Are the high prices of gas cutting into your Blu-ray purchases?

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Smackos

Don't know what it equates to for you guys but roughly over here in the UK we pay about £1.13 per litre so around $8.56 per gallon give or take..

Thats Petrol, Diesel is slightly more expensive.

It's mostly taxes, isn't it? Brent crude isn't many times more expensive than other crude, so the base constituent is about the same cost all over. And it doesn't have the transport costs like oil to the US.

Gasoline is about $1.05 a litre here. 3.96 litres per US gallon -> $4.16 a US gallon (currencies are about par nowdays). But, there are 30%-40% taxes in that.

Gary

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

i guess us po' folk shouldnt have cell phones either

For those who are concerned with the price of gas, they certainly shouldn't have I-Phones!

It's just rough, and I appologize, but I was just venting a little.... My wife is a physician at a small family clinic that treats a predominantly un-insured population. We spend money on certain things we enjoy, everyone does, but just a few weeks ago she was telling me about seeing a young girl, who was in there, paying on the "sliding scale" so her entire visit was $5 or so, but she had an I-Phone...... my wife was just mystified at why this girl, with no insurance, on public assistance, would have an I-Phone.

I was just trying to say, if prices of gas were putting that big of a strain on your budget, you probably shouldn't have jumped into HD yet, be it Blu-Ray, or a $3,000 television.....

I guess I was raised with conservative values, and was taught at an early age to SAVE SAVE SAVE...... My parents still scoffed at me when they visited us, and saw the T.V. and other stuff..... my parents were actually disappointed because they raised me to know better.

I'm sure if people wanted to they could max out credit cards for Blu-Rays.... it's your right to do so I guess, so have fun..... I've gotta save, because it always rains when you're least prepared.

[Smackos]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

It's mostly taxes, isn't it? Brent crude isn't many times more expensive than other crude, so the base constituent is about the same cost all over. And it doesn't have the transport costs like oil to the US.

Gasoline is about $1.05 a litre here. 3.96 litres per US gallon -> $4.16 a US gallon (currencies are about par nowdays). But, there are 30%-40% taxes in that.

Gary

As of last year it was around 80% of the price was tax..

EDIT: So around $6.80 in tax per gallon..

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

I guess I was raised with conservative values, and was taught at an early age to SAVE SAVE SAVE...... My parents still scoffed at me when they visited us, and saw the T.V. and other stuff..... my parents were actually disappointed because they raised me to know better.

Your parents are right. For the most part people are whining that their luxuries are costing them too much.

Not everyone can do it, but a heck of a lot of people could use public transit, if their own selfish reasons for driving were examined.

Certainly more than one person per car should be doable. All those people on the road are going the same direction as you, and none of you could travel together?

Gary

[dialog_gvf]

^^^ I live and work in downtown Toronto. By choice.

I bike to work 9-10 months a year, and take transit the rest of the time.

Gary

[Brian Cash]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

For those who are concerned with the price of gas, they certainly shouldn't have I-Phones!

It's just rough, and I appologize, but I was just venting a little.... My wife is a physician at a small family clinic that treats a predominantly un-insured population. We spend money on certain things we enjoy, everyone does, but just a few weeks ago she was telling me about seeing a young girl, who was in there, paying on the "sliding scale" so her entire visit was $5 or so, but she had an I-Phone...... my wife was just mystified at why this girl, with no insurance, on public assistance, would have an I-Phone.

I was just trying to say, if prices of gas were putting that big of a strain on your budget, you probably shouldn't have jumped into HD yet, be it Blu-Ray, or a $3,000 television.....

I guess I was raised with conservative values, and was taught at an early age to SAVE SAVE SAVE...... My parents still scoffed at me when they visited us, and saw the T.V. and other stuff..... my parents were actually disappointed because they raised me to know better.

I'm sure if people wanted to they could max out credit cards for Blu-Rays.... it's your right to do so I guess, so have fun..... I've gotta save, because it always rains when you're least prepared.

its called having F**cked up priorities

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

^^^ I live and work in downtown Toronto. By choice.

I bike to work 8-9 months a year, and take transit the rest of the time.

Gary

I have a very short commute now (used to be 60 miles EACH direction....) so I drive in the winter, but Bike it, or jump on the little "community circulator" thing in the summer. Even at 14MPG, if I ONLY went to work/back, I could get by on filling up on the mid-grade once every 3 weeks.... but It takes me the same amount of time to Bike to work...... maybe adds 5 minutes.... but not much anyways.

I don't do it necessarily to save money, and I'm obviously not an environmental nut, otherwise I'd buy a fuel efficient vehicle..... I just do it because it really doesn't make sense to drive to work.....

