Here is a topic thatshould be affecting and have everyone’s attention, including my readers outside of Arizona. This is bugging me enoughthat I felt compelled to write about it. Has anyone else noticed that even though the price of crude oil and wholesale gas have gone down a couple of times this week, the price at the pump still goes up???!!!
Some people have said to me “well, that’s because they are making up for the loss they were suffering when the price originally moved up.â€? However, I do not buy that as, from my casual observation point, the price at the pump went up immediately as the price of crude and wholesale gas went up; for example – when the world started getting nervous about Iran.
I am not a conspiracy person by any stretch of the imagination. Yet, when I see things like this I do have to wonder if there is someone (the retailers?) that is behind this. However, instead of it being a “conscience conspiracy,� I am thinking that this is more of an un-conscience thing. An event happens (Iran rattles its so called sword, capacity problems, etc.), and so a retailer raises their prices in anticipation. Then, other retailers notice that the competition raised their price, so they raise their’s just out of standard business practices. Then, maybe the first one notices that the other retailer raised their price, so they raise theirs. And on, and on, and on…. As everyday this week I watched prices go up all over town – yet, the world markets are not.
As you drive around, look at the prices and listen to the news. Watch and see if you notice the same thing. Then, consider being concerned, as this will affect us a lot more than other things that have been on fire in the news, i.e., immigration.
