How do feel gas station ordered by the state to raise its prices.?

Posted: March 13th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Q & A | Tags: , , , , , | 6 Comments »

MERRILL, WISCONSIN – A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state to raise its prices.

Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break and discount cards that let sports boosters pay 3 cents less per gallon.

But the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says those deals violate Wisconsin’s Unfair Sales Act, which requires stations to sell gas for about 9.2 percent more than the wholesale price.

Bhandari said he received a letter from the state auditor last month saying the state would sue him if he did not raise his prices. The state could penalize him for each discounted gallon he sold, with the fine determined by a judge.

Bhandari, who bought the station a year ago, said he worries customers will think he stopped the discounts because he wants to make more money. About 10 percent of his customers had used the discount cards.

Dale Van Camp said he bought a $50 card to support the local youth hockey program. It would have saved him about $100 per year on gas, he said.

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6 Comments on “How do feel gas station ordered by the state to raise its prices.?”

  1. 1 culture_warrior18 said at 2:48 pm on March 13th, 2011:

    Liberals Hate America

  2. 2 RNbaby said at 3:37 pm on March 13th, 2011:

    Then they should go after McDonalds too for the discounted senior coffee that they sell.

  3. 3 Junior T said at 3:56 pm on March 13th, 2011:

    Are you going to blame this one on corrupt police too?
    Last time I checked, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection are staffed by regular citizens. Citizens like you, me and tmilestc.

    Guess regular citizens are corrupt too huh! We’re all evil, & greedy and we don’t have to be cops to be bad!

  4. 4 shooter said at 4:08 pm on March 13th, 2011:

    some how I think some one is full of it. the state can not tell a business what it can sell its product fort that would stifle competition, then they would need to go to Wall mart , McDonald’s, and many other businesses and that would mean some one would get a lot of trouble.

  5. 5 true_blue_canadian_copper said at 5:06 pm on March 13th, 2011:

    This has nothing to do with law enforcement and police

  6. 6 Ronin said at 6:00 pm on March 13th, 2011:

    How do feel gas station ordered by the state to raise its prices.?

    Let me help you.

    How do you feel about a gas station being ordered by the state to raise its prices?

    Notice the smooth flow, the pleasant grammar and the single punctuation at the end? A lot better isn’t it.

    I think it is stupid is my answer.

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