situation is very hard on us, imagine the people that
have families and work for a living how hard it must
be for them,and everybody else. Please help to bring
gas prices down.

It's really rather funny that the main culprits who should be blamed for this gas panic are the ones now complaining about it and doing stories about it for the news everyday... meaning the MEDIA. They only hurt themselves as well as everyone else by exploiting the rumor of prices jumping. The prices would NOT have spiked more than $.50 nor would there have been nearly as many shortages had it not been for the rumor causing people to panic. I work for a huge corporation that owns gas stations, and I know first hand the ridiculous panic that went on. And when the panic began, did gas stations immediately raise their prices? No. It wasn't until stations began to sell out of gas that they had to raise the prices and they did so because it became harder to get gas to these places since so many of them sold out. A gas delivery truck can only carry enough on a load to entirely fill the tank at ONE gas station and only one grade can be brought on one truck. So, if many stations are out, either some are going to have to do without or some are only going to be able to have a fraction of what is really needed.
I'm not at all sticking up for the gas corporation, but people need to be more understanding that there's only so much that can be done in times like this. And the only people that consumers can blame is the media and each other. Was it really necessary for people to be bringing out their boats, ATV's, lawn mowers, and gas cans to hog up the gas? If it's so tragic that oil production should have to shut down for a few days and gas might run low, should taking out your boats and four wheelers be a high priority? No, I don't think so. I saw people all weekend tearing up the roads as if this shortage didn't make a difference, and these were the same people who were getting into fights trying to get gas two nights before. It will never cease to amaze me how people can be so selfish in times like these when we need to band together.
You know why they charge us this much for gas?? Because they CAN. Why can they? Because WE allow it. We sit back and take it because we're all just thinking, "But what can I do about it?"

A lot of the stations in Chatsworth and Dalton or out of gas. Does anyone know if and when there will be more gas at these stations.

Barrel prices are now at $95 We are being gouged at the pump and it does not matter who is to blame, it is just greed, and hurting the hard working American trying to get to work or other very necessary places, like school, doctor appoitments, etc. No excuses accepted, Janet