Hi Everyone,
It has been a long time since I awarded my last Common Sense Award. CSA # 7 was awarded way back on 10/20/13. As you all are very much aware, it isn't often that I give kudos to politicians. I seldom have nice things to say about politicians; since they seldom have or use any common sense what so ever. CSA # 8 is then a bit unorthodox since it also does not go to a single person, but rather a group of people who happen to be........gulp.......politicians.
CSA # 8 goes to all of the Clarkstown, New York politicians that approved the 2009 idea of building a large-scale solar field on a closed down, 100 acre landfill. Some of the facts:
1) Began operating on 12/18/14.
2) Public - Private partnership with no cost to the taxpayer.
3) Occupies 13 acres.
4) Has 2.364 megawatt capacity, which will produce more than 2.9 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
5) Will offset 2,030 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the environment annually.
6) Will save taxpayers up to $4 million in electricity costs from town buildings.
What's not to like about this? And go figure that politicians got together and voted for something for the good of the people they represent. So I give my kudos and CSA # 8 to the Clarkstown politicians.
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Sunday, December 28, 2014
This is the Best Deal Ever!
Hi Everyone,
The season's holiday gift giving is now in the past. Do you find great deals that you couldn't pass up? We all look for great deals to save money to make our money go further during the holiday season and for any other occasion. Unless you plan to buy a knockoff, sales of products that you know are real can save a whole lot of the green stuff.
When you buy merchandise from a company, what kind of guarantee or warranty do they offer? 90 days, 6 months, 1 year, or in the case of a new car; 30,000 miles or even a 100,000 mile power train warranty? Well I found an even better guarantee, which I believe is the best guarantee ever! Everyone has heard of L.L. Bean. This iconic made in America company, actually made in Maine, of all things outdoorsy, has the best guarantee bar none. Their slogan is even, "Guaranteed To Last". In smaller print Bean states, "Our products are guaranteed to give 100% satisfaction in every way. Return anything purchased from us at any time if it proves otherwise. We do not want you to have anything from L. L. Bean that is not completely satisfactory". Sounds to good to be true?
Last month, after years and years of wearing Bean clothes, for the first time, I decided to take them up on their guarantee. I had a pair of lined jeans that were about 10 years old. Not only did the lining give up the ship, so did the outside denim. I went to a brick and mortar store instead of mailing the jeans to them. I found the same exact lined jeans and went to the check out. With no questions asked, the cashier accepted my jeans and the new replacement one. When all was said and done, I received my new jeans and a gift card for $1.93. I questioned why I received the gift card and the cashier told me that was the difference between the old jeans and the new ones.
A few weeks ago, my daughter returned a pair of boots that we had given her a few years ago. Bean didn't have her size, so they had to be ordered. Then they gave my daughter a gift card for $30.00, again the difference? Now I am not one to kick a gift horse in the mouth, but giving money back in addition to the replacement doesn't seem right for the company. I don't think anyone would ever complain about getting free lifetime replacement for a well worn out article of clothing etc that may be years and years old. But giving money back in addition, just doesn't make sense to me or for the company.Yes Bean's merchandise is pricey, but how can you go wrong with the industry's best return policy ever!
I know that I have blogged about companies that rip customers off, but this is way far over the other side of the pendulum. I am not sure that giving away money for something that you purchased for a lesser amount, should equate to a monetary refund. Bean has been around for a long time and most likely know what they are doing. But to me, this doesn't make any common sense, (for the company) other than, as time goes by, my leisure clothes in my closet are more and more Bean then any other manufacturer. Score one for the customer.
Til next week.
Peter
The season's holiday gift giving is now in the past. Do you find great deals that you couldn't pass up? We all look for great deals to save money to make our money go further during the holiday season and for any other occasion. Unless you plan to buy a knockoff, sales of products that you know are real can save a whole lot of the green stuff.
When you buy merchandise from a company, what kind of guarantee or warranty do they offer? 90 days, 6 months, 1 year, or in the case of a new car; 30,000 miles or even a 100,000 mile power train warranty? Well I found an even better guarantee, which I believe is the best guarantee ever! Everyone has heard of L.L. Bean. This iconic made in America company, actually made in Maine, of all things outdoorsy, has the best guarantee bar none. Their slogan is even, "Guaranteed To Last". In smaller print Bean states, "Our products are guaranteed to give 100% satisfaction in every way. Return anything purchased from us at any time if it proves otherwise. We do not want you to have anything from L. L. Bean that is not completely satisfactory". Sounds to good to be true?
