Screwed again

Well, they're at it again. I'm talking about the oil companies. Yesterday I wanted to get gas and discovered gas prices went up from 1.07 to 1.12. So I didn't fill up. I realized it was the long weekend. They're doing it every time. Last time I got gas I paid 1.18. The day before that prices had been 1.07. Before that 1.04. I missed it.  How can they justify an increase of 10 cents a liter in one day? The day after I filled up prices dropped to 1.11 or something like that. Can't remember anymore. My friend Don, who is in BC right now, left a comment on my last blog. According to his comment the gas prices in BC rose from 1.189 to 1.229. And apparently the prices for the summer are predicted to go up to 1.50 a liter. What the hell is going on? Then again...we all know what is going on. The oil companies are gouging us. And there is nothing we can do. Even the government is not interested in controlling the prices, and with good reason. The higher the prices the more money the government makes. There is another questions that pops up: Who controls the governments of this world? Look at the war in the Middle East. Sure, we're told it's all about terrorism. Is it? It is just strange that all the oil comes from that area on this planet. Just thinking aloud. Wouldn't want to call attention to myself. Paranoia can be fatal.
The consumers are constantly screwed around with. We go shopping at Extra Foods in Selkirk. Yesterday we bought 3 cans of beans, advertised in large letters as 60 cents a can. At the cashier we paid 80 cents. When I went back to check the price I read the small letters beside the price: in groups of 5, which means you need to buy five cans to get the sale price. This is the third time we got screwed like that. The first time was when we bought cough candies. You needed to buy 2 packages to get the price. We only bought one package. The second time we bought Tonic water, advertised as 80 cents per bottle. We paid 1.27 a bottle. Again...sale price only with groups of 5. The price is displayed in large letters, the groups of 5 in tiny letters easily overlooked. I call that deception. It's going on everywhere. Instead of $100.00 it is $99.99. That to me is a deception game. Messing around with my mind. Trying to make me believe the price is under $100.00. Actually, it is: one penny!
Before the groups of 5 it was Limit of 2 or Limit of 5, that's when you get the sale price. If you are over the limit you pay the full price, which is displayed in tiny letters. With the groups of 5 you pay more if you buy under the limit. Like I said: Deception.
I guess it is the old story: Buyer Beware. Read the small print.