>
> "NotMe" privacy.net> wrote in message

>>
>> By independents are you talking owner/operators or independent trucking
>> companies?
>>
>> My sample is admittedly small (and may not be representative) but none of
>> the owner operators I know personally are seeing any of the surcharge.
>>
>>

>
> We use both, but I'm referring to the owner/operator, the guy that pays
> the fuel bill. I'll have to ask them to be sure they are getting the
> money we are paying and not the brokers.

> The local Rip and Gyp has always fascinated me. On Monday, they have
> 10,000 gallons of gas delivered. On Tuesday, there's a war in Outer
> Karsfarkistan, and the price goes up 25 cents a gallon, even though
> the ten thousand gallons in the ground were bought at the pre
> Karsfarkistan War price. But, nonetheless, the price immediately
> goes up a quarter. Now, peace is declared in Outer Karsfarkistan,
> and it still takes three months for the price to ratchet down. A
> little.
> Fascinating. And yet, some clueless morons whine about oil companies
> gouging. They have nothing to do with what the local Rip and Gyp
> charges no matter how cheap they bought the gas.
>

> Oil chiefs say high prices not our fault
>
> By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago
>
> WASHINGTON - Don't blame us, oil industry chiefs told a skeptical
> Congress. Top executives of the country's five biggest oil companies
> said Tuesday they know record fuel prices are hurting people, but they
> argued it's not their fault and their huge profits are in line with
> other industries.
> ADVERTISEMENT
>
> Appearing before a House committee, the executives were pressed to
> explain why they should continue to get billions of dollars in tax
> breaks when they made $123 billion last year and motorists are paying
> record gasoline prices at the pump.
>
> "On April Fool's Day, the biggest joke of all is being played on
> American families by Big Oil," Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said, ...

>SteveB wrote:

>> The oil companies make 8 cents a gallon. Various governments tax it over a
>> dollar a gallon. Do the math, you fucking genius.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>

> So why do the companies show record profits?

>
> All of mine just say, "Do you want the shipment or don't you? I'm busy."
>
> Steve

>
> "SteveB" henderson.com> wrote in message

>>
>> All of mine just say, "Do you want the shipment or don't you? I'm busy."
>>
>> Steve

>
> Tim, from the broker we use just told me of a potential customer asking
> for a rate and it was $900. They asked if he could do better since Brand
> X was only $700. He said, "then use Brand X" The reply, of course, was
> "but they don't have any trucks available."
>
> We're in luck most of the time shipping outbound from New England. Rates
> are much cheaper than inbound the same distance. Going south to Virginia
> or NC I can still get about $1000. Coming north from the same locations
> it is about $1800. Comes down to supply and...

> "HeyBub" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:A5mdneMD2LnKa2nanZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@earthlink.com...
> | SteveB wrote:
> |
> | > The local Rip and Gyp has always fascinated me. On Monday, they have
> | > 10,000 gallons of gas delivered. On Tuesday, there's a war in Outer
> | > Karsfarkistan, and the price goes up 25 cents a gallon, even though
> | > the ten thousand gallons in the ground were bought at the pre
> | > Karsfarkistan War price. But, nonetheless, the price immediately
> | > goes up a quarter. Now, peace is declared in Outer Karsfarkistan,
> | > and it still takes three months for the price to ratchet down. A
> | > little.
> | > Fascinating. And yet, some clueless morons whine about oil companies
> | > gouging. They have nothing to do with what the local Rip and Gyp
> | > charges no matter how cheap they bought the gas.
> | >
> |
> | In Economics, this is called "Rocket Up, Feather Down." It is the way ...

>VRWC Destruction Machine wrote:

>> George Grapman paccbell.net> wrote in crayon...
>>

>>> SteveB wrote:

>>>> The oil companies make 8 cents a gallon. Various governments tax it over a

>>...