Buy Gasoline like eggs.... - Page 2

tommykat · 04-20-2006, 09:07 PM

Buy Gasoline like eggs

A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two doze at a time.

One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly."

This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business.

The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on. As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there.

He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs. Then week before Thanksgiving the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "cakes and baking for the holiday." The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc happen.

This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man says "there must be something we can do about the price of eggs." He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day.

The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week.

The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs and would not need any for at least two weeks. At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs.

To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price. The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the %$&^*&% eggs even if they were free."

The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time." "Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start buying by the dozen again."

The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers. They liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, them chickens just kept on laying.

Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few cents. The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "When the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen."

Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for.

Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while. And them chickens kept on laying.

Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price. And the customers starting buying by the dozen again.

Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry. What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled to the pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the Middle East.

Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop for gas twice a week but, the price should come down. Think about it.

As an added note...When I buy $10.00 worth of gas, that leaves my tank a little under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas for $2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not understand the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff.

Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no bread, milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may not see this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them out where you buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting them on windshields at the mall.

Makes sense to me, how about you? Everyone should read this and send it on! Then when it works, you can say "hey, I helped bring the price back down!"

RON GRIEP

A thought at least.

**morphius** · 04-20-2006, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kcchiefsguru

What is the damn love affair with gas guzzling SUVs anyway.

Well, with the fact that every kid under 8 needs a car seat, maybe you can explain what people are supposed to drive? You can't fit 4 car seats side by side in any vehicle that I know of.

Of course I don't think there is a real shortage either, I see so many gas stations just running out of fuel all the time. A lot of the price right now is fear driven, not actual supply and demand.

**007** · 04-20-2006, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by morphius

Well, with the fact that every kid under 8 needs a car seat, maybe you can explain what people are supposed to drive? You can't fit 4 car seats side by side in any vehicle that I know of.

Of course I don't think there is a real shortage either, I see so many gas stations just running out of fuel all the time. A lot of the price right now is fear driven, not actual supply and demand.

Don't have more kids than you can afford.

Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by morphius

Well, with the fact that every kid under 8 needs a car seat, maybe you can explain what people are supposed to drive? You can't fit 4 car seats side by side in any vehicle that I know of.

Of course I don't think there is a real shortage either, I see so many gas stations just running out of fuel all the time. A lot of the price right now is fear driven, not actual supply and demand.

We're not running out because we're willing to pay more than the other guys.

Here's my new campaign:

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Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kcchiefsguru

Don't have more kids than you can afford.

Don't be fooled. You can put more people in a mini van easier than you can a f**king SUV and they typically get much better milage. An SUV is a vanity vehicle for 90% of the people that own them. There are a few who actually take them off road. And no Sally, backing over the flowerbed because you have no clue where your vehicle is isn't off roading.

**007** · 04-20-2006, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Don't be fooled. You can put more people in a mini van easier than you can a f**king SUV and they typically get much better milage. An SUV is a vanity vehicle for 90% of the people that own them. There are a few who actually take them off road. And no Sally, backing over the flowerbed because you have no clue where your vehicle is isn't off roading.

Agreed. I have a mini-van that I will be downsizing to a 4 door sedan at replacement time just to up the mileage there.

**Bugeater** · 04-20-2006, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

You can put more people in a mini van easier than you can a f**king SUV and they typically get much better milage.

But, mini-vans aren't COOL. They're just more efficient, fit in the average garage, are easier to drive & park, and are much safer for other drivers on the road. The heck with all that though, I NEED TO BE COOL! GIMME MY CANYONERO!

**007** · 04-20-2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

But, mini-vans aren't COOL. They're just more efficient, fit in the average garage, are easier to drive & park, and are much safer for other drivers on the road. The heck with all that though, I NEED TO BE COOL! GIMME MY CANYONERO!

That's half of the problem right there Bug. The "coolness" factor.

**HemiEd** · 04-20-2006, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

Don't be fooled. You can put more people in a mini van easier than you can a f**king SUV and they typically get much better milage. An SUV is a vanity vehicle for 90% of the people that own them. There are a few who actually take them off road. And no Sally, backing over the flowerbed because you have no clue where your vehicle is isn't off roading.

