State probe didn’t find evidence of price fixing


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Complaints about high gas prices on the South Coast, and in Coos Bay-North Bend in particular, are nothing new. The Oregon Department of Justice released a 13-page report in 2006, concluding there was no price gouging going on in the Bay Area.

“On the basis of this investigation, insufficient evidence exists to conclude that high prices consumers experienced on the Southern Oregon Coast during the period examined resulted from illegal anticompetitive behavior. High gasoline and diesel prices on the southern Oregon coast in 2004 appear to have been the result of national and local market factors rather than unlawful collusion,” the  report said.

Altogether, the department has looked into gas prices in the Coos Bay area in 2001, 2004 and in each of the last three years. Spokeswoman Jan Margosian said recent investigations concluded no evidence of price fixing.
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TheMom wrote on Sep 27, 2008 10:30 AM:

And yet another CROCK! Who do you think greased the palms of the Oregon DOJ to come to the conclusion of "insufficient evidence"?

kickincb wrote on Sep 27, 2008 10:29 AM:

the world publishes a story form 2006? How does that relate to today? Just another example of the world doing less than what should be done for the people of our area.

Al the Pal wrote on Sep 27, 2008 8:40 AM:

Of COURSE they found no collusion. Every time some moron of a politian wants to toss a carrot to the masses he promises to get right to the bottom of issues like these.

Nothing EVER comes out of it.

All the oil companies have to do is send a few, in most cases a very few, dollars their way and our elected idiots let them get away with anything they want.

I always know when the courts and politians are behind me, I feel them there all the time.

Citizen wrote on Sep 27, 2008 8:23 AM:

I would love to know what the specific definition of illegal anticompetetive behavior is. Sometimes if the rules or law are inadequate we are left to assume it means what we think it does. Lax rules make government employee's jobs easier. Which reminds me... Why are we even listening to the government when they are taxing the fuel? We have to buy the gas no matter what.


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