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  • slapass
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Nov 2002
    • 14625

    #1

    Gas prices - Do you really care?

    Oil just hit an all time high today and I have not changed anything I do. I just pay more and complain once in a great while...
  • Spunky
    I need a beer
    • Jun 2002
    • 133986

    #2
    Considering the amount of money I piss away ,gas is probably the cheapest

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    • DateDoc
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      • Feb 2005
      • 14243

      #3
      Does not bother me but I drive on average about 5 miles per day. I feel for those with long commutes though.

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      • Eriic
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        • Jan 2008
        • 2995

        #4
        Does it matter if I care or not? Prices are going to keep going up, up and away....

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        • st0ned
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          • Mar 2007
          • 8437

          #5
          It doesn't really bother me. I work from home and don't do much driving. The only thing I kinda notice is the amount road trips cost me now.
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          • ladida
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            • Nov 2005
            • 2179

            #6
            I dont really care that much. I just watch where i go with car bit more then i did before, but overall, not much changed for me. Even if it goes double. I'm more concered about all other things getting more expensive because of the gas.
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            • woj
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              • Jul 2002
              • 47882

              #7
              Doesn't really effect me much either...
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              • mozadek
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                • Feb 2008
                • 1325

                #8
                Doesn't affect me that much because my commute to work is less than 5 miles.
                Last edited by mozadek; 06-26-2008, 07:46 PM.

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                • After Shock Media
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                  • Mar 2001
                  • 35299

                  #9
                  Personally I drive very little and always group my trips anyways. However I do care a great deal as I depend on the average person to supply me with my money and I will never loose contact with my consumer base.

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                  • GAMEFINEST
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                    • Nov 2006
                    • 14478

                    #10
                    nah not really
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                    • marketsmart
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                      • Dec 2004
                      • 20419

                      #11
                      Originally posted by After Shock Media
                      However I do care a great deal as I depend on the average person to supply me with my money and I will never loose contact with my consumer base.
                      Thank you...

                      Everytime someone makes a gas/oil price going up post, this should be the reply from everyone...

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                      • J. Falcon
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                        • May 2006
                        • 31645

                        #12
                        Higher gas prices means everything you consume costs more money to get to where your neighborhood. I don't see how it cannot affect you.
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                        • Violetta
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                          • Jul 2004
                          • 28735

                          #13
                          dont care much. Nothing I can do anyway
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                          • Gasper

                            #14
                            It does affect me in two ways. Directly - paying more for food, gas and other stuff (which requires oil) and indirectly, because other people have less money to spend for porn.

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                            • Socks
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                              • May 2002
                              • 8475

                              #15
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                              • Some Guy
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                                • Dec 2001
                                • 1750

                                #16
                                I work from home and seriously drive one mile a day, so it doesn't affect me much in that regard. However, it does seem to affect sales which is no good for any of us.

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                                • StuartD
                                  Sofa King Band
                                  • Jul 2002
                                  • 29903

                                  #17
                                  Wow, you drive less? Pay just a little more at the pump?? Yup, no reason to care there.

                                  Oh but wait, the rising prices of produce and other products does suck, thanks to their higher transportation costs.
                                  The higher prices of services that people offer due to their higher expenses now... that kinda sucks.
                                  The economy going in the toilet due to some rich bastards getting richer at our expense, that really sucks... on a national/global scale.
                                  The fact that paying a little more for gas now than yesterday isn't so bad, but paying double what I was paying a couple years ago really is pretty bad.
                                  Then there's the people who buy less memberships, hire me less to do projects (when I was freelance) and share less with me because they're all bothered by the gas prices more than I am... that sucks a bit.

                                  Do I really care? It would be stupid not to.
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                                  • bausch
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Jul 2006
                                    • 3017

                                    #18
                                    Nope, I still drive around aimlessly when bored and cruise for hours driving around with no particular destination just to listen to music and because of boredom (I have nothing else to do sometimes). I probably waste shitloads of gas driving around just cruising for HOURS.

                                    I work from home but lately I just enjoy driving around the streets just for the sake of driving around listening to music. It's a party in my car (party of one). I been cruising MORE now that its more expensive vs before, why I dont know. I am sure it's affecting my sales since people buy less memberships but I personally dont care if i have to pay more.

                                    Actually I never even look at the price, thats how much i dont care. I just pump it in my car and thats it.
                                    Last edited by bausch; 06-27-2008, 01:23 AM.

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                                    • Sarah_Jayne
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                                      • Dec 2002
                                      • 40077

                                      #19
                                      I care because food costs are going up and are other goods that are transported by anything that need fuel.

