Re: Gas prices

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On May 9, 7:37=EF=BF=BDam, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On May 9, 12:22 am, "alarman" <nos...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > tourman wrote:
> > > On May 8, 8:02 pm, "alarman" <nos...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> tourman wrote:
> > >>> On May 5, 3:23 pm, "Bob Worthy" <secur...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >>>> What is everyone doing about the rising gas prices with service
> > >>>> trucks on the road. Raising service call charges? Adding trip
> > >>>> charges? Fuel charge? What is working best for
> > >>>> residential/commercial? Is there a difference?
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> > >>> RHC: Other than trading in the 6 cylinder truck for a smaller four
> > >>> cylinder vehicle (timing was right), absolutely nothing !! High gas
> > >>> prices have always been a part of Canadian life; we pay over $5 for
> > >>> the equivalent of a US gallon, so puny price increases of 25 cents a=

> > >>> gallon to $3.50 a gallon are nothing !! I've been tracking my fuel
> > >>> costs for some time now and I can see where recent increases don't
> > >>> amount to much in the overall total costs of running the business.
> > >>> If you feel the need to raise customer rates substantially because
> > >>> of fuel cost increases of late, I can only figure that you are not
> > >>> really in tune with how much your true costs are, and you're simply
> > >>> passing on your "cost assumptions" to customers.
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> > >>> Americans feel that they have a God given right to two things...the
> > >>> right to keep and bear arms, and the right to low gas prices ! On
> > >>> the first, I wholeheartedly agree; on the second, I can only
> > >>> say..."get over it". Much higher gas prices are here to stay and
> > >>> will get even higher in the future !!
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> > >>> Time to join the rest of the world !!
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> > >> Get over yourself, you self righteous, pontificating jackass.
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> > >> --
> > >> js
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> > >> The voices in my head told me to clean my guns today.
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> > > Tsk, tsk....struck a nerve did I ? You guys piss and moan about high
> > > prices while the rest of the world suffers double what you pay and has=

> > > for many years.
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> > > Oh btw, time to go metric like the rest of the world as well....
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> > Uh, yeah, I'd say you struck a nerve. Most of us here ARE struggling wit=
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> > increased fuel costs, and not just the gas we put in our tanks. You see,=
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> > actually have to make a living in this business. If you don't get that, =
then
> > perhaps YOU are the one who is not in tune with what the true costs of
> > running a business are. And, OBTW, we have, so far, rejected your social=
ist
> > bent and the taxes that support it. So track that, Bob.
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> > --
> > js
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> > The voices in my head told me to clean my guns today.
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> RHC: Jack, I think you missed my point. Gas prices ARE rising and damn
> quickly. Just last night, our pump prices went up 3 cents a litre
> OVERNIGHT (this equates to about 12 cents a US gallon). I'm not
> suggesting that we don't have to take into account these rising costs;
> however, at the moment they don't represent that much of an increase
> in the overall cost of running a business. Perhaps if you have a large
> number of vehicles on the road, it may well be different. If you're
> looking into the costs of doing business next year in order to set
> your rates, yes they will have an effect. And once the economy adjusts
> to take into account these costs, every damn thing will be going up
> right across the board, and THAT will affect costs far more. But when
> you put your immediate increased gas costs into your annual cost
> spreadsheet, they aren't as great as they first appear. Next
> year...well, that may be a far different thing !! =EF=BF=BDAnd there is no=

> doubt it will only get far worse with the Chinese demand for fuel
> helping drive the price up !
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> My so called "socialist bent" aside, I'm surprised at your "come
> back". You should know by now I can't be insulted. I would have
> expected a more intelligent response from you.-

Well, you beat me to it but I was just about to come back at you with
the fact that the increases are being instituted by everyone that we
do buisness with .... so it's not just what we pay in increased fuel
prices. I haven't done a comparison yet to last year but I'd expect
that my costs are up at least 15% over last year and likely 20% over
the year before. Prices for parts alone go up at the minimum of 4 to
5% every year. Next year I'm sure it will be even more to include all
the fuel related increases the suppliers are getting now. Crikey, even
my water delivery guy is charging a $5.00 surcharge on water delivery.
And this is just the beginning of the overall reaction to the fuel
increases. Everyone thought it was going to go up for a while and come
back down, like it has done the last few times. This aint gonna happen
this time. Too many other factors like China are in the mix now. Price
of fuel is up and it's gonna stay up and it's never coming down again.
Time to increase your prices too. No surcharge. No temporary fee.
Raise your prices if you want to stay in business. Stay ahead of the
curve. Those that don't will be too far behind once they realize their
costs have eaten away at their profit.

There's nothing like finding out too late that there's too much month
left at the end of the money.