Last month, after years and years of wearing Bean clothes, for the first time, I decided to take them up on their guarantee. I had a pair of lined jeans that were about 10 years old. Not only did the lining give up the ship, so did the outside denim. I went to a brick and mortar store instead of mailing the jeans to them. I found the same exact lined jeans and went to the check out. With no questions asked, the cashier accepted my jeans and the new replacement one. When all was said and done, I received my new jeans and a gift card for $1.93. I questioned why I received the gift card and the cashier told me that was the difference between the old jeans and the new ones.
A few weeks ago, my daughter returned a pair of boots that we had given her a few years ago. Bean didn't have her size, so they had to be ordered. Then they gave my daughter a gift card for $30.00, again the difference? Now I am not one to kick a gift horse in the mouth, but giving money back in addition to the replacement doesn't seem right for the company. I don't think anyone would ever complain about getting free lifetime replacement for a well worn out article of clothing etc that may be years and years old. But giving money back in addition, just doesn't make sense to me or for the company.Yes Bean's merchandise is pricey, but how can you go wrong with the industry's best return policy ever!
I know that I have blogged about companies that rip customers off, but this is way far over the other side of the pendulum. I am not sure that giving away money for something that you purchased for a lesser amount, should equate to a monetary refund. Bean has been around for a long time and most likely know what they are doing. But to me, this doesn't make any common sense, (for the company) other than, as time goes by, my leisure clothes in my closet are more and more Bean then any other manufacturer. Score one for the customer.
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Are You Ready For the Change?
Hi Everyone,
By the results of last months elections, the GOP will gain control of both houses of Congress. My question to you today is, are you ready for the change? What change? Hopefully you are aware of some of the changes that have already occurred.
The first 2 changes have already happened with the passing of the $1 trillion spending bill that will keep the government running for 1 year. I can't believe what compromise now looks like. The first "compromise" with the spending bill means that the GOP, at the last minute, demanded and got a rollback of a regulatory provision of the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial services overhaul that was intended to shield taxpayers from future risks from complex financial trades. So many tens of millions of people were upset with the amount of money the American taxpayer had to pay to bail out big banks and AIG after the 2008 collapse of wall street. AIG has still not repaid all the money it got and is now suing the government. So instead of keeping some form of protection for the taxpayer, the GOP sees fit to allow big banks and wall street to again do highly risky investments; knowing full well that if they screw up again, the American taxpayer will AGAIN bail them out. This isn't fair is it? This rollback no longer protects and favors us, the taxpayer, but rather, this rollback totally favors the big banks and wall street. Now they will have carte blanche to invest in whatever risky investments they can cook up. Thanks GOP.
The second, last minute "compromise" that the GOP added, I mean demanded to the spending bill, is to GREATLY raise the amount of money private donors can give to fund political conventions, (from thousands of dollars to millions of dollars). Money rules again for the GOP. People and corporations, (which per the Supreme Court says are people too), with the huge bucks will be the ones who will then run and steer this country per their greedy vision for their benefit and not for the benefit of the American people. Again, thanks go to the GOP.
So with these first two changes, so sorry, I meant to say "compromises" forced on us, isn't it painfully aware that the GOP really represent its benefactors, i.e.: big business and people, (and corporations) with big money and not the rest of the 99%? There is no other explanation. The path of what they want to do is clear and Americans voted for it?!
The GOP has less then 2 years to prove that they can lead or they will not win the White House in 2016. Well, the first 2 "compromises" don't bode well for the GOP and I foresee much worse things coming to Americans in the next 12 to 18 months. The questions is how much the American voter will take, before the GOP receives a huge defeat in 2016. By their owns actions, the GOP has proven once again that GOP really means, Get Out Peons! We have been warned!
Til next week.
Peter
By the results of last months elections, the GOP will gain control of both houses of Congress. My question to you today is, are you ready for the change? What change? Hopefully you are aware of some of the changes that have already occurred.
