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Does he own any other stations? I’d like to make sure I never buy from him again.

Go back where you came from.  Gouge your own kind! We don’t need it! Looks like you should be kin to mohammed Atta, of American Airlines fame.

Let me start by saying I am not a racist. I consider myself a culturally consious individual… On the other hand this really pisses me off. In general deciet tends to be a common factor, when doing business with individuals of such pictured above. We grant all freedom and liberty entering this country. These individuals have taken over almost every country store in the U.S., run tax free businesses, but still choose to rip off fellow Americans. I am furious!

don.t forget the exon on morgantown road and 61 north raised there price from 3.55 to 3.79 and the shell on the bypa gss raised there gas 10 cent a gallon

sorry bypass not bypa gss lol

Basic principle of supply and demand. If you don’t want to pay that price then go elsewhere. Our own government gouges us, the taxpayers, everyday.

any other  price gouging going on let everybody know about it

Is it Racist to say “Just look at the last name”.

If you can see past you’re emotion, you might recognize the allocation of scarce resources, aka ‘gouging’, a sound economic principle. Keeps people from filling up when they don’t have to,leaving more from the next guy. It encourages people to prepare for the next time. Shame on you if you vote for politicians that played your heart strings for their power, which they value over your welfare. Hold them accountable!

Exactly, but don’t arrest!

singh sounds like chinese to me

Nope, Indian, as in from India, also, not Arabic.  

They had another individual from the same ethnic group caught for the same thing in the Jackson area. They don’t care about anything but themselves. Have you noticed that a lot (most) of the 3 star and below hotels are run by someone named Patel? That’s not just Natchez and Jackson but I know of 3 in Arkansas and 2 in Galveston. All run by someone with the same last name. Wonder who is getting ripped off there??

Right, but as consumers, we have the right to spend money where we please and where we don’t want to.  I make it a point to not go simply because most of their stations and motels are not located in safe locations and not because of their ethnicity.  I refuse to go to any gas station where the clerk is surrounded by bullet proof glass and the store is barred down.  Of course, there are exceptions to any rule, but unless in dire straights, which thankfully I have not been in, I don’t give them my business.  

Throw this dude under the jail and throw the key away!!!

My PC meter must have been ajar.

FYI Patel means “innkeeper”.
 

And I was gonna name my next yard kid Kuldip. makes me go hmmmmmmm.

Yeppers Teach, half the pitiful country are singhs or patels.Capitalization personally left off. They get loans we cannot get; buy convenience stores and cheap motels, do no repair or upkeep, let them fall down, and then get loans to buy more. 

Howze about all the gas stations and the monopoly owned grocery stores in this area?

I don’t think what the man did amounts to price gouging outside of some arbitrary government definition.  There were no shortages, transportation blockages, etc. and people were free to go fill up elsewhere.

And for the Indian-bashers on this thread, go dig a hole and climb into it.  They are a hard-working and industrious people with generally good solid values.  You won’t see them sitting around and generationally dependent on your tax dollars for survival. Many of you could learn a thing or two from them.

We don’t “grant” anyone freedom or liberty.  It is theirs when they are born.  They didn’t steal those country stores, they bought them.  They come here for opportunity.  They see it and they act on it just as our forefathers did.  That is the American way.

Hellurrr…on monday gas at wal mart was 3.59…on tuesday gas at wal mart was back to 3.44 So what is wal marts excuse???

Agreed, Dave.  “Gouging”, and that is not what this is, helps prevent hoarding.  During Katrina, people here were fighting in gas lines, pulling guns on each other, etc. as they sought to fill up on cheap gas.   Never mind that actual “gouging” requires artificial shortage or collusion, neither of which was present int his case, regardless of the government’s definition.

no racism here, just facts:  we travel a lot.  we used to try to save money by staying at budget-type motels such as super 8, etc.  it got to the point that we almost could not find an inn run by patels.  so, we began to choose nicer motels like holiday inn express, etc.  same thing.  now, again, not racist.  our decisions were made based on the smell in the lobby.  curry.  one owner was cooking goat in his apartment.  nauseating.  so, while traveling now, if the inn has that “smell,” we turn around and walk right back to the car.  no racial issues here, but a strong cultural difference.  we don’t use curry, and we do not cook goat, especially in the oven, for crying out loud.  obviously, some patels are successful motel owners.  however, perhaps they do need to pay more attention to the guests they are serving, the great majority of whom are NOT indian, pakastani, etc.  

yes Jack you are so right!! they do get “special” loans from the government!! and several of them do own hotels here in natchez and i would pay .50 cents to stay in them they are very NASTY!!! i tried to get a small business loan being a caucasian american woman..i couldn’t get one!!!

My blood boils when I read about a foreigner pulling a stunt like this…Yesterday I’m standing on the side of my house, watering my wifes flowers..
I look  up and walking towards my front yard is a neighbor from down the street with another lady…The other lady stops and starts to pick tomatoes from my plants. Obviously,she does not see me standing about 30 feet away…I said, “Excuse me, but what are you doing?”  She is a bit startled @ being caught. I walk over and she is hold two red big boys…My neighbor is embarrassed, but did nothing to stop the woman from  helping herself.  The thief holds out her hands and says ..She has a foreign accent. I say “Look, if you want veggies, just knock on my door and ask. This is what we do in America.”  The neighbor’s face is red and starts making excuses…I break in & say ” Take those two, but next time—ask..”

Foreigners !!    What ya gonna  do?

In an ideal life we are born with freedom and liberty; however, this is the real world and the price for freedom and liberty is bloodshed and war. No matter what ethnicity you are in the U.S. someone pays the price. Too many of my peers don’t make it back home, children are without mothers and fathers, and psychological truama is the end result. The U.S. polices the world and lets face the fact that the majority of our wars are fought in foreign countries. No matter what ethnicity your background is of if you weren’t born in the U.S. to be an American is a privilege!

