| in the world and by and large the largest retailer here in the US. What harm opec could do them they simply pass down to us while maintaining their margins all the time. So where is the motivation for the top of the market to be more reasonable and stay true to market conditions without artificially inflating prices for their gain? As the consumer you do business with EM at the retail end and can require margins at the retail side of business to operate on lower levels. If you ditch Exxon for another competitor regardless of the competitors pricing, you're only encouraging price-gouging. As their supply is depleted, prices will go up thus creating the problem you claim to be solving. Meanwhile Exxon can sit back and sell at the same price and be a more valuable buy, or maybe they'll raise prices because everyone else is - and consumers like you don't seem to care. Again no one is definitely being "put out of business" please give up on that silly fallacious over-exaggerating reasoning of yours, it is more worn out than last year's toothbrush. Your contention is that if everyone stops buying fuel at Exxon for an indefinite period of time, no small businesses will be shut down? You realize the majority of purchases at these stores include items they pick up only when purchasing fuel right? Again, Exxon can sell fuel to anyone, if you avoid the retail outlets, they'll sell to competitors. Again, if retail outlets have no income, they cannot pay their bills. I'm having trouble believing you really took any economics class at all. Many small businesses survive month to month, pumping stations being no exception. A month without fuel and auxiliary purchases made during fuel sales would surely put many out of business. Again, you say my argument is fallacious, but you provide no clear reasoning - just "you're wrong." Not making fuel purchases at Exxon will only serve to defeat the open market, telling fuel retailers that preference, not price drives consumer spending. When that happens, the universal price shift will be up - not down.
Recursively Yours,
Kenny...
PETZ Member #5
SteamyZ. Never had did me wrong. - SL103 07/06/04 11:58:15
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