Everything must go ... now

Save your money dear, don't spend it.  The gas has fallen becuase people aren't spending, but once the spending starts again, the prices will go sky-high!

yeah, thank GOD Cheney is on the way out. He is the main reason why gas prices rose. What do you think he and those executives talked about in their closed door meeting 6 years ago ,when they set the energy policy for the whole country without any oversight from representatives of the people? Of COURSE they were figuring out solutions that included big profits for themselves.

It's not that interesting. It's basic economics: When demand drops that usually increases supply. Prices then come down. When they come down far enough, more and more people buy, thus increasing demand, thus increasing supply.

Look at the price of oil and gas over the last few weeks in comparison to the last 2 years: Same principles apply.

Nothing new.

Even though they predict gas to be lower next year, I still expect it to go back up.  The lower price will increase demand, and they cut production by 150 mil barrels.

 I buy 20 bux at a time once a week no matter what the price makes me drive less

Gas has definitely come down but heating oil is still high.  Guess we'll just have to sit cold and not buy oil for awhile so it can come down too....basic economic principle.

Pfft...what a world we live in.

I think the stores are trying to extend the holiday period because this is the time of the year when stores make the bulk of their money for the entire year. Things are very slow.

I was in my neighborhood CVS this past Sunday, the employees were busy stocking the aisles with Christmas merchandise.  What got me was they had a Hispanic radio station on blasting out Spanish music. Which is quite unusual for my neighborhood. I assumed they had all voted for Obama and agreed that "we must teach our children to speak Spanish".  

Find another store..........

Same as a phone service telling us to press "1" for English.....ridiculous!!!!

With retailers predicting such a glum season this year I think this would be the perfect time for everyone to walk into these stores ,walk right up to the first employee you see and wish them a merry Christmas. If you do not get the same response back or some weak crappy "happy holidays" I don't want to offend the devil worshippers then you have the opportunity to tell them "see ya never,I'll go somewhere they can wish me and my family a Merry Christmas publicly.

I agree with you, and someone told me to use up the credit cards and don't pay them.  Even heard this on the radio since the government is going to start bailing out the credit card companies.

Hmmmm, maybe I will, maybe I won't, but it's a thought worth thinking about!

That's a pretty dishonest thing to do. And when the rest of us pay with our tax dollars for your bill, you will be known as just another do nothing.

Why would we want to unionize our retailers? When you overcharge for your labor, it gets added into the prices we pay. When you overcharge for your labor and hold business owners captive, they go out of business. We once had a flourishing marine industry until unions forced them to pay for workers who didn't even come to work. They finally went elsewhere for their labor and we lost jobs forever. Ships go right on past the New York Harbor to go to Charleston, SC. and truck their containers up to New York and it's cheaper than dealing with the union workers on the pier. So don't tell us about unions...we all know about them. They don't any longer protect workers, they blackmail them and they close down businesses and cost jobs.

nkorb1

That's a pretty dishonest thing to do. And when the rest of us pay with our tax dollars for your bill, you will be known as just another do nothing.

Why would it be so dishonest?  The people running the companies are going to use the FEDS monies to pay off their credit card debt.  Why should all these people ri\unning all these bug businesses get the break and nobody else.  Bottom line it, you and I the tax payer is going to have to pay all this loaned out money back to the government anyhow.

Don't you think they are dishones for taking the people's money and giving themselves big bonuses knowing that they were already in financial trouble.

You can't be over charged if you don't buy it

You got it!

I couldn't agree more!

Can't believe Americans are buying the crackpot theory that when labor prices go up, they end up paying more for stuff. That's RICH PEOPLE feeding you a simplistic line, economics for dummies, or ultra dummies. The fact is that when labor is well compensated, families end up paying a much much lower percentage of their income on goods. Look at countries with high labor costs: Ireland, Germany, Italy. They pay about 15% of their income on food. Look at those with no unions or total screwing of labor: Russia, China, etc. They pay 50-60% on food. Don't believe the hype that divides good working people against each other. I'm not talking socialism here. i'm talking about being compensated for a good days' work.

