Massachusetts
Fed up Massachusetts gas station owner stops selling fuel
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“That is the largest ripoff that ever has occurred to individuals in my lifetime.”
A Massachusetts gasoline station proprietor fed up with what he considers makes an attempt by oil firms to fleece clients with outrageously excessive costs on the pump has stopped promoting gasoline as a protest.
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Common gasoline costs in Mass. hits $5 per gallon
Reynold Gladu, who has run Ren’s Mobil Service in downtown Amherst for practically 50 years, drained his tanks earlier this month and has no present plans to refill them.
“I don’t wish to be a part of it anymore,” Gladu advised The Every day Hampshire Gazette for a narrative printed Tuesday. “That is the largest ripoff that ever has occurred to individuals in my lifetime.”
Gasoline in Massachusetts is averaging greater than $5 per gallon, in response to AAA New England.
The enterprise will proceed to do oil modifications and different repairs, however Gladu acknowledges it’s unlikely he’ll have the ability to stay open for lengthy with out promoting gasoline.
“Coping with Mobil, they don’t suppose by their pricing insurance policies anymore,” Gladu stated. “I’ve served their product, however I refuse to do it anymore, as a result of they’re solely getting richer.”
Julie King, a spokesperson for ExxonMobil Corp., wrote in an e mail to the newspaper that the worth on the pump is out of her firm’s management and relies on a number of components, together with the worth of crude.