Minivans will not pull a boat, they are front wheel drive people haulers.

Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Minivans will not pull a boat, they are front wheel drive people haulers.

So you're burning up extra gas for recreational use (the boat) as well as driving an SUV full time because of that recreational use. You're your own worst problem.

**Skip Towne** · 04-20-2006, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

It was that or the pu**y liar. Preceeded by the adulterous liar, preceeded by the dimwit father of the dimwit. Not to mention the freaks, race-baiters, Klan members, drunken killers, and other assorted jackasses in Congress. For a super-power we sure do elect a ton of f**kups. I can tell you with certainty that govt. is not what makes this country great.

Yeah, all that and we are still the most powerful country on earth. We could widen the gap between us and second place if we could get the drunks, dimwits and liars out of government. But when it takes millions of dollars to get elected President for the 400,000 per year (or whatever it pays now) you ain't gonna get somebody honest. You're gonna get somebody's stooge. That's why I quit voting 20 years ago. I used to believe in this system just like these young Planet members do. Now I just laugh at them as we spirit them off to DC. I will guarantee you they will be even more jaded than I am when they reach my age of 61.

**Bugeater** · 04-20-2006, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Minivans will not pull a boat, they are front wheel drive people haulers.

The Chevy Astro van is rear wheel drive.

Simplex3 · 04-20-2006, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Yeah, all that and we are still the most powerful country on earth. We could widen the gap between us and second place if we could get the drunks, dimwits and liars out of government. But when it takes millions of dollars to get elected President for the 400,000 per year (or whatever it pays now) you ain't gonna get somebody honest. You're gonna get somebody's stooge. That's why I quit voting 20 years ago. I used to believe in this system just like these young Planet members do. Now I just laugh at them as we spirit them off to DC. I will guarantee you they will be even more jaded than I am when they reach my age of 61.

Hehe. I vote Libertarian, knowing full well it won't amout to s**t, just because it's the only way I can participate without personally adding to the fuqtardiness.

**007** · 04-20-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Yeah, all that and we are still the most powerful country on earth. We could widen the gap between us and second place if we could get the drunks, dimwits and liars out of government. But when it takes millions of dollars to get elected President for the 400,000 per year (or whatever it pays now) you ain't gonna get somebody honest. You're gonna get somebody's stooge. That's why I quit voting 20 years ago. I used to believe in this system just like these young Planet members do. Now I just laugh at them as we spirit them off to DC. I will guarantee you they will be even more jaded than I am when they reach my age of 61.

I'm 36 and really wonder why I bother voting anymore. We haven't had anyone worth voting for since I became of voting age.

**Bugeater** · 04-20-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by kcchiefsguru

That's half of the problem right there Bug. The "coolness" factor.

Eh, I'm almost 40. I haven't been cool for at least a decade.

**Bearcat** · 04-20-2006, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Simplex3

The only, and I mean ONLY, ways we can reduce the price are:

1. Stop using as much, or in other words, DECREASE DEMAND.

2. Drill for more, or in other words, INCREASE SUPPLY.

I wish this was rocket science. At least then I could explain away why our entire country is having such a huge problem figuring this out.

So what you're saying is that me filling half my tank twice a week instead of all the way once a week isn't going to bring the oil industry to its knees?

Can you put this in picture or something, because I'm having problems grasping this concept.

