Gas Prices Starting to Effect Sales?

[iceco1d]

I have considered gas prices from a prospecting perspective. I work the K-12 403(b) market, and some schools I visit are 35 - 50 mile drive one way. Sucks going for a lunch room visit, and scoring a big fat goose egg, all while spending $20 in gas to get there.

You could always buy a Prius!

 

[Justin Bilyj]

Everyone keeps saying gas is going up, far from the truth, its the dollar thats going down, simple little saying "gas is going up" deceives in so many ways...

 

[Crabcake Johnny]

However you want to slice it, it was $1.70 when I captive running 2 to 3 appointments per day (2003) and it's $3.60 now.

Paying twice the amount for gas would have had a significant effect on getting off the ground.

 

[Justin Bilyj]

I am gonna go D2D soon coming up for T65 and some FE, the biggest efficiency helper will be route optimization...

 

[WinoBlues]

However you want to slice it, it was $1.70 when I captive running 2 to 3 appointments per day (2003) and it's $3.60 now.

Paying twice the amount for gas would have had a significant effect on getting off the ground.

$3.60? must be closer you are to DC the cheaper it is. It is $4.12 here. Found out yesterday that Costco pumps are set to $100. max per transaction. And that did not fill up the Suburban.

I was talking to a newbie agent the other day about all the costly mistakes agents make starting out. Add these high gas prices to the mix, I would hate to be starting out today. With high unemployment adding to the pain. My wife worked for Allstate when I went Independent so we had some money every month and benefits.
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If she reads the forum, will be time to pay your medical deductible..

Yeah, I am taking her and her twin to Vegas for her BD. I may be pushing up cactus by the end of it.

 

[Crabcake Johnny]

When I joined UGA there was 5 offices in the state. There's now 1 and although there were many factors, my former division manager recently told me that gas was a large factor. In fact, they started giving out gas cards to new recruits but you can imagine the result - a huge office expense that wasn't recovered.

And yeah, $3.59 as of yesterday in my town...for now.

(And although this is a large tangent, the number 1 reason he cited for UGA's (Mega Life) demise? The internet. People simply started to Google the company and didn't come back after the initial interview.)

 

[theinsuranceman]

Thank goodness for Final Expense Tele-sales...no driving involved.

 

[Crabcake Johnny]

You're not kidding. Although there was a very steep leaving curved involved in switching to online apps, it gave me my life back.

 

[STIBROKER]

there is always.......... GasBuddy.com - Find Low Gas Prices in the USA and Canada

 

[carol369]

Wednesday evening when I was out, there were a few stations at $3.36. The problem was, you couldn't get into those stations!! The other stations were at $3.69.