The first 2 changes have already happened with the passing of the $1 trillion spending bill that will keep the government running for 1 year. I can't believe what compromise now looks like. The first "compromise" with the spending bill means that the GOP, at the last minute, demanded and got a rollback of a regulatory provision of the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial services overhaul that was intended to shield taxpayers from future risks from complex financial trades. So many tens of millions of people were upset with the amount of money the American taxpayer had to pay to bail out big banks and AIG after the 2008 collapse of wall street. AIG has still not repaid all the money it got and is now suing the government. So instead of keeping some form of protection for the taxpayer, the GOP sees fit to allow big banks and wall street to again do highly risky investments; knowing full well that if they screw up again, the American taxpayer will AGAIN bail them out. This isn't fair is it? This rollback no longer protects and favors us, the taxpayer, but rather, this rollback totally favors the big banks and wall street. Now they will have carte blanche to invest in whatever risky investments they can cook up. Thanks GOP.
The second, last minute "compromise" that the GOP added, I mean demanded to the spending bill, is to GREATLY raise the amount of money private donors can give to fund political conventions, (from thousands of dollars to millions of dollars). Money rules again for the GOP. People and corporations, (which per the Supreme Court says are people too), with the huge bucks will be the ones who will then run and steer this country per their greedy vision for their benefit and not for the benefit of the American people. Again, thanks go to the GOP.
So with these first two changes, so sorry, I meant to say "compromises" forced on us, isn't it painfully aware that the GOP really represent its benefactors, i.e.: big business and people, (and corporations) with big money and not the rest of the 99%? There is no other explanation. The path of what they want to do is clear and Americans voted for it?!
The GOP has less then 2 years to prove that they can lead or they will not win the White House in 2016. Well, the first 2 "compromises" don't bode well for the GOP and I foresee much worse things coming to Americans in the next 12 to 18 months. The questions is how much the American voter will take, before the GOP receives a huge defeat in 2016. By their owns actions, the GOP has proven once again that GOP really means, Get Out Peons! We have been warned!
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Greed Rules Again!
Hi Everyone,
Nothing really surprises me anymore regarding the lack of common sense. But an article in my USA Today, Gannett newspaper did catch me off guard.
As you are aware, I worked in the hotel industry for many years. Like any company, hotels have many departments; with department heads charged with operating their department profitably. One of those departments is telecommunications. Back in the day, that meant having telephone switchboard operators scheduled 24 hours per day. Then computers eventually took the place of the majority of operators. Then came cell phones. Again, back in the day, hotels made a lot of money charging quests for use of their phones for all outside calls, both local and long distance. The proliferation of cell phones made telecommunication departments profits plummet. That was even when cell phones calls cost $.45 or more per minute. So what is a hotel suppose to do when Wi-Fi became common place?
Well the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, took it to a whole new level. In order to combat free Wi-Fi, upper management made the decision to install a program and/or system that was able to disable guests own personal Wi-Fi networks. Then the hotel charged, are you sitting down, $250 to $1,000 per device to access the hotel's network. Wow, what an exorbitant amount to charge to get Wi-Fi!!! Management must have patted themselves on their backs when they found this new extremely profitable revenue stream. They probably laughed all the way to the bank, when low and behold, guests started to complain to anyone who would listen.
Their complaints did not go unnoticed, The FCC, heard the complaints and began an investigation. Last month, Marriott, which owns the Gaylord, made the business decision to agree to pay $600,000 to resolve the FCC's investigation. That meant that Marriott did not admit to the illegal scheme.
Hopefully, the $600,000 Marriott paid, was more than the amount the hotel had received from their illegal scheme. If that General Manager had just one ounce of common sense, he or she would have nixed the idea when it was first brought up.
Common sense rules and greed drools.
PS. For those of you not in the know, my neighbors and I have been fighting an ill conceived location for a cell tower in our neighborhood. Instead of erecting the tower on a mountain top, next to the valley, (on town owned property) where the tower will be built. If you want to help us, please check out www.gofundme.com/hmctns. Then if you are so inclined, please forward to any and all of your friends. It is very expensive to fight "city hall" and we have been fighting since 11/2012.
Til next week.
Peter
Nothing really surprises me anymore regarding the lack of common sense. But an article in my USA Today, Gannett newspaper did catch me off guard.
As you are aware, I worked in the hotel industry for many years. Like any company, hotels have many departments; with department heads charged with operating their department profitably. One of those departments is telecommunications. Back in the day, that meant having telephone switchboard operators scheduled 24 hours per day. Then computers eventually took the place of the majority of operators. Then came cell phones. Again, back in the day, hotels made a lot of money charging quests for use of their phones for all outside calls, both local and long distance. The proliferation of cell phones made telecommunication departments profits plummet. That was even when cell phones calls cost $.45 or more per minute. So what is a hotel suppose to do when Wi-Fi became common place?
