Gasoline #@%!! (urghhhh)

By Amy Laws

Education & Training with HL4LIFE

September 05, 2007 06:34 AM

Ok, so I just need to vent on this one. I didn't purchase gas in the morning, cause I was running late, figured I'd get it later in the afternoon. Well, wouldn't you know that by 4:30 the price had gone up 35 cents. That is a drastic increase. As an agent having to drive clients around, meeting them at houses, performing BPO's at random locations, etc., etc. This creates a major impact on our business. Has anyone else been frustrated by this issue?

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Mary Warren

Las Vegas, NV

35cents in a few hours time????? I've got to go catch up on the news and find out why? There is always a 'reason' supposedly. I thought maybe it would go up last week because of the holiday weekend and was surprised when it did not.

Sep 05, 2007 06:49 AM

Mike Klijanowicz

Cummings & Co. Realtors - Perry Hall, MD

Associate Broker @ Cummings & Co. Realtors

Definitely, I have tried to meet my prospects at my office and sometimes they will offer to drive! However, I never make them do that (unless they are close friends of mine), but I do make sure to point out that instead of wasting gas with both of us driving that I will be more than happy to waste mine on them and save theirs, which usually makes them feel good and gets a couple of laughs every once in a while too!

Sep 15, 2007 12:05 PM

Team Gagliardi Daytona Beach Real Estate

Re/Max Signature - Daytona Beach, FL

Gas is $2.86 in Daytona. It sure impacts our business. Most of my customers want to do drive-bys and then we tour those homes they are interested in.

Sep 17, 2007 02:50 PM

Amy Laws

HL4LIFE - Blacklick, OH

Michael - how true, by offering to drive they will get the sense of us having their best interest in mind.

Gagliardi's - when I wrote this one, it was $2.75 and went up to $3.09. I can definately relate to where you are, especially during high tourist seasons. You've got so much more to deal with, groceries, restaurants, pretty much everything.

Sep 17, 2007 04:12 PM

Art Blanchet

On the Outside Lookin' In - Sebastian, FL

Stranger in a Warm Land

It hasn't gotten much better - refinerys are said to be at breakeven in the US and prices will go up very soon. Sorry...

Oct 29, 2007 01:47 AM

Steve Hula

All Star Real Estate - Clarksville, AR

All Star Real Estate - Team Hula

It appears that as America finds ways to use less and less gas, OPEC will simply cut production and cause the price to go up to insure their profits will not drop. We must go all electric or simple water to Hydrogen production under the hood, not stored in bottles. The price of gas is having a huge negative effect on a home owner's income/debit ratio! A few years ago when a buyer did a loan application, it did not take into account the price of fuel and the effects that this price increase has on all consumer products across the board! When I bought my home 3 years ago, I was spending about $50 a week, or about $250 month on gas. I now spend about 4 times that amount, around $800 a month for the same amount of gas! I don't know many home owner's who can absorb that kind of a price jump in the monthly budget! The price of gas has now cost many a home owner their monthly house payment! The big oil people in Washington are making more money than ever, and their personal stake in the economy is better than ever! I hope that the working class can all just hang on until the elections! In other countries around the world, the citizens would rebel and would not stand for their government to allow this to happen! Why do we? I remember when the oil companies attempted to reduce oil production when Clinton was in. He threatened to tap into our huge oil reserves. OPEC quickly brought the price of oil back down.

Mar 11, 2008 02:05 AM