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                                      • Jens Van Assterdam
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                                        • Feb 2008
                                        • 6677

                                        #20
                                        I sold my car and bought a biiiike! No shit, in AMS you just need no car anymore. You cant park anywhere and cant get through the city as easy as with a bike.
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                                        • Jensen
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                                          • Apr 2001
                                          • 3790

                                          #21
                                          yup, our norwegian krone depends heavily on oil prices. When oil goes up, norway cashes in and the exchange rate versus the dollar increases :/

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                                          • dav3
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                                            • May 2007
                                            • 7348

                                            #22
                                            why the hell wouldn't anyone care?
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                                            • 96ukssob
                                              So Fucking Banananananas
                                              • Mar 2003
                                              • 12991

                                              #23
                                              it bothers me a bit, but more towards the people who cant afford it.

                                              my is that this really effects the lower-middle class of society more than anything. these are the people who work two jobs to support their family and cant afford a car that is new than 1992, which in return get shitty gas mileage. For them, the additional $10 in gas per week may be 20% of their food budget. but since gas is a necessity to most, they have no choice but to pay.

                                              however, in the case of probably most of us here, even if gas went up $1 per gallon today, it wouldnt put a huge drain on our pocket (im assuming that if your sitting on the internet, you have extra money to spare or you would be working another job).

                                              my car costs $70 to fill up (17 gallon @ $4.25 for 91) and i probably piss away a tank a week. if gas went to $5.25, that would mean its an additional $884 a year in fuel, which i will just pass that right along as a tax right off (hopefully) and go about my day
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                                              • angeleyes
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Feb 2003
                                                • 3584

                                                #24
                                                My car sucks on gas but I'm lucky, it's a 2004 and has less than 20,000 miles on it so I don't really drive enough to feel the crunch, but I did the math.... If I had to do any substantial amount of driving, I would be screwed.
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                                                • StuartD
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                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                  • 29903

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by bossku69
                                                  im assuming that if your sitting on the internet, you have extra money to spare or you would be working another job
                                                  Yes because non of us are on the internet to make money.

                                                  It amazes me how many people think that higher gas prices only affect you at the pump.
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                                                  • Dollarmansteve
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                                                    • May 2005
                                                    • 2849

                                                    #26
                                                    I use about 2000 Litres of gas per year, max. so, a 50&#37; increase in price equals about $1000 per year or $83 per month. This represents a trivial amount of money to me and most people.

                                                    If $83 or $100 a month breaks your back, you are walking a fine line, probably time to re-assess you financial situation.
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                                                    • StuartD
                                                      Sofa King Band
                                                      • Jul 2002
                                                      • 29903

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by StuartD
                                                      It amazes me how many people think that higher gas prices only affect you at the pump.
                                                      Originally posted by Dollarmansteve
                                                      I use about 2000 Litres of gas per year, max. so, a 50% increase in price equals about $1000 per year or $83 per month. This represents a trivial amount of money to me and most people.

                                                      If $83 or $100 a month breaks your back, you are walking a fine line, probably time to re-assess you financial situation.
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                                                      • BergyK
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                                                        • Aug 2004
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                                                        #28
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                                                        • tranza
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                                                          • Jun 2003
                                                          • 57559

                                                          #29
                                                          I really haven't changed anything on my routine. But they are starting to talk about inflation and raising prices down here in Brazil, so I'm a little scared.

                                                          Even though I think that a recession down here would be great for me once the dollar would go up a little and 70&#37; of my income is in dollars.
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                                                          • xmas13
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                                                            • Dec 2004
                                                            • 5176

                                                            #30
                                                            Food prices and taxes rising, Citigroup near bankruptcy, wars in Afghanistan, Iraq soon in Iran, real estate / mortgage / stock markets on the verge of collapse.

                                                            It's called the perfect storm.

                                                            Even Barclays Capital expressed concern for its wealthy clients.

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                                                            • BlackCrayon
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                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                              • 19634

                                                              #31
                                                              Like a few others mentioned, no matter if you feel you are personally effected or not the people who are paying for memberships, etc online are in general feeling it.
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                                                              • BradM
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                                                                • Dec 2003
                                                                • 3397

                                                                #32
                                                                My wife commutes to school. It affects me in the range of $700 per month in gas.

                                                                So yes, I am starting to care.

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                                                                • xmas13
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                                                                  • Dec 2004
                                                                  • 5176

                                                                  #33
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                                                                  • Vick!
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                                                                    • Nov 2005
                                                                    • 6882

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Not really, but higher gas prices means higher prices for everything, it does matter a bit.
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                                                                    • DatingGold
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                                                                      • Feb 2003
                                                                      • 13185

                                                                      #35
                                                                      I'd pay just about any price to drive 25 miles rather than walk it.
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                                                                      • Chris
                                                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                        • May 2003
                                                                        • 27880

                                                                        #36
                                                                        honestly
                                                                        ill pay whatever it goes up to
                                                                        but we are about to take a road trip
                                                                        as a family we like to have a budget and we had to make more room for gas

                                                                        this is a trip we take every year

                                                                        last year it took us 150$ in gas...This year it is gonna take us almost 300$ in gas
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