Today I was just sittin there readin threads when a couple guys from Valero energy came to purchase some material. Just some copper electrical wires and stuff. When I was getting the order ready, it came to me that it just cost me 60 bucks to fill up my car at a Valero station. when I wrote up the order, I decided to raise their prices up so I would feel better.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

You should feel like a dishonest *****.

Why?

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

I think what JD was trying to *politely* imply was that two wrongs don't make a right.

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Chris
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1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

It wasn't that bad. 320 dollars profit on a 1000 dollar order. normally it would be about 200ish. That company won't even blink twice at that bill. There are times when money can be made, and there a time when you have to give it away at a small profit, and this was a good opp. to make a few extra bucks.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

They won't have to blink twice, they'll just charge you more for gas to make up for it in the future.

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Jason Priest
1999 E430
1995 E420 - retired
1986 420SEL - retired

i'll bet if you asked they might have cut you a deal on the gas for goods...barter it's a beautful thang.

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Guess that means its okay for you to break into a house in a rich neighborhood, since they can obviously afford it.

Its called lying, cheating and stealing.

If the price of gas goes down at Valero next month, will you give them a discount the next time they come in?

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MB-less

E150GT:

After Hunt got caught trying to corner the copper market a few years back, who knows what the price of copper is day-to-day?

You're dealing with a couple of ditch-diggers...they could care less what Valero has to pay to get the job done...they're thinking "The cost of gas will go up tomorrow to recoop the cost of copper..." and they laughed in the truck all the way back to the job-site...hell, they're not paying for the materials out of their own pockets...the only person the MIGHT know what's happening is your boss (unless that's you) and MAYBE Valero's own set of bookkeepers...

Then, you know what will happen?

Those two same guys will be ORDERED not to return to your place for supplies.

Ah...the world of the bean-counter can be filled with bile and vinegar...minds will forment that bile into a "screw-his-outfit" type of rage that will spill over into supplier meetings for years...

Yep, all because of a "$120'ish Snap-Of-Judgement" moment...

Before they figure out that they were the recipients of some "pencil-judgement," I'd call their Business Office (where the field invoices go to) and speak to Mr. Headbean-Adder to see if you can catch the "error" before they do...tell him you had a "Congressional-Subpoena" moment (Ah, youse Honor Sir..I don't recalls da' plaitiff being in the path of the bullet...") and you realized that the amount of beans you counted was WAY OFF...

You're building up some good-will and showing your honesty (albeit, after the fact... ) and to be perfectly honest with yourself...do you (or your boss, for that matter...) really want to lose Valero as a customer?

Probably not...

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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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That's how it works. When prices go up, they go up all around. You shouldn't feel bad.

Gouging is just that. Fair price for services rendered is a policy to live by.

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