"Raise your gas prices or we'll sue you!!" - Department of Agriculture

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MiniSimp

May 09, 2007, 01:28:59 PM


MERRILL, Wis. - A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state to raise its prices. Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break and discount cards that let sports boosters pay 3 cents less per gallon. But the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says those deals violate Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act, which requires stations to sell gas for about 9.2 percent more than the wholesale price. Bhandari said he received a letter from the state auditor last month saying the state would sue him if he did not raise his prices. The state could penalize him for each discounted gallon he sold, with the fine determined by a judge. Bhandari, who bought the station a year ago, said he worries customers will think he stopped the discounts because he wants to make more money. About 10 percent of his customers had used the discount cards. Dale Van Camp said he bought a $50 card to support the local youth hockey program. It would have saved him about $100 per year on gas, he said.

mudmaster

#1
May 09, 2007, 01:33:52 PM
 :shakehead: Disgraceful!
Time to go wheelin!

kneedownnate

#2
May 09, 2007, 01:54:20 PM
Kinda makes you proud to be an american............ wait, that's not the emotion I was going for :headscratch:
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topar

#3
May 09, 2007, 03:59:20 PM
Well Uncle Sam needs his money  :dunno:

TacoStewie

#4
May 09, 2007, 04:04:11 PM
Quote from: topar on May 09, 2007, 03:59:20 PM
Well Uncle Sam needs his money  :dunno:

no the oil guys do, like they dont have enough anyways
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abnormaltoy

#5
May 09, 2007, 04:06:21 PM
Quote from: topar on May 09, 2007, 03:59:20 PM
Well Uncle Sam needs his money  :dunno:


Good sentiment, wrong uncle. It's the state DOA...Uncle Cheesehead.

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topar

#6
May 09, 2007, 04:07:48 PM
I know this much everyone is getting paid but me  :thumbdown:

abnormaltoy

#7
May 09, 2007, 04:08:39 PM
Quote from: TacoStewie on May 09, 2007, 04:04:11 PM
no the oil guys do, like they dont have enough anyways

I don't think the "oil guys" have anything to do with this. Since it's the DOA, it might have something to do with corn subsidies and ethanol.
The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-- Winston Churchill

Censorship, that most subtle tool of oppression, the tool of the fearful and small minded. 8/15/2008

"It is interesting that we are asked to NOT judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics. Too bad gun owners can't get same judgment."
Travis Tritt (I know!)

BLACKDOG

#8
May 09, 2007, 04:34:14 PM
Does wisconsin have the gas sales at safeway and costco and such? where you can get like .03 off with a club card?  :dunno:  wouldn't this kinda be the same thing?  :dunno:


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abnormaltoy

#9
May 09, 2007, 04:35:26 PM
Quote from: BLACKDOG on May 09, 2007, 04:34:14 PM
Does wisconsin have the gas sales at safeway and costco and such? where you can get like .03 off with a club card?  :dunno:  wouldn't this kinda be the same thing?  :dunno:





Hmmm, good question...but, don't ask too loudly or they might booger that up too.
The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-- Winston Churchill

Censorship, that most subtle tool of oppression, the tool of the fearful and small minded. 8/15/2008

"It is interesting that we are asked to NOT judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics. Too bad gun owners can't get same judgment."
Travis Tritt (I know!)

BLACKDOG

#10
May 09, 2007, 04:38:11 PM
Quote from: abnormaltoy on May 09, 2007, 04:35:26 PM

Hmmm, good question...but, don't ask too loudly or they might booger that up too.


:lipsrsealed:  OOPS!  Sorry
:usa: Its better to die on your feet than live on your knees :usa:

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. "

"I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves."
              -Ronald Reagan

Don't take life too seriously, it isn't permanent

Tallchevy

#11
May 09, 2007, 05:30:35 PM
He has to pay for the gas & taxes then he gets his cut for any other expenses. Sounds like he's give customers his profit. What's the big deal  :dunno:
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red

#12
May 10, 2007, 07:06:00 PM
Quote from: Tallchevy350 on May 09, 2007, 05:30:35 PM
He has to pay for the gas & taxes then he gets his cut for any other expenses. Sounds like he's give customers his profit. What's the big deal  :dunno:
thats how i see it, but how the government sees it is that he's not paying for all of the taxes i guess?
read and comment :whip:

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83yota

#13
May 10, 2007, 07:24:20 PM
wow this is getting stupid i would stop driving if i no bills to pay and no family to suport
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