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To: cirrus who wrote (100929)	9/6/2011 11:19:06 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

In the end, there is a price for screwing people. People are not oblivious to what's happening. This free market crap is a bunch of BS. When gouging becomes the norm, then something has to change. The refiners and retailers charge what the market will bear. Trying to figure it out is like herding cats. Ain't gonna happen. There's a guy off Interstate 80 in the Poconos who raises is price 30 cents a gallon for the weekend tourist crowd. Monday his prices go back down. Locals know enough to fill up Monday through Friday. His public response? The Holiday Inn across the highway raises its room rates for the weekends and no one complains. Why can't he raise his gas prices on weekends like the hotel? If the Philly/NYC crowd doesn't want to pay $3.99 let them fill up at home. They pay $3.99 at home? Well, then how's he gouging them?