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Did Rising Gas Prices Lead To Matthew Mcconaughey's Recent Car Sale?

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Did Rising Gas Prices Lead To Matthew Mcconaughey's Recent Car Sale?

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While gas prices may not have much of an affect on the deep
pockets of Hollywood stars, they have hit the rest of us quite
hard-including florists and those who buy flowers from them.

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Did Rising Gas Prices Lead To Matthew Mcconaughey's Recent Car Sale?
Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Wesley Berry, AAF
Wesley Berry Flowers
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Actor Matthew McConaughey reportedly sold his 1971 Corvette
Stingray convertible on eBay for $61,600. But, it wasn't rising
gas prices that led to the sale; McConaughey sold the car for
charity, donating the proceeds to Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network
for Katrina and Rita relief. While gas prices may not have much
of an affect on the deep pockets of Hollywood stars, they have
hit the rest of us quite hard-including florists and those who
buy flowers from them.

Rising gas prices affect the florists on a number of levels, such
as deliveries to customers and shipments from wholesalers. The
affect on florists has been so profound that it's prompted some
to take their concerns before the House committee on Energy and
Commerce.

When John R. Wilkins, AAF, executive vice president of Delaware
Valley Floral Group in Sewell, New Jersey testified in May of
2006, he told the committee, "Other than labor costs, perhaps no
single factor has more power to impact the bottom line of floral
businesses than the cost of fuel. As you buy flowers for your
mothers, wives or daughters this coming weekend in celebration of
Mother's Day, I am estimating that up to 50 percent of the cost
of flowers is attributable to transportation costs. That's not
counting the percentage that might be attributable to other fuel
prices-heat for greenhouses and electricity for refrigeration."

Still other florists are taking matters into their own hands in
an attempt to reduce their costs and pass the savings on to their
customers. Many florists have begun to invest in new vehicles
that get better gas mileage. One such vehicle that some florists
are swearing by for their deliveries is the Toyota Scion xB,
which gets a reported 31 miles per gallon.

Janesville, Wisconsin florist Tom Carlson of Fairview Florist and
Greenhouses says he's cut his operating costs in half while
increasing his visibility in the area. His customers say they see
his Scion, dubbed "the chick magnet," all over town. Carlson
had this to say of the Scion he's owned for about a year now,
"Depreciation is less, insurance is less, maintenance is less
and gas is less."

Mesa, Arizona florist David Johnson, owner of Watson's Flower
Shop, reports that he's saved more than $6,000 in gas since
trading in his two Ford vans for two Scions last summer. The
enormous savings is enough to cover the cost of one of the
Scion's leases for twelve months!

Although the Scion is smaller than the traditional vans that most
florists use, there are ways around that, too. Tom Carlson uses
his larger van only when he has large deliveries while in
Melbourne, Florida Tina Stoecker, AIFD, PFCI (of Designs of the
Times Florist) says her little Scion has just as much space as a
van when she removes the back seat.

No matter what business they're in, people all over America are
looking for ways to beat the rising price of gas. Though the cost
may lead you to sell your old gas-guzzler, if you're like most
of us, you won't be able to donate the money to charity like
Matthew McConaughey did-you'll have to use it to pay for gas to
fill the tank of your new car! Or, you could use some of the
money to buy yourself flowers as a little pick-me-up.

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Wesley Berry is member of the American Academy of
Floriculture (AAF) and President of Wesley Berry Flowers,
a successful multi-million dollar floral business that
was established in 1946. He is also the developer of
http://www.LocalNewsDelivery.com a website that delivers
local news to over 40,000 communities across the country.
Recently he also launched a website providing information
about various places of worship (http://www.local-worship.com)
throughout the United States. Visit Wesley Berry Flowers on
the web at http://www.800wesleys.com

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