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steveo09 Rookie Author San Antonio Posts:1 Points:120 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2009 3:48:05 AM Ignore steveo09 Report Abuse There is not one holiday, or special event that takes place, where Valero wants to be the headliner, or the top of the Sponsorship Board...if they continue to drown out the original cause, or meaning of these events, then they should lower their prices around town, not only for the locals who purchase tickets to these events, but for the tourists attending, also. Valero continually sponsors Golf Tournaments in our beautiful city, and should be ashamed to illustrate the marquis at all of their Valero stations, where tourists can see how gouging prices are a part of Valero's tactics, and who's to say they're not gouging the participants of the tournaments.?! I am not against them as a company, but against the fact that they have monopolized the city with their locations, and cannot give anything back to the community which supports them and their sponsorship.

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There is not one holiday, or special event that takes place, where Valero wants to be the headliner, or the top of the Sponsorship Board...if they continue to drown out the original cause, or meaning of these events, then they should lower their prices around town, not only for the locals who purchase tickets to these events, but for the tourists attending, also. Valero continually sponsors Golf Tournaments in our beautiful city, and should be ashamed to illustrate the marquis at all of their Valero stations, where tourists can see how gouging prices are a part of Valero's tactics, and who's to say they're not gouging the participants of the tournaments.?! I am not against them as a company, but against the fact that they have monopolized the city with their locations, and cannot give anything back to the community which supports them and their sponsorship.

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BCERB Champion Author Victoria Posts:2,297 Points:425,015 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2009 8:46:05 PM Ignore BCERB Report Abuse Interesting.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,345 Points:2,145,170 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jul 15, 2009 10:12:43 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse MRED3 wrote: >Valero is a name that Citgo is using now. Valero is named after Mission San Antonio de Valero (the formal name for the Alamo). It's owned by Valero, a US company. CITGO is owned by PDVSA (Venezuela state oil company)
HeavyDuty_cache Champion Author Omaha Posts:12,985 Points:2,485,410 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 11, 2009 3:31:18 AM Ignore HeavyDuty_cache Report Abuse Someone sees a CITGO station change its brand of gas and all of the sudden people ass-u-me that all CITGO's changed the name. I can't believe someone could be so stupid.
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,940 Points:3,532,280 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2009 11:57:17 PM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse I think maybe one of the CITGO station managers is named Frankie Valero, so they use his name when they talk to him. LOL!!
CaptSquid Champion Author Billings Posts:25,668 Points:3,180,965 Joined:Apr 2004	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2009 11:48:21 PM Ignore CaptSquid Report Abuse Valero is a name that Citgo is using now???? Since when?
TheTitan All-Star Author Illinois Posts:960 Points:105,810 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2009 8:14:55 PM Ignore TheTitan Report Abuse This discussion has nothing to do with Boycott/Gasout Talk!!!
MRED3 Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:4,014 Points:932,855 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2009 6:41:54 PM Ignore MRED3 Report Abuse Valero is a name that Citgo is using now.
catfish99 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:13,994 Points:2,499,450 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2009 4:40:47 AM Ignore catfish99 Report Abuse I just pulled up the San Antonio site, and there is a Valero in the top-10 lowest prices for the Metro area. Their price is within four cents of the lowest price anywhere in SA. Sorry to ruin your rant.
HeavyDuty_cache Champion Author Omaha Posts:12,985 Points:2,485,410 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2009 11:43:18 PM Ignore HeavyDuty_cache Report Abuse So what you are saying on your drive by post is that you don't like Valero. When I lived in Corpus I saw a lot of stations besides Valero stations.
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,940 Points:3,532,280 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2009 4:13:09 PM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse All stations in San Antonio are Valero? The Moore's, the CITGO, the Chevron, the Exxon, the Diamond Shamrock, the HEB, the Mobil,the Shell, etc listed in the MSL are all really Valero in disguise? Or are you saying those other stations exist, but Valero somehow forces everybody to buy from Valero instead at higher prices than everybody else?