I AM GLAD THIS IS HAPPENING. I THINK AMERICA IS A ***** HOLE.
Impact of high gas prices hits far and wide
Pump pain could affect price of pizzas, flowers, landscaping
John L. Russell / AP file
Jeff Tetu, who drives between 600-800 miles a week with a northern
Michigan delivery service, fills up his truck's tank at a gasoline
station, costing $77, April 26, in Traverse City, Mich.
Updated: 5:36 p.m. ET April 28, 2006
The rising price of gasoline could do more than drive up the cost of
commuting or taking a vacation. It could also force you to pay a little
extra to have your lawn mowed, send flowers to your sweetheart, get a
pizza delivered or have a flat tire fixed.
Around the country, from a florist in Delaware to a pizza maker in
Chicago, businesses that use lots of gasoline to make deliveries and
service calls are raising their prices =E2=80=94 or seriously thinking about
it =E2=80=94 to cover their costs.
In many cases, these businesses are also being hit with fuel surcharges
by their suppliers. And that, too, is putting pressure on them to pass
the costs along to their customers.
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The situation demonstrates the many small ways in which $3-a-gallon
gasoline could affect ordinary people.
Leigh Sorrells, owner of a bike shop in Danbury, Conn., said that
because of higher fuel prices, bicycle makers are charging him an extra
$3 to $5 for each bike shipped. He said he has yet to raise prices, but
is giving customers fewer freebies, such as bike accessories.
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In Dover, Del., Jen-Mor Florists, with a fleet of six trucks that
generally handle 100 deliveries a day, has scaled back last-minute
deliveries at the edge of its territory to just one run per day.
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livery.
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costs, and he may have to increase it again.
ALSO ON THIS STORY
NBC: More on the ripple effect of fuel prices
In Greenville, Texas, Crew Cut Lawns, a landscaping and lawn care
service with $180,000 worth of equipment and four gas-guzzling
Suburbans, has raised prices 5 percent and stopped offering free
irrigation estimates to outlying callers.
At American Tire Inc. shop in Wheeling, W.Va., Tom Fredericks has
doubled his $5 charge for road service calls to fix flat tires. He said
he may also have to increase prices for tires, which are made from oil.
Connie=E2=80=99s Pizza, a Chicago-based chain that makes about 10 million
pies a year, has a fleet of 60 delivery trucks that use a total of
$10,000 to $12,000 in gas per week, president Marc Stolfe said.
The company charges a $2 delivery fee. But because of the run-up in
gasoline prices, that no longer covers the overhead costs, Stolfe said.
So far, he has yet to raise the delivery charge for fear of losing
business.
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he said. =E2=80=9CIf
this is permanent, I don=E2=80=99t know where else you can go.=E2=80=9D
While filling up his four-wheeler at a gas station in East Peoria,
Ill., Jason Johnson, 36, said that if pizza shops start charging more
for delivery, he will stop having pizza delivered.
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it, I=E2=80=99m not
going to pay them to bring it to me,=E2=80=9D he said.
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prices for all sorts of products. =E2=80=9CWe don=E2=80=99t have a choice. =
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=80=9CIf it
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28 Apr 2006 07:33:43 PM |
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....but still, all my electronic gadgets seems to be getting cheaper and
cheaper...
"***** you" <bghilliotti@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1146260662.916200.75600@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
I AM GLAD THIS IS HAPPENING. I THINK AMERICA IS A ***** HOLE.
Impact of high gas prices hits far and wide
Pump pain could affect price of pizzas, flowers, landscaping
John L. Russell / AP file
Jeff Tetu, who drives between 600-800 miles a week with a northern
Michigan delivery service, fills up his truck's tank at a gasoline
station, costing $77, April 26, in Traverse City, Mich.
Updated: 5:36 p.m. ET April 28, 2006
The rising price of gasoline could do more than drive up the cost of
commuting or taking a vacation. It could also force you to pay a little
extra to have your lawn mowed, send flowers to your sweetheart, get a
pizza delivered or have a flat tire fixed.
Around the country, from a florist in Delaware to a pizza maker in
Chicago, businesses that use lots of gasoline to make deliveries and
service calls are raising their prices - or seriously thinking about
it - to cover their costs.
