Quote Originally Posted by weirdo79

But im sure I'll get the comeback , there's a real shortage now thats why the prices are up, unfortunately gas stations have ALREADY paid for that gas so they're gouging you and then the oil companies expecting growth of demand up the price to the dealer. Thats the definition of gouging not supply and demand , supply and demand would be slowly over time. ).
I can see you have spent many years working for distribution. I worked for a multi-million dollar industrial distributor and even though we would have 2 million worth of a certain product on shelf, when we recieved notice of a price hike, it was AUTOMATICALLY adjusted to current stock. Paid for at the lower cost.
Same thing at your local grocery store. When they recieve a hike on their cookies do ya think that they sell shelf and stored items at the old cost and just mark up on the bags that come in?
This is a catastrophic event that had immediate effects!