Did anybody see a gas price reduction as a result of the May 15th gas boycott? The prices here have actually gone up about 35 cents...tell me why we didn't buy gas on the 15th again?
2007-05-23 04:04:15 · 9 answers · asked by jignutty 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It's all evil. They also raised the price of milk too and have not raised the minimum wage yet, so why haven't they ?
2007-05-23 04:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by ♦ Phoenix Rising♦ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason why some people didn't buy gas on May 15th, was because of some internet scam saying that if you don't buy gas on this certain day the oil companies will have no choice but to reduce their prices. What people don't realize is that it will have the opposite effect. If the majority of the people didn't purchase gas on the 15th, that meant the oil companies lost money and the only way for them to make up for lost profits would to be to raise the prices. Makes sense to me.
BTW, I didn't boycott.
2007-05-23 04:17:14 · answer #2 · answered by ☆Melissa☆ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gas prices went down a few cents for a few days here and then went back up to where they were. I think the boycott was to reduce gas prices by protesting why they are so high.
I don't know if it really worked. We should do this more often or learn to conserve gas and fill up less often.
2007-05-23 04:07:20 · answer #3 · answered by Stareyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People didnt buy gas but they still drove! They needed to buy more gas than usual on the 16th to make up for the driving they did. The big headed gasoline mofos realized that and decided to make a profit off of it.
2007-05-23 04:13:28 · answer #4 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't see a reduction either. Our gas here has gone up as well.
2007-05-23 04:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its up. Well I only buy gas on Saturday, that's why I didn't buy gas on the 15th. lol.
2007-05-23 04:08:17 · answer #6 · answered by PhoeniXoXoXoX 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no prices here have raised about the same amount. i didnt buy gas simply b.c i was broke. but look it up on snopes.com to see why it didnt work.
2007-05-23 04:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by Christi F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our understanding of basic economics is faulty, apparently.
2007-05-23 04:07:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wondered the same thing!
2007-05-23 04:07:17 · answer #9 · answered by Diamond Diva 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