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<blockquote data-quote="upfrombottom" data-source="post: 799905" data-attributes="member: 13088"><p>Jo, when I think about speculators, the subject of fuel prices just sticks in my mind, because I sell fuel. This very thing nearly busted me and it did alot of businesses. Most people don't realise how it can, so I try and explain. I had an inventory of fuel, not at capacity, but I would say 3/4's anyway. There is very little profit in fuel, most only make 6 to 8 cents a gallon, at the whole sale level and the retail level. </p><p></p><p>Speculation drove the price up ten cents overnight, not demand, our economy doesn't jump ten percent overnight. Anyway, even though I raised my prices, the same thing happened again just a few days later.</p><p>When I ordered my next load of fuel the price had risen another ten cents. I had sold 20,000 gallons of fuel in one week and had made a profit of about $2500.00. Sounds good, but I had to replace that fuel at thirty cents a gallon more that my last load so it cost me $6000.00 more to replace it. The same thing happened again on that load and the next and the next. In one month I had spent $14,000.00 over and above profits just trying to maintain inventories on one item. The same thing happened again the next month. Then as quickly as the price went up it started falling. I recouped some of the money, but still wound up losing a great deal in the end. Where did that money go? In a speculators pocket, so I have a great deal of animosity toward speculators.</p><p></p><p>My supplier at the time was not able to withstand his losses and had to file bankruptcy. As did alot of businesses. Try and make bank notes when you have no profit for several months in a row and all your reserves are tied up in inventories that are worth less than you have in them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upfrombottom, post: 799905, member: 13088"] Jo, when I think about speculators, the subject of fuel prices just sticks in my mind, because I sell fuel. This very thing nearly busted me and it did alot of businesses. Most people don't realise how it can, so I try and explain. I had an inventory of fuel, not at capacity, but I would say 3/4's anyway. There is very little profit in fuel, most only make 6 to 8 cents a gallon, at the whole sale level and the retail level. Speculation drove the price up ten cents overnight, not demand, our economy doesn't jump ten percent overnight. Anyway, even though I raised my prices, the same thing happened again just a few days later. When I ordered my next load of fuel the price had risen another ten cents. I had sold 20,000 gallons of fuel in one week and had made a profit of about $2500.00. Sounds good, but I had to replace that fuel at thirty cents a gallon more that my last load so it cost me $6000.00 more to replace it. The same thing happened again on that load and the next and the next. In one month I had spent $14,000.00 over and above profits just trying to maintain inventories on one item. The same thing happened again the next month. Then as quickly as the price went up it started falling. I recouped some of the money, but still wound up losing a great deal in the end. Where did that money go? In a speculators pocket, so I have a great deal of animosity toward speculators. My supplier at the time was not able to withstand his losses and had to file bankruptcy. As did alot of businesses. Try and make bank notes when you have no profit for several months in a row and all your reserves are tied up in inventories that are worth less than you have in them. [/QUOTE]
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