In many cases, these businesses are also being hit with fuel surcharges
by their suppliers. And that, too, is putting pressure on them to pass
the costs along to their customers.
Story continues below ?
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advertisement
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The situation demonstrates the many small ways in which $3-a-gallon
gasoline could affect ordinary people.
Leigh Sorrells, owner of a bike shop in Danbury, Conn., said that
because of higher fuel prices, bicycle makers are charging him an extra
$3 to $5 for each bike shipped. He said he has yet to raise prices, but
is giving customers fewer freebies, such as bike accessories.
"It's all going to come around, and that's the downside," he
said. "Whether it's food, my stuff, this stuff, that stuff -
everything is going to get more expensive."
In Dover, Del., Jen-Mor Florists, with a fleet of six trucks that
generally handle 100 deliveries a day, has scaled back last-minute
deliveries at the edge of its territory to just one run per day.
"We've had a lot of waste, like running 15 miles for one delivery.
We've had to open our eyes to some of those things," said florist
John Zimmerman.
Several months ago, he said, he raised his delivery charge by as much
as $1 - the cost is now $6 to $10 - but that doesn't cover his
costs, and he may have to increase it again.
ALSO ON THIS STORY
NBC: More on the ripple effect of fuel prices
In Greenville, Texas, Crew Cut Lawns, a landscaping and lawn care
service with $180,000 worth of equipment and four gas-guzzling
Suburbans, has raised prices 5 percent and stopped offering free
irrigation estimates to outlying callers.
At American Tire Inc. shop in Wheeling, W.Va., Tom Fredericks has
doubled his $5 charge for road service calls to fix flat tires. He said
he may also have to increase prices for tires, which are made from oil.
Connie's Pizza, a Chicago-based chain that makes about 10 million
pies a year, has a fleet of 60 delivery trucks that use a total of
$10,000 to $12,000 in gas per week, president Marc Stolfe said.
The company charges a $2 delivery fee. But because of the run-up in
gasoline prices, that no longer covers the overhead costs, Stolfe said.
So far, he has yet to raise the delivery charge for fear of losing
business.
"We're trying to find other ways to reduce costs," he said. "If
this is permanent, I don't know where else you can go."
While filling up his four-wheeler at a gas station in East Peoria,
Ill., Jason Johnson, 36, said that if pizza shops start charging more
for delivery, he will stop having pizza delivered.
"I'm just the kind of person that if I'm paying for it, I'm not
going to pay them to bring it to me," he said.
But Roland Lahne, 70, is resigned to the prospect of paying higher
prices for all sorts of products. "We don't have a choice. You
can't do without. You have to pay the price," he said. "If it
costs more, I have to pay more."
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28 Apr 2006 08:26:30 PM |
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"Nimble" <d@c.com> Spat the Words
...but still, all my electronic gadgets seems to be getting cheaper and
cheaper...
This is illusion... the classic bait-and-switch. They will reel
you in, then put the BIG squeeze on you. One minute they're a
novelty, the next minute you can't live without them. Flee now...
run for the hills... save yourselves !!
"***** you" <bghilliotti@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1146260662.916200.75600@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
I AM GLAD THIS IS HAPPENING. I THINK AMERICA IS A ***** HOLE.
Impact of high gas prices hits far and wide
Pump pain could affect price of pizzas, flowers, landscaping
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28 Apr 2006 10:30:30 PM |
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Exactamundo !!!
I don't get reeled in by all these newfangled gadgetry !!!
FRICK the MP-3 players, apple i-pods, blackberries & other subversive
tools of the zionazi douche-bags !!!
Besides, my mobile phone does all this & more !!!
HOOROO
UNCLE WALLY (expletive deleted ;-)
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28 Apr 2006 05:24:22 PM |
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Impact of high gas prices hits far and wide
Pump pain could affect price of pizzas, flowers, landscaping
Wow, they might have to have and Indy or Daytona 250. Just think of it,
shorter tractor pulls and maybe they might have to go to war with Canada
since our arsenal of WMD's poses such a threat and their bombers won't have
to fly as far. Think of all the savings and maybe they can put our prime
minister on trial and hang the *****. What a thought.
Regards
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