Well the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, took it to a whole new level. In order to combat free Wi-Fi, upper management made the decision to install a program and/or system that was able to disable guests own personal Wi-Fi networks. Then the hotel charged, are you sitting down, $250 to $1,000 per device to access the hotel's network. Wow, what an exorbitant amount to charge to get Wi-Fi!!! Management must have patted themselves on their backs when they found this new extremely profitable revenue stream. They probably laughed all the way to the bank, when low and behold, guests started to complain to anyone who would listen.
Their complaints did not go unnoticed, The FCC, heard the complaints and began an investigation. Last month, Marriott, which owns the Gaylord, made the business decision to agree to pay $600,000 to resolve the FCC's investigation. That meant that Marriott did not admit to the illegal scheme.
Hopefully, the $600,000 Marriott paid, was more than the amount the hotel had received from their illegal scheme. If that General Manager had just one ounce of common sense, he or she would have nixed the idea when it was first brought up.
Common sense rules and greed drools.
PS. For those of you not in the know, my neighbors and I have been fighting an ill conceived location for a cell tower in our neighborhood. Instead of erecting the tower on a mountain top, next to the valley, (on town owned property) where the tower will be built. If you want to help us, please check out www.gofundme.com/hmctns. Then if you are so inclined, please forward to any and all of your friends. It is very expensive to fight "city hall" and we have been fighting since 11/2012.
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, November 23, 2014
You Can't Make This Stuff Up!
Hi Everyone,
Grades kindergarten to high school are extremely important for the education of our children. This is when they learn so much about our world and how we got to this point in time. All subjects taught are obviously important, including arts and physical education. But one of the subjects taught has a special place that needs to be monitored for accuracy.
The subject I am blogging about is history. What's my concern over the teaching of history? As far as I am concerned, history lessons must be based on facts and just the facts on what had previously happened. If history facts are intentionally omitted, overlooked or even changed, that changes what the kids learn about specific events. Changing historical facts will change the course of history, to millions of school kids (who don't know the difference).
So how and can this be possible? Well, if you live in Texas, it seems to be surprisingly simple. Just have the history textbooks changed. Wait, what? Some authority can just make changes to history books and have the new version(s) taught as accurate and correct. This is so wrong on every level. But what facts are the Texas education officials changing? The officials first created the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. That group has rewritten history and just last week it was approved by the Texas Board of Education. Now you might be thinking that this is just one state changing history. Unfortunately, Texas is so large that publishers commonly market the books made for Texas to other states, according to Josh Roseman, of the National Center for Science Education.
Here are just a few historical facts that Texas changed and these textbooks will be sold in other states:
- The Ten Commandments had an influence on the writing of the U.S. Constitution and that Moses was a democratic leader who influenced the founding fathers. No such historical record exists to support any of that!
- All international terrorism is linked to Islamist fundamentalists. Again nothing supports that!
- Slavery was not a key factor in the Civil War. What, are you kidding me?
What planet does this group of people live on? Oh right they live in Texas and they are trying to change history to support their bible belt beliefs and not the facts as history must be taught! Unfortunately, as I said before, these and other changes in history textbooks were approved late last week. Unbelievable!!! It is apparent that the Texas Board of Education totally lacks any common sense what so ever to do the right thing and not rewrite history. Those who ignore "real" history are bound to repeat it. Will Texas ever learn? Maybe they should teach that the Earth is flat, as the church used to teach until science proved that theory wrong.
I really hope that other states will reject these "new" history textbooks and have the changes removed. I fear that other bible states will follow Texas and teach the "new" history. Something is really screwed up in Texas. No one should ever be allowed to change historical facts for any reason even if it is based on one's religious beliefs.
Til next week.
Peter
Grades kindergarten to high school are extremely important for the education of our children. This is when they learn so much about our world and how we got to this point in time. All subjects taught are obviously important, including arts and physical education. But one of the subjects taught has a special place that needs to be monitored for accuracy.
The subject I am blogging about is history. What's my concern over the teaching of history? As far as I am concerned, history lessons must be based on facts and just the facts on what had previously happened. If history facts are intentionally omitted, overlooked or even changed, that changes what the kids learn about specific events. Changing historical facts will change the course of history, to millions of school kids (who don't know the difference).
