In a message dated 8/12/2005 1:39:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
graldrich@gmail.com writes:

All the  oil companies are recording record profits,that should tell
you we a  definitely being ripped off !
 
Woooaahh! Be careful who you blame, most take it out on the cashier working  
at the station that has no control over pricing. Neither would the  manager 
for that fact! Everyone thinks the stations make a huge profit but  that's not 
who is gouging you! It's the big oil companies like Shell, Chevron,  Tosco or 
making it easier any one of the oil refineries. Just because it's a  Shell or 
Chevron....ect...doesn't mean it's owned by a big oil company. Most in  the 
Phoenix area and Yuma are owned by smaller jobbers who have contracts will  the 
oil companies for a supply. Yes, they are making a lot of money but the  
complaining on this page will get yo no where! Start writing e-mails  to your 
Congress and State Representatives.  Actually they  are the ones to blame for all 
this mess! There use to be a lot of oil companies  competing against each other 
and the Feds let bigger companies buy out  smaller ones forming bigger 
corporations. Shell-Texaco was the first one with  Union, Chevron, Mobil all in bed 
together some way or another. With less  competition pricing will always go up 
and that's one of the worst  things they could of done. Just so you know Uncle 
Sam gets 37 cents for  every gallon, most station dealers make less than 10 
cents to pay for 3200  dollar light/AC bills, pollution insurance, theft/drive 
offs, permits  galore, equipment. Sometimes it's just not fun....want to yell 
in the proper  direction, start with the ones who ask for your vote. Next you 
can thank  the environmentalists but no one wants to see an oil well platform 
off the  coast or in Alaska. So, you get what you pay for! 
 
Robert
Jeep'en Jumpers