Comments on: Price Points http://www.fogel.ca/2008/06/03/price-points/ soapbox and search engine spam Mon, 30 May 2011 18:56:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: the matador http://www.fogel.ca/2008/06/03/price-points/comment-page-1/#comment-488 the matador Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:49:11 +0000 http://blog.fogel.ca/?p=43#comment-488 as recently as 2.5 years ago, I could grab a $20 and add 10 gallons to my tank, which would last me 3-4 weeks. wouldn't think twice about it now the same 10 gallons are costing me closer to $50, and on days when I know i have to add gas, I think to myself, "have i been spending lavishly the past few days? if so, how can I cut $50 out of what i plan on spending over the next few days?". there's a definite offset that's going on here. increasing gas prices causing me to decrease consumption elsewhere. as recently as 2.5 years ago, I could grab a $20 and add 10 gallons to my tank, which would last me 3-4 weeks. wouldn’t think twice about it

now the same 10 gallons are costing me closer to $50, and on days when I know i have to add gas, I think to myself, “have i been spending lavishly the past few days? if so, how can I cut $50 out of what i plan on spending over the next few days?”.

there’s a definite offset that’s going on here. increasing gas prices causing me to decrease consumption elsewhere.

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