# Gas prices- wtf?

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices-wtf/247796
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [October 22, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices-wtf/247796 "2009-10-22T18:39:01Z")
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### Author: ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices-wtf/247796/26 "2009-10-22T19:36:57Z")

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> [@Official 24 Thread - 2007](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-24-thread-2007/22722/176):
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> Pjb you don’t play the stock market do ya? If not then oil is the only example of a constantly changing consumer product and without understanding the science behind it, it will be confusing.
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> Keep in mind a few things, most gas stations are privately owned so don’t blame the oil companies for the numbers going up or running the goverment.
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> Also keep in mind that most oil corporations are just that corporations which means they are owned by the share holders, which is us, and the general market economy which controls the crude oil price.
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> Finally gas stations do it because there is logic behind it, along with money, and frankly because they just can. Their profit is still extrmely small one way or another on a per gallon basis. You give more profit % to any candy bar you’ve ever bought than a gallon gas, but why are you mad against the gas?

Ive got like 3 worthless Trustco stocks. Not even worth getting rid of.

From what I understand the stations raise their prices because the gas companies do.

I dont believe the BS that gas stations only make 3 cents on a gallon or whatever they claim to be making. If there wasnt a decent profit they would find something with a greater profit margin to sell.

A $1 candy bar wont break me but having to spend $65+ on a tank of gas once or twice a week sure can drain my wallet.

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