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Cubenisseur
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Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes
#8706369 - 07/31/08 08:10 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah know, We can really only fight with our "consumer dollar"...
Please stop paying this corperation for it's gas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_exxon_mobil
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badchad
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Cubenisseur]
#8706382 - 07/31/08 08:21 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Unfortunately, many people are dependent on gas. People won't stop buying until it gets too expensive to do so, or there are cheap, convenient alternatives.
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Syle
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: badchad]
#8706390 - 07/31/08 08:24 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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god dammit, this shit pisses me off. SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO BUY GAS BECAUSE THEIR WAY OF LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
not all of us can ride a bike to work. not all of us can work without expending gas. not all of us can get home without using gas. that fucking computer you're typing your posts on was delivered in a vehicle driven on a tank of gasoline or diesel.
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Syle]
#8706414 - 07/31/08 08:33 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Then buy gas from people that aren't exxon at the least.
I fucking hate exxon. They ruined the railroad systems in the US when it was starting, and now thanks to them we depend on trucks more than trains (huge hulking transportation machines!!!) to transport our shit. And we depend on our own transport to get us places.
He didn't say all gas. He said 'this corporation'. Fuck Exxon.
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Cubenisseur
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Drewwyann]
#8706578 - 07/31/08 09:41 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
He didn't say all gas. He said 'this corporation'. Fuck Exxon
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anyone420
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Cubenisseur]
#8706581 - 07/31/08 09:46 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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funny story about exxon
only gas station within 10 min of my house was an exxon for years, and i never went once because of how massively expensive it was compared to other places.
nobody else did either apparantly, because it got replaced by a sunoco about 2 weeks ago.
Every time i get gas now, or drive by, theres a 4 car wait for gas at that place, when it was a ghost town before.
people whine about wall mart and other companys being unfair, but capitalism works, consumers do care, and they will stop buying from places, and companys will be hurt.
just takes a little time to catch up
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Cubenisseur]
#8706591 - 07/31/08 09:52 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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I didn't buy Exxon gas because of the Valdez incident. And they hardly paid enough money to clean it up.
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metalmorph
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Syle]
#8706599 - 07/31/08 09:55 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Syle said: god dammit, this shit pisses me off. SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO BUY GAS BECAUSE THEIR WAY OF LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
not all of us can ride a bike to work. not all of us can work without expending gas. not all of us can get home without using gas. that fucking computer you're typing your posts on was delivered in a vehicle driven on a tank of gasoline or diesel.
but you have a choice on who to buy it from.
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Cowgold
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Cubenisseur]
#8706613 - 07/31/08 10:01 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'll just let them make their money as long as they can get their products to the public at competitive prices.
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Cubenisseur]
#8706890 - 07/31/08 11:27 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm not sure what your objection is. That they are making money?
I still own a car, I still buy gas, at $1.35/L it's still worth it to me. Am I bad?
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Irdamage
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#8706895 - 07/31/08 11:28 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thats an obscene amount of profit. Just short of disgraceful.
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Irdamage]
#8706905 - 07/31/08 11:30 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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So a certain amount of profit is morally justifiable, after that it's disgraceful? What is this magic number?
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Irdamage]
#8706906 - 07/31/08 11:30 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Not so much when you consider the risk and exposure that comes with revenue that high.
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Cubenisseur
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#8706937 - 07/31/08 11:39 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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WhiskeyClone said: So a certain amount of profit is morally justifiable, after that it's disgraceful? What is this magic number?
You make a good point, but I don't think there is a "magic number".
There's a line between FAIR profit and UNFAIR profit. This is an obvious situation of UNFAIR profiteering.
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DieCommie
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Cubenisseur]
#8706939 - 07/31/08 11:40 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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They are the biggest company in the country, they should have the biggest profit.
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This is an obvious situation of UNFAIR profiteering.
No, not at all. Their profit margin is not very high compared to other companies, its about 10%. Many companies have a profit margin much higher than that.
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Irdamage
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#8706940 - 07/31/08 11:40 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Morals don't enter into the obscenity of it. I personally find it disgusting that they have made record profits, after massive cost increases to their consumers. During a very economically unstable time (prices increase around the boards because of this increase).
A company should not be breaking profit records for a product while at the same time explaining how the price increases are completely necessary.
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Cubenisseur
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: DieCommie]
#8706943 - 07/31/08 11:41 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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So you support them and feel that they are a fair and honest company?
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DieCommie
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Cubenisseur]
#8706952 - 07/31/08 11:44 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Cubenisseur said: So you support them and feel that they are a fair and honest company?
I dont support boycotting them, and feel their profit margin is acceptable. Only about $0.80 per gallon you buy goes to their profit. Even if they made no money at all and fucked over all of their share holders, your gas would only be $0.80 cheaper.
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Cubenisseur
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Cubenisseur]
#8706953 - 07/31/08 11:44 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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A company should not be breaking profit records for a product while at the same time explaining how the price increases are completely necessary. [/quote
Yeah, what he said!
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Irdamage
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Re: Please STOP buying Gas From These Pukes [Re: Irdamage]
#8706955 - 07/31/08 11:44 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Absolutely these rising costs are necessary! Its running out and it costs a great deal of time and money to find more! Oh...also...on a totally unrelated topic I happened to make more money this year than I ever have EVER"
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