"Pepster

You can't be over charged if you don't buy it"

That's just what you think.  Look at the interest rates going up on all your cards regardless if you are not buying now, but when you do buy, you will pay for that purchase.

They are even cutting back on the days for you to pay your credit-card bill from 21 days to 14 days, and some are even withing 7 days now.   Those that pay on time so they don't have to pay the interest on their cards are having their bills sit aside until the due date passes and then they'll process your checks.  So you will get a second bill to pay off the late fee and interest fees as well.

I haven't used my credit cards for 3 years, except to buy airline tickets on the net.  I only do that because it is convenient for me.  I see no reason to use overpriced credit for something I really could live with out.  So again............

You can't be over charged if you don't buy it. 

As you noticed that all the name brand shoes like Nike and such you don't see on TV any more.  They only cost $13 to make overseas, and then they charge 169 for a pair of them to pay off all these lamo sports players that did the commercial endorsements on their shoes.

It's all about GREED, and these people just got too greedy, and the sports players should be boycotted as well, and they certainly shouldn't be paid millions to toss a ball on a field or dribble one across a gymnasium.

What a joke these people have become, and how stupid can people be to pay their hard earned monies to these ridiculous games and shoes!

And you are not greedy when you cost people jobs?

When a company prices their merchandise alot of people get paid. There are the people who sell the parts to make the merchandise, then the actual merchandise and the salaries for those people, then there are the shippers and the truckers and the receivers and the sales clerks and the overhead of the store...all of those thing go into how much they charge for each item. Each store has a little play in what they can sell the merchandise for, but when you continually force stores to go down on their prices, it costs jobs. When we unionize stores the prices go up as well. Stores have to pay salaries....don't you want jobs?

We want people to have jobs but  America has bought enough stuff to last them 20 years.  Just look at all the debt people have.

Face it the party's over! 

"nkorb1

When a company prices their merchandise a lot of people get paid"

You must be living in a fairytale world.  The only people getting paid is the designer and the laborers that work work in sweatshops in Taiwan and other parts of Asia and India.

Come back to reality!

Greater population, greater demand, greater cost.  Gas in Denver was $199.9 at Conoco.

I have a budget of $400 for Christmas gifts for 6 kids.  One outfit, one doll, one toy, and two books apiece.  Nothing more.    Stockings will be filled with fruit, nuts and one candy cane.  We don't exchange gifts with other families.  We do give to the local shelters, Inter-Faith, County Action Center.  this is nothing new for our family.  We have done this for years, in good times and now in bad times.  The kids know there is a financial crisis for most of the family and their friends families.  Our 7 year old wrote "no gifts, please" on her birthday party invitations.  Live and celebrate with what you have not with what you don't have.

Check out your local thrift stores...  You'll find a frenzy of bargains, new and used!

True, I get my parents and in-laws gift cards for the department stores, because they love to go shop at the after Christmas sales, plus get what they want. 

Of course they are scaling back on seasonal employment. Don't you realize that when demand is up, so are jobs? If you stop buying, and keep looking for all these bargains, all you're doing is costing jobs. The problem is that you think you're punishing the retailers, but what about the manufacturing jobs that aren't going to be there, or the factories that will close because the merchandise that they make is not selling and so the factory can't pay to make it or to pay salaries. But gee..go ahead with your greed. You re costing Americas workers with your greed.

And where do you think the money comes from to pay the salaries of the workers who will "get you in and get you out?"

nkorb1....I don't care that the factory workers in China will lose their jobs.  Very little is made in the UASA anymore.  I do care when I get lousy service.  People should buy what they need and try to get a good price on it.  If you don't have the money quit spending.

We have to much crap!!  Something has to give, we can not continue to spend like we do.  Part of the reason we are in such a huge financial crisis is because we are not saving enough.  I know there is not much of an incentive, but what is the incentive to buy all the plastic junk and tacky clothing.  Is it a need or a want?  If I am being greedy for not spending money......so be it!