There ARE other cities out there with good public transportation...... but I do agree that Europe has their ducks in a row..... could be due to the $8+ gallons of gas..... Hmm??????

[Bobby Henderson]

The main thing high gas prices are cutting into is my driving. I've been doing a lot more to consolidate trips and even use my 24-speed trail bicycle for some errands.

Overall, I fill up my pickup truck once a month. If gasoline hits $4 a barrel, I'm going to choose to drive even less.

I hope more and more people will do something similar to what I'm doing on driving conservatively. Oil prices are already way past any justification by market fundamentals. Greedy speculators are the ones pushing up prices further and further in the futures markets. If demand for gasoline really starts dropping those greedy bastards will lose a fortune. That would be fine my me. Anyone buying into oil futures at this point has to be crazy.

[rragland]

Originally Posted by grimicoh

Just wondering if the rising gas prices are keeping people from buy new Blu-rays...

No, I do not pay for gas.

The high prices of Blu-ray discs are keeping me from buying new Blu-rays.

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by Brian Cash

its called having F**cked up priorities

HAHA!!! yeah... True.... of course she sees 16 year old girls that are "concerned" because they're trying to get pregnant, and haven't been able to

The girls/guys she sees are usually carrying something, but it isn't a baby

[Jim L]

I guess it does affect me in a very minimal way, but only by 2 discs/year.

My car gets close to 40mpg so I don't worry about it too much.

(I hate spending a lot for gas.)

[un4gvn94538]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

For those who are concerned with the price of gas, they certainly shouldn't have I-Phones!

It's just rough, and I appologize, but I was just venting a little.... My wife is a physician at a small family clinic that treats a predominantly un-insured population. We spend money on certain things we enjoy, everyone does, but just a few weeks ago she was telling me about seeing a young girl, who was in there, paying on the "sliding scale" so her entire visit was $5 or so, but she had an I-Phone...... my wife was just mystified at why this girl, with no insurance, on public assistance, would have an I-Phone.

I was just trying to say, if prices of gas were putting that big of a strain on your budget, you probably shouldn't have jumped into HD yet, be it Blu-Ray, or a $3,000 television.....

I guess I was raised with conservative values, and was taught at an early age to SAVE SAVE SAVE...... My parents still scoffed at me when they visited us, and saw the T.V. and other stuff..... my parents were actually disappointed because they raised me to know better.

I'm sure if people wanted to they could max out credit cards for Blu-Rays.... it's your right to do so I guess, so have fun..... I've gotta save, because it always rains when you're least prepared.

dude, its a free country. people can do or say what they want. i agree on certain points. i was being sarcastic. but if you let it get to you, your just going to have a stoke. why wonder why

besides, i dont (no one does) have the right to judge people. i dont know them and i dont know whats going on in thier life

[ay221]

Not me. I buy blu-rays from amazon with all the discounts I can get like free shipping. Though I just ordered a $1500 subwoofer.

[Herr Schmidt]

I dont care what it cost as long as i can buy as much as i want.
I have a big converstion van to get around in.A bedroom on wheels if need to be lol.Now i just have to get blu for the van :}

[MacHaggis]

Yes, the price of gas does have an impact on my overall budget.

However, if I buy a Blu-ray and watch it at home, instead of driving to some other "event", I'm actually saving money!!!

Well, I would have to watch lots of movies to make a difference, but you get the idea

- Bogdan

[GORT]

NO I get all my BD from amazon Free 2 day shipping and I have a job that pays very well

[Grim Reaper]

price doesnt bother me at all.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by ay221

Not me. I buy blu-rays from amazon with all the discounts I can get like free shipping.

Yeah, no wasting gas driving to the store looking for BDs. They're brought to you.

[Sir Terrence]

Originally Posted by Jim L

I guess it does affect me in a very minimal way, but only by 2 discs/year.

My car gets close to 40mpg so I don't worry about it too much.

(I hate spending a lot for gas.)

I have you beat

My commuting car is a Honda Insight which I am currently getting about 52mpg in the city and about 60mpg on the highway. The family car is a lexus hybrid SUV the RX-400H. It get about 30mpg, so I am not really hurting as much as others are.

[GORT]

Originally Posted by un4gvn94538

dude, its a free country. people can do or say what they want. i agree on certain points. i was being sarcastic. but if you let it get to you, your just going to have a stoke. why wonder why

besides, i dont (no one does) have the right to judge people. i dont know them and i dont know whats going on in thier life

I can judge becuse the taxes the goverment takes out of my hard earned money pays for other peoples food and health care so they can go buy I-phones if you dont work and are on welfare you dont need an I-phone