AMHERST — An Amherst gasoline station is pushing again towards the current spike in gasoline costs. 

Ren’s Mobil Service has been serving the neighborhood of Amherst for roughly 5 many years, however with gasoline near $5 a gallon, its proprietor determined to pump the breaks on gasoline gross sales.

“It’s hard enough for people to put groceries on their table after working in the factory or whenever they work for 30-40 hours a week and not be able to put gas in their car and get to work,” proprietor Reynold Gladu told Western Mass News. “I don’t want to be part of it.”

Cardboard indicators studying “out of gas” will be seen taped to the pumps exterior of the Mobil station on North Pleasant Street. 

“Two weeks ago on a Friday, they came in and said, “Put the worth of gasoline up 20 cents.’ The following day, which was a Saturday, they mentioned, ‘Gas is up one other 20 cents. Right off the bat, bells went off in my head. I mentioned, ‘How can it go up 40 cents in lower than 24 hours?'” Gladu recalled. “There’s no justification. It’s the identical gasoline that was within the floor that they are simply making more money on.”

Gladu says he’ll proceed to service automobiles and maintain his enterprise open so long as he can, however he refuses to be a part of the issue. 

“I will continue to operate this. That belongs to me, not Mobil, but myself as an individual. And if people want to have their cars serviced, I will be happy to do it.”

As for what it is going to take for Gladu to deliver gasoline again to Ren’s Mobil, he says ExxonMobil must “stop robbing the public.”

In a press release to Western Mass News, ExxonMobil mentioned regarding the scenario, “ExxonMobil does not own or operate any retail fuels stations in the United States. Service stations are individually owned and price their fuel based on local market competition and other business factors.”