Why do people pay 1$ for a bottled water  or 5$ for a Starbucks but complain about 3$ for gas ?
492004
Because they can't "blame Bush" for the bottled water or Starbucks.  Because they are idiots.  Because they got their "education" at a government sanctioned child abuse center (public school).
660325
id rather drink river water than pay $7 for a cup of foam. ykno, ive never been in a starbuks.
685342
well i followed the law of demand by on the items of soda prices went up or down.  ifi paid a $1.00 for it and the demand went up $1.25 then i won't buy to many and if the price was less for the bottle of soda like $0.75.  i'll buy more of the item of soda.
614146
they charge a lot more for water than we do here in NA.\nTherefore, it encourages people to conserve more.
597028
The money sucks.  The abuse from customers does not justify the slap in the face pay check and the 3rd grade rules.! \nSo HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT!
651426
Because they are all after one thing and one thing only, your money. Once they have your money they could give a shit less about your service. You are better off trying to figure it out yourself then trying to get them dumb asses to do it. Service in this country sucks big time. They are all money hungry!!!
218326
Ohio it cost about $0.35 if you were to buy to bottled by the gallon.  Out of the tap it is many time cheaper.
1038899
Yes, I read the same article.  Basically, it lets you buy gas that cheap because those people paid for the gas a few years ago.  The ones near 1 were probably before 2000?   And there are going to be a few near 2 dollars from a few years back.\n\nThere's always the risk that you have to wait for the prices to come back up if you locked in your gas at a relatively high price.  You're also spending money now instead of later, so the person gets your money and earns interest on it.
45528
I remember watching a vid withe a guy bringing a couple all sorts of bottled water from around the world. I mean we're talking $10 a bottle, but he let them sample them all. They noticed extreme differences to their liking.\n\nHis trick? Taking different shaped bottles into the back and filling them with hose water.\n\nMy point? It's pretty much a placebo effect. Kind of like seeing what you want to see ya know? I'm willing to bet that if you took a drink of one bottle, then the next, then were blind folded and drank each out of the glass, people couldn't pick the right one if you say had 6 bottles and had to do it 1,000 times. Because really, water is water. \n\nSpring water is clean, and that's why it will be better to a degree, but filtered water of the same temperature is just as good.
305792
it means they charge you .0090 extra cents per gallon. If the price says $1.00 9/10  it means they actually charge $1.009. Since their machines round up the price, it would cost you $1.01 to buy 1 gallon of gas.
378038
LOL, ha ha, funiest joke I heard all day, they know we will pay $3.00 a gallon now, it won't go back. Do I her $4.00
634499
A gallon of gas in Brazil is about 4$.  It's Venezuela that's the cheap one because the government heavily subsizdizes gas there.  The price is a mere 15 cents or around there.
507433
Oil prices are set by the market.  In other words, if people are willing to spend $72.00 a barrel, then why would oil companies charge less.  The market corrects itself.  If the prices are too high, people will purchase less oil.  If the prices are too low, the miniscule profit margin that the oil companies already face will diminish.  That is why we pay what we pay.  It is what it is WORTH to buyers.  Simple as that.  If you want lower gas prices, take the bus for a while and wait until the market decides that oil is not worth as much anymore.
333182
It's all about supply and demand, and right now Americans demand a lot of gas.  If we stopped filling our cars up and driving so much, the price of gas would (eventually) go down.  Think of it like this:  if you sell grapes at a farmers' market where grapes are normally 69 cents a pound, then suddenly everyone wants your grapes, you can raise the price of grapes until the point where people say that your grapes are too expensive (say, $2 a pound), and then they will stop buying them.  Now, economics and human behavior determine the point at which supply equals demand, and where those two lines cross is the top price people will normally pay for something - grapes, gas, etc.  \n\nGas prices won't go down until people reach the point where they say enough is enough.  Then they have to physically stop buying the gas.  Complaining about the price alone will not affect anything.
465036
I am a single mother also trying to save money, the best thing I have been able to do for myself it make out a very tight budget and instead of getting starbucks 4 times a week i get it once and buy a nicer coffee or instead of paying to get my nails done my girls friend and i have drinks and do it for each other. $10 here and there each week adds up.
466699
My point exactly...stop going to starbucks everyday or buy your lunch less often....Gas prices are not all that bad .....
408550
The problem with drinking bottled spring water is the dangerous effect it has on your wallet.