Archive for the Tag 'gouging'

So Granholm/Cox, if someone found a station gouging…

Last time I called the Michigan AG on gas price gouging, I was given sympathy “Oh, I know its terrible, isn’t it?”, I had accurate information, the station address, and NOTHING WAS DONE. No questions asked, no investigation, no taking of my name and information, no taking of the other information I had as well.
Will [...]

$4.09 comes a bit late, whats next?

First off, any rumor of $4.50+ gas in the Midwest is FALSE.
Just home from work and posting here to help aid in killing false rumors.
First of all, don’t expect shortages of gas. There is no need to panic buy, prices will come down over time, but the worse thing folks can do is think there [...]

Diesel consumers: your price drops are here!

I think you’ll agree with me on this one- Diesel consumers have LONG awaited the price drops that gasoline has seen. Since gasoline has dropped mid-July, diesel HAS followed its drop on the wholesale market, BUT for some reason, those price drops really never made it to large chain retailers. Even as I write this, [...]

Most West Michigan BP stations getting me angry

BP has generally been my station of choice for quite some time, but things have slowly been starting to frustrate me with many of the local BP stations (look at GRGP tonight! ALL the high priced stations are BP! ELEVEN!). For one- while they had been typically running 9-cents more for a higher grade, they [...]

Need I say more? Speedway reelin’ it in!

THIS POST EDITED AT 4:20PM EDT 7/18/08
Speedway Station at Michigan and Fuller STILL charging $4.25 as of Friday mid-morning!

[IMAGE: Cost to large branded station (AS LOW AS) $3.67 VS Retail Price, as high as $4.25]

Lawsuit against Speedway/Super America/Marathon!?

I encourage ALL who are reading this to comment and speak up!! Leave your comments HERE
Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced groundbreaking
litigation filed today in Franklin Circuit Court against Marathon Oil
Corporation, Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC and Speedway SuperAmerica,
LLC, charging the corporations with profiteering during the time of
emergency following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The companies are
alleged [...]

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