ajtj99's Market Pulse

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I travel the I-5 corridor quite frequently between Wash and central Oregon buying nursery stock and I see many price divergences that have little correlation to anything I can discern. Oregon normally has cheaper diesel but not always even though there taxes are substantially different. Southwest Wash sometimes is much higher than in the SeaTac metro area but right now it is generally a good .10/15. lower. I know where to consistently buy the areas cheapest diesel throughout the corridor I travel but the only thing that stands out consistently is the inconsistence of diesel fuel costs......My conclusion from years of watching is market MANIPULATION and some places you get more manipulated than others.....it's always a moving target which I think is part of the manipulation.