So how and can this be possible? Well, if you live in Texas, it seems to be surprisingly simple. Just have the history textbooks changed. Wait, what? Some authority can just make changes to history books and have the new version(s) taught as accurate and correct. This is so wrong on every level. But what facts are the Texas education officials changing? The officials first created the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. That group has rewritten history and just last week it was approved by the Texas Board of Education. Now you might be thinking that this is just one state changing history. Unfortunately, Texas is so large that publishers commonly market the books made for Texas to other states, according to Josh Roseman, of the National Center for Science Education.
Here are just a few historical facts that Texas changed and these textbooks will be sold in other states:
- The Ten Commandments had an influence on the writing of the U.S. Constitution and that Moses was a democratic leader who influenced the founding fathers. No such historical record exists to support any of that!
- All international terrorism is linked to Islamist fundamentalists. Again nothing supports that!
- Slavery was not a key factor in the Civil War. What, are you kidding me?
What planet does this group of people live on? Oh right they live in Texas and they are trying to change history to support their bible belt beliefs and not the facts as history must be taught! Unfortunately, as I said before, these and other changes in history textbooks were approved late last week. Unbelievable!!! It is apparent that the Texas Board of Education totally lacks any common sense what so ever to do the right thing and not rewrite history. Those who ignore "real" history are bound to repeat it. Will Texas ever learn? Maybe they should teach that the Earth is flat, as the church used to teach until science proved that theory wrong.
I really hope that other states will reject these "new" history textbooks and have the changes removed. I fear that other bible states will follow Texas and teach the "new" history. Something is really screwed up in Texas. No one should ever be allowed to change historical facts for any reason even if it is based on one's religious beliefs.
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, November 16, 2014
It Cost How Much?
Hi Everyone,
I had planned my topic for today's blog a few days ago. But, as has happened before, something came to my attention that I believe is more important than my original topic.
I recently blogged about the current Ebola epidemic. So as I was sitting down to write about my original topic, I watched a very interesting news story on NBC news. The story was about the last Doctor who worked in Africa, caught the Ebola virus and was flown to NYC to be treated in a NYC hospital. He was released after he was cured.
Now don't get me wrong, I am highly impressed with the professionals, Doctors and Nurses etc. who risk their own lives to treat people with this killer virus. But, what really surprised me, no, I should say really shocked me, was the cost to treat this person. Can you guess how much it cost to treat the doctor? $500,000, $1,000,000? Nope you would be wrong. $2,000,000, $3,000,000? Again, you would be wrong. $4,000,000, $5,000,000? Again you would be wrong. The cost for his 3 week +/- in hospital stay was, are you sitting down........$20,000,000!!! Yes you read that correctly. Twenty million dollars. That is approximately $952,381 per day. I know that to the doctor's family, every penny spent on saving him was worth it. But, is that cost the true cost, or is it a hyper-inflated cost? I do not know the answer to that question. All I know is that the cost of say 20-40 protective suits per day that all the caregivers had to wear, for sake of argument, may have cost $1,000 a piece; which equals $40,000 +/- per day. It just seems that $921,381 is such an excessive amount for whatever other costs there were. To me, this cost seems extremely exorbitant.
I am not trying to put a price on how much a life is worth. But $20,000,000 seems to be a whole lot of out of line for 3 weeks. During tonight's newscast, NY Senator Charles Schumer, stated that he is having the bill sent to the federal government for reimbursement to the hospital. Ebola is a deadly virus that needs a special isolation room and special protective outerwear to protect the caregivers, but at almost $1,000,000 per day, my common sense is sending up red flags because something doesn't seem right. The cost seems way out of line, especially since there were no special surgery(s) needed. So what gives?
I hope that the hospital's bills are fully scrutinized and that the hospital doesn't become rich for treating just one patient.
Til next week.
Peter
I had planned my topic for today's blog a few days ago. But, as has happened before, something came to my attention that I believe is more important than my original topic.
I recently blogged about the current Ebola epidemic. So as I was sitting down to write about my original topic, I watched a very interesting news story on NBC news. The story was about the last Doctor who worked in Africa, caught the Ebola virus and was flown to NYC to be treated in a NYC hospital. He was released after he was cured.
