Your gas prices may differ from mine; in April, I paid $1.79 - $2.09 a gallon, depending on where I was. It's currently $2.99-$3.15 a gallon.
Six dollars a day may be insignificant to you, but if you work 200 days a year, that's still $1,200.
To me, $1,200 is a significant amount of money.
It's about what I spend on groceries for an entire year.
I put 5,000 miles on my car ms'ing in May. My routes are rarely over 800 miles round-trip.
My car gets 30mpg on the road, less in town, but most of my driving is on the road.
A common business axiom is to maximize profits, it's necessary to have a "ruthless control of costs".
Ignoring bottom-line impact of a 30% price increase for necessary business costs is a poor business practice.
Of course, you (and all the others who agree with you that "it's just 2 cents a mile increase -- insignificant" ) are all entitled to your opinions.
I shall pass the increased costs on to my customers.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/2018 06:16PM by ceasesmith.