[amayausers] Re: Gas prices vs profit margin
- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:36:35 -0400
Don't plan on JUST gas/delivery costs going up...I just realized this
morning that gas went over $3 overnite in New Hampshire, but that ALSO means
that my winter FUEL costs are now over 30% HIGHER, and as soon as the
electric company can petition the state, I'll bet our ELECTRIC rates will
skyrocket!
Prediction is FOUR DOLLARS A GALLON by the end of September!!!!!!!
I've already told several customers this week that they WILL have to pay
incoming freight-normally I get 'free freight' if over $200 order-learned
last week that if there is a 'special' price (like sale on teeshirts) then I
don't get the free freight-argued with the customer service when I got THAT
bill because I was NEVER told about 'either this OR that, not both'
deal....from now on, NO sale deals-freight was twice as much as I 'saved'...
so where I used to 'absorb' freight charges-forget it! If the gas stations
can profiteer and gouge because oil is 'going' to go up-then WE should do
the same-anticipate your fuel bill going up DOUBLE and start NOW to increase
your charges!
Roland
> From: "Steve Cohen" <steve208321@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:16:07 -0400
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Gas prices vs profit margin
>
> Now that gas prices have reached $3.00/per gallon, how many of you plan on
> adjusting prices to maintain a profit margin? My assumption is all of our
> suppliers will be raising prices soon because it is going to hurt them if
> they don't. (They do have to have the items shipped to them in some way.)
> UPS charges a gas fee as prices go up so it costs us more money to receive
> the items. I just ordered 6 Outer Banks polo shirts for a customer and it
> was $15 for shipping. I plan on raising my prices by 5% this weekend to help
> the profit margin to cover the extra shipping costs. I was trying to avoid
> this but there comes a time that you have to do it to remain in business. I
> was wondering if anyone else has the same idea.
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