04-20-2006, 09:07 PM
tommykat zzzz Kats always Join Date: Mar 2001 Casino cash: $9994925	Buy Gasoline like eggs.... Buy Gasoline like eggs A man eats two eggs each morning for breakfast. When he goes to the grocery store he pays 60 cents a dozen. Since a dozen eggs won't last a week he normally buys two doze at a time. One day while buying eggs he notices that the price has risen to 72 cents. The next time he buys groceries, eggs are .76 cents a dozen. When asked to explain the price of eggs the store owner says, "the price has gone up and I have to raise my price accordingly." This store buys 100 dozen eggs a day. I checked around for a better price and all the distributors have raised their prices. The distributors have begun to buy from the huge egg farms. The small egg farms have been driven out of business. The huge egg farms sell 100,000 dozen eggs a day to distributors. With no competition, they can set the price as they see fit. The distributors then have to raise their prices to the grocery stores. And on and on and on. As the man kept buying eggs the price kept going up. He saw the big egg trucks delivering 100 dozen eggs each day. Nothing changed there. He checked out the huge egg farms and found they were selling 100,000 dozen eggs to the distributors daily. Nothing had changed but the price of eggs. Then week before Thanksgiving the price of eggs shot up to $1.00 a dozen. Again he asked the grocery owner why and was told, "cakes and baking for the holiday." The huge egg farmers know there will be a lot of baking going on and more eggs will be used. Hence, the price of eggs goes up. Expect the same thing at Christmas and other times when family cooking, baking, etc happen. This pattern continues until the price of eggs is 2.00 a dozen. The man says "there must be something we can do about the price of eggs." He starts talking to all the people in his town and they decide to stop buying eggs. This didn't work because everyone needed eggs. Finally, the man suggested only buying what you need. He ate 2 eggs a day. On the way home from work he would stop at the grocery and buy two eggs. Everyone in town started buying 2 or 3 eggs a day. The grocery store owner began complaining that he had too many eggs in his cooler. He told the distributor that he didn't need any eggs. Maybe wouldn't need any all week. The distributor had eggs piling up at his warehouse. He told the huge egg farms that he didn't have any room for eggs and would not need any for at least two weeks. At the egg farm, the chickens just kept on laying eggs. To relieve the pressure, the huge egg farm told the distributor that they could buy the eggs at a lower price. The distributor said, " I don't have the room for the %$&^&% eggs even if they were free." The distributor told the grocery store owner that he would lower the price of the eggs if the store would start buying again. The grocery store owner said, "I don't have room for more eggs. The customers are only buying 2 or 3 eggs at a time." "Now if you were to drop the price of eggs back down to the original price, the customers would start buying by the dozen again." The distributors sent that proposal to the huge egg farmers. They liked the price they were getting for their eggs but, them chickens just kept on laying.* Finally, the egg farmers lowered the price of their eggs. But only a few cents. The customers still bought 2 or 3 eggs at a time. They said, "When the price of eggs gets down to where it was before, we will start buying by the dozen." Slowly the price of eggs started dropping. The distributors had to slash their prices to make room for the eggs coming from the egg farmers. The egg farmers cut their prices because the distributors wouldn't buy at a higher price than they were selling eggs for. Anyway, they had full warehouses and wouldn't need eggs for quite a while. And them chickens kept on laying. Eventually, the egg farmers cut their prices because they were throwing away eggs they couldn't sell. The distributors started buying again because the eggs were priced to where the stores could afford to sell them at the lower price. And the customers starting buying by the dozen again. Now, transpose this analogy to the gasoline industry. What if everyone only bought $10.00 worth of gas each time they pulled to the pump. The dealers tanks would stay semi full all the time. The dealers wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the huge tank farms. The tank farms wouldn't have room for the gas coming from the refining plants. And the refining plants wouldn't have room for the oil being off loaded from the huge tankers coming from the Middle East. Just $10.00 each time you buy gas. Don't fill it up. You may have to stop for gas twice a week but, the price should come down. Think about it. As an added note...When I buy $10.00 worth of gas, that leaves my tank a little under half full. The way prices are jumping around, you can buy gas for $2.65 a gallon and then the next morning it can be $2.15. If you have your tank full of $2.65 gas you don't have room for the $2.15 gas. You might not understand the economics of only buying two eggs at a time but, you can't buy cheaper gas if your tank is full of the high priced stuff. Also, don't buy anything else at the gas station, no cigarettes, no bread, milk or chewing gum, don't give them any more of your hard earned money than what you spend on gas, until the prices come down.. Oh, some folks may not see this message. Can you afford to print 10 at a time and pass them out where you buy gas? If you can afford more, you may think of putting them on windshields at the mall. Makes sense to me, how about you? Everyone should read this and send it on! Then when it works, you can say "hey, I helped bring the price back down!" RON GRIEP A thought at least.
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