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Five Retailers for Falling Gas Prices

Fox ~ Do you really believe gas prices are the only thing holding back the consumer? Have you priced food lately? Sweet corn that cost $3. a dozen is now $5. Car repairs/parts? Car oil that was $4.88 (5 qts) is now over $9. at Walmart. Rent? A friend of mine just got nicked for a $100 per month increase. Health care? You/we don't even want to go there. College tuition? You name it. As I said, REAL inflation is more like 10-15%, not that manufactured bull the goverment puts out. And yet wages are holding steady, up maybe 3%. Every family has 2 wage earners just to make it. Some even have part time jobs on top of that.

Listen to the credit card companies, people are adding to their credit at record levels just to pay bills. Do you real think a small drop in oil prices are going to have a effect? And what about heating bills this winter? Dealers are not even offering contracts in many parts of the country. When prices on many things go up they seldom go down afterwards. Sure, high energy caused a lot of this. But once the genie is out of the bottle is sure is hard to get it back in.

In my town EVERYTHING is up. We're not in a economically hard hit area (I thought) but at our annual fund raiser this last weekend the attendance was horrible and we priced everything at last years prices so we took a double hit.

Sometimes when you stare at a computer screen all day you miss the world around you. Stores are empty, jobs are scarce, money is tight, people aren't sure of the future, most seem a bit apprehensive in fact. People I know are putting off large purchases for now. Get out and see for your self.

Five Retailers for Falling Gas Prices

HOLY SMOKES, BATMAN! Gas has dropped 30 cents! On a 20 gallon fillup I'm saving $6.00! WOW! ROBIN what can we do with $6.00? Let's go to Starbucks and buy a cup of coffee!! No BATMAN, how about we go to DICKS and buy a new $500 kayak?

You guys are pathetic, you're talking saving a few measly dollars. And that is going to get the consumers to the stores?

Real inflation is 10-15%, that means saving $6.00 on a fillup is nothing because the consumer is getting eatened by other expenses. Besides now he can use the $6. to pay previous extra $6.00 he spent last month to fill his tank.

But hey, lets sucker the average investor into believing this garbage so we can sell our junk stock we bought last month cheap at a nice fat profit this month.