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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gerald Pierce" data-source="post: 543199" data-attributes="member: 54639">I have an extra generator.  I paid 300.00 for it.  We have a hurricane, there is now no electricity and no generators available in the stores.  I sell you my extra gennie for 800.00 so you can keep your food cold and lights on for your family.  Is this gouging or supply/demand?  I say it's gouging.  The oil companies expenses are not going up as dramaticallyas the price at the pump, they just cant refine it fast enough.  Raising prices to slow the demand is bull.  They are making money off of it and if you think they aren't, your crazy. A station gets no gas delivery but raises prices from 2.77 to 3.09 in one day is making a profit.... pure profit.  .32 a gallon pure profit from GOUGING.  Amazingly, I saw on the news last night that gas in Mobile was cheaper than here in Va Bch... they were just running low on it.</blockquote>