Re: Gas prices

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 9, 11:56 am, "alarman" <nos...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> tourman wrote:
> > On May 9, 12:22 am, "alarman" <nos...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> 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?
>
> >>>>> 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.
>
> >>>>> 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 !!
>
> >>>>> Time to join the rest of the world !!
>
> >>>> Get over yourself, you self righteous, pontificating jackass.
>
> >>>> --
> >>>> js
>
> >>>> The voices in my head told me to clean my guns today.
>
> >>> 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.
>
> >>> Oh btw, time to go metric like the rest of the world as well....
>
> >> Uh, yeah, I'd say you struck a nerve. Most of us here ARE struggling
> >> with increased fuel costs, and not just the gas we put in our tanks.
> >> You see, we 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 socialist bent and the taxes that support it.
> >> So track that, Bob.
>
> >> --
> >> js
>
> >> The voices in my head told me to clean my guns today.
>
> > 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 !!  And there is no
> > doubt it will only get far worse with the Chinese demand for fuel
> > helping drive the price up !
>
> > 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.
>
> No, you missed my point. Rising fuel prices don't just affect driving, they
> affect everything else we buy. (Have you been to the grocery store lately?)
>
> Be surprised all you want.  You say that we don't know how much our true
> costs are, while gleefully shaking your canadian finger at Americans
> complaining about increased fuel costs. Some of us are not just playing at
> business. Get over yourself.
> --
> js
>
> The voices in my head told me to clean my guns today.

RHC: Wagging my finger at you Jack??? Hardly ! I see no happiness for
anyone of us who have to endure these prices. They WILL affect
everything we do or buy in the near future. My point is that we have
to know what our cost increases are and you can't do that without
knowing how it's going to affect all the other things in society that
affect us. I might have a bit of an advantage over some since I have a
proprietary software program for this purpose that I used when I
worked for a large organization. It's old, and probably outdated, but
it works beautifully for calculating what I need to set my rates. The
only problem right now is I can't predict where everything else is
going price wise, so I'm in the dark as much as anyone for the moment.
But I did plug in the fuel increases and they didn't affect the bottom
line more than 2% on the short term....long term ?....we'll see.

My original point was that you guys south of the border don't really
have that much to complain about regarding prices. It's all relative I
suppose, but you still have some of the cheapest gas in the world down
there, while everyone else has been suffering high prices all along
(whatever the cause....). Sorry you seem to have  taken  that as a
personal slight.....