Gas prices in Victoria B.C. Canada
The Jubilee Esso full-serve at 1669 Fort Street in Victoria dropped its price from 129.9 to 125.9 overnight…
obviously in response to the unending pressure that this blog and others were placing on their business.
Yea. Right.
Still, it is a condescending and pathetic tip of the gas cap to consumers… I mean, they are ripping us off to the tune of about 30 cents a litre.
What can you do? How about this:
-Buy nothing from the gas station other than gas. No slushies. No potato chips. No windshield washer fluid. No candy bars. Nothing.
-Buy no more than 20 dollars worth of gas and pay in pennies and small change.
-Buy $20 of gas and park next to the air filling station… and spend a 1/2 hour filling your tires… or cleaning your car.
-Walk to your nearest gas station and place a picket on the sidewalk. Seriously. Gather your friends together. Peaceful protest is a powerful thing.
Google photo above. That was too easy
Comments
3 responses to “Friday gas rant blogging price drop”
Yes! Exactly! Buy nothing from the gas bars other than gas if you have to. Enough with the rip-off already!
I don’t think that that is quite a good idea. Chocolats and hair spray items are a owner-franchisee thing. These people make 3-4 cents a litre. A good way is to totally boycott a multinational such as Petro Canada or Shell. Totally. Some people suggest a one day no-fillup campaign across the board. That would get us nowhere. We still need the gas next day. A one multi nationalboycott will force the lucky chosen to lower it’s prices, the others will follow suit. The BESTEST way of all is to get a 3 cylinder car such as a second hand GEO, Firefly or Swift for routine travelling…
Maybe they could have a “national bike” week during August (when it’s least likely to rain). This might have an impact…