To live in the US is a privilege but that has nothing to do with rights.  All people are endowed by their creator with unalienable rights.  What is great about the US is that is enshrined into our law and those natural rights protected.  People in most other countries are not so lucky.

I totally agree with you “heavyonthemind”.. and totally disagree with “crackalakin”. These people come here, our government gives them tax free loans. They are a blight on our nation. Enough said.

These so-called “price-gouging” laws are a clear violation of constitutionally guaranteed private property rights. A person should be allowed to sell his goods and services at whatever price he wants. People are free to go elsewhere if they don’t like the price. These laws are counter-productive and actually hurt in emergency situations by reducing the incentive of producers to ship in supplies, and thereby causing shortages. The politicians are the ones who should be thrown into jail. I’ll be going out of my way to buy gas from this guy in the future. I’d suggest the politicians go to http://www.fee.org to learn a little about basic economics.www.fee.org to learn a little about basic economics.

Exactly right! This poor guy is being thrown into jail for exercising his private property rights! This country is no longer free!

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TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE NEGATIVE COMMENTS I KNOW HOW THAT MAN FEELS. OUT OF EVERY ONE THOUSAND GAS STATION ONWERS, 999 IS WHITE AND MAYBE ONE IS HIS RACE. NOW IF YOU THINK OUT OF THAT 999 THERE WAS NO GOUGING, YOU GOT TO BE CRAZY. WHITE FOLKS INVENTED THE GOUGING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GO BACK TO AFRICA MANY TIMES. I REALLY DIDN’T KNOW THIS COUNTRY WAS OWNED BY A CERTAIN RACE. TIME AND TIME AGAIN THEY STACK THE DECK AGAINST ANY MINORTY. I SEE 33 COMMENTS SO FAR. IF THAT WAS A WHITE MALE PICTURE, DO YOU THING  IT WOULD BE THIS MANY COMMENTS? I HAVE A PROBLEM TRYING TO  UNDERSTANDING WHY SOME THINK IT’S ALRIGHT FOR WHITES TO STEAL? ”SAYING I’M NOT A RACIST” IS AS OLD AS DIRT.     

MY BLOOD BOILS WHEN SOME CAUCASIAN ALWAYS PUTING THERE FOOT DOWN ON MINORITYS. I JUST WONDER IS THERE ANY OTHER RACE THEY CARE ANYTHING FOR BESIDE THERE OWN RACE. MANY OF THEM HATE THERE OWN RACE. I CAN SAY ONE THING FOR SURE, AS TIME GOES ON, YOU WANT HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT IT OR GET OUT OF DODGE. BECAUSE THAT 999 WILL BECOME THE MINORITY.

The goverment pays for all that,who you kiddin,where do they get the money?

Bought a tanks of gas from one at the station redlight in Ferriday,he cursed me out because i raised the  wrong hand as i waved goodbye on the way out…seems it,s an insult to wave at the ragheads with your left hand..who cares..im sick of the whole racist thing,,they,,esepecially the welfare bums cause more trouble than anybody.

They don,t care about causcsian people,,they worry about outsiders..thats whats important to the goverment..

there was a working gas station right across the hwy…ppl were free to go there…I used to be a police officer in the area and he is a good guy. Yall wanna get someone for price gouging, get NAPA…$27.00 + tax for a gas can!!!!!!!!!!!! and there the only ones that have them!!! thats gouging!!!!!

If you go back to your history book, actually, we are the foreigners

there is a fine line there, but AMEN to your comment…keep ppl from buying and resaling also!

NAPA IN NATCHEZ SELLING GAS CANS FOR 27 DOLLARS A PIECE…THE ONLY PLACE THAT HAS GAS CANS!

I dont hate on black, indian, arabic, or any other race including my own (white) and you being told to go back to Aferica..Id tell them some B****es to go back to hell!! there is a difference in a N****** and a Black just like there is a difference in a cracker (which ive been called many times) and a white person) the latter 2 are both THUG PUNKS`

There is no such thing as waving with the wrong hand.  It is not an insult to wave to anyone with your left hand.  You do realize that Indians aren’t Muslims, right?

Do me a favor and look up “hypocrisy” in the dictionary if you have one or even know what one is.

Ignorance is not an effective weapon against ignorance, Dave.

Brilliant–absolutely brilliant !!

Fools be Hindu’s—Hedu, Himdu,Herdu–Nope—Hindu…known for bring the most filthy humans in the world..In Calcutta–Cattle, Monkeys, White mice all free to roam–craaping all over the place—flies like you wouldn’t believe in the constant 100 degree 90 % Humidity…Locat rivers-streams—full of feces, with poor folks drinking the water…

Then, they bring their bad habits over here–thanks to our Liberal Immigration policies…

 Immigration policy aside, I’ve found my experiences with Indians to be positive, for the most part.  When I went to engineering school many were in my classes and a few, my instructors.  I found them to be studious, serious-minded and hard-working.  My former neighbors were an older Indian couple with a teenage daughter.  Both held doctorates and taught at the collegiate level.  They kept an immaculate yard and were great neighbors.  From speaking to them I gathered they were a very ethics and values-oriented family as they spoke of values they were trying to instill in their daughter.  Two Indian brothers own a convenience store near me.  I’ll sometimes chat with them when I’m in there.  They both worked other jobs and saved their money, one on a cruise ship and another in the oil business, I think, and decided to open a store.  It is a nice store and they are nice guys.

I’ve simply got no reason to have anything other than a positive opinion.