08-10-2010, 04:41 PM
Gas stations are independently owned. By boycotting BP gas stations, you are just boycotting the poor schmuck who had the bad luck of picking BP as his gasoline provider whenever he did. Sure he can switch over to another company, but that costs a lot of money too. And these are mostly small business owners who are actually supplying jobs to Americans.
To add insult to injury, BP gas station owners had to PAY franchising rights to display the BP logos everywhere. That's an additional cost for the benefit of branding. That's why when you drive thru poor areas, you see all these Mom and Pop gas stations that can't be bothered with the branding, or can't afford it. I worked as a mechanic assistant one summer bck in college for a mom and Pop shop. They bought Texaco gasoline, but weren't branded. So all these poor bastards paid extra for the high quality "image" of BP. :roll:
This is has gone all political tho, go whine about BP in the political forum. I just want to make money off their public perception vs. reality.
To add insult to injury, BP gas station owners had to PAY franchising rights to display the BP logos everywhere. That's an additional cost for the benefit of branding. That's why when you drive thru poor areas, you see all these Mom and Pop gas stations that can't be bothered with the branding, or can't afford it. I worked as a mechanic assistant one summer bck in college for a mom and Pop shop. They bought Texaco gasoline, but weren't branded. So all these poor bastards paid extra for the high quality "image" of BP. :roll:
This is has gone all political tho, go whine about BP in the political forum. I just want to make money off their public perception vs. reality.