Now don't get me wrong, I am highly impressed with the professionals, Doctors and Nurses etc. who risk their own lives to treat people with this killer virus. But, what really surprised me, no, I should say really shocked me, was the cost to treat this person. Can you guess how much it cost to treat the doctor? $500,000, $1,000,000? Nope you would be wrong. $2,000,000, $3,000,000? Again, you would be wrong. $4,000,000, $5,000,000? Again you would be wrong. The cost for his 3 week +/- in hospital stay was, are you sitting down........$20,000,000!!! Yes you read that correctly. Twenty million dollars. That is approximately $952,381 per day. I know that to the doctor's family, every penny spent on saving him was worth it. But, is that cost the true cost, or is it a hyper-inflated cost? I do not know the answer to that question. All I know is that the cost of say 20-40 protective suits per day that all the caregivers had to wear, for sake of argument, may have cost $1,000 a piece; which equals $40,000 +/- per day. It just seems that $921,381 is such an excessive amount for whatever other costs there were. To me, this cost seems extremely exorbitant.
I am not trying to put a price on how much a life is worth. But $20,000,000 seems to be a whole lot of out of line for 3 weeks. During tonight's newscast, NY Senator Charles Schumer, stated that he is having the bill sent to the federal government for reimbursement to the hospital. Ebola is a deadly virus that needs a special isolation room and special protective outerwear to protect the caregivers, but at almost $1,000,000 per day, my common sense is sending up red flags because something doesn't seem right. The cost seems way out of line, especially since there were no special surgery(s) needed. So what gives?
I hope that the hospital's bills are fully scrutinized and that the hospital doesn't become rich for treating just one patient.
Til next week.
Peter
Sunday, November 9, 2014
What's Going On Here?
Hi Everyone,
It is an unbelievable event, but as every one knows, gasoline prices have dropped dramatically. This is unbelievable since the first OPEC oil embargo occurred in 1974. When prices of a barrel of crude oil heads south, OPEC has always cut output to increase the price per barrel. But not this time. OPEC spigots are still open as much as before the price drop. We all remember 2008, when the price of a barrel of oil went so high that the price for a gallon of gasoline reached and surpassed $4.00.
Last week I took a friend for some errands and we drove through Katonah, New York. Katonah has a lot of very wealthy residents on large estates. The price for a gallon as gasoline was $3.90 and a second gas station was selling gas for $3.89. What is wrong with that picture? The price around where we live, (about 15 miles north of Katonah) is around $3.23/ gallon. How can gas stations in Katonah sell gas for $.60 a gallon more? Their prices are more like 2008. Those gas stations buy their gas from the same places as the gas stations that serve our area.
Can it be true that just because one lives in a rich area that they will pay more for gasoline? That doesn't make sense to me. To me it appears that those stations are price gouging and are getting away with it. It has always been this way in Katonah. There is just no common sense as to why they are able to get away with it. I fully understand that greed overrules common sense with some companies in order to make more money. But this has been going on for too long and someone needs to say something to someone to have these stations investigated for price gouging.
Til next week.
Peter
It is an unbelievable event, but as every one knows, gasoline prices have dropped dramatically. This is unbelievable since the first OPEC oil embargo occurred in 1974. When prices of a barrel of crude oil heads south, OPEC has always cut output to increase the price per barrel. But not this time. OPEC spigots are still open as much as before the price drop. We all remember 2008, when the price of a barrel of oil went so high that the price for a gallon of gasoline reached and surpassed $4.00.
Last week I took a friend for some errands and we drove through Katonah, New York. Katonah has a lot of very wealthy residents on large estates. The price for a gallon as gasoline was $3.90 and a second gas station was selling gas for $3.89. What is wrong with that picture? The price around where we live, (about 15 miles north of Katonah) is around $3.23/ gallon. How can gas stations in Katonah sell gas for $.60 a gallon more? Their prices are more like 2008. Those gas stations buy their gas from the same places as the gas stations that serve our area.
Can it be true that just because one lives in a rich area that they will pay more for gasoline? That doesn't make sense to me. To me it appears that those stations are price gouging and are getting away with it. It has always been this way in Katonah. There is just no common sense as to why they are able to get away with it. I fully understand that greed overrules common sense with some companies in order to make more money. But this has been going on for too long and someone needs to say something to someone to have these stations investigated for price gouging.
Til next week.
Peter
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