Posted on 06/09/2013 12:40:28 AM PDT by TexGrill
Though Ratih, a 44-year-old resident of East Jakarta, felt fortunate to find a 3-kilogram gas cylinder for her stove, she was alarmed at how much the price had gone up since she last purchased one.
“It’s difficult to find [these] cylinders … I went quite far to find one. The price is going up, though. I paid Rp 18,000 [$1.83] this time, whereas I paid Rp 15,000 last time,” she said on Saturday.
Another East Jakarta resident, Wanah, was in the same boat. Though the price of a 12-kg gas cylinder went up by Rp 20,000, she had no choice but to buy it.
“I bought a 12-kg cylinder for Rp 98,000. It used to cost Rp 78,000. It’s good that people still sell them, so I’m okay with paying more,” Wanah said.
With stocks limited and prices steadily rising, many Jakarta residents are finding it difficult to supply their stoves with gas.
Barnas, a gas vendor, remarked that he has had to raise his prices due to limited supplies. He currently sells 3-kg has cylinders for Rp 17,000 and 12-kg gas cylinders for Rp 82,000 at his shop in Jatinegara, East Jakarta.
“I only receive [cylinders] every two days now, while in the past I was supplied every day,” Barnas said.
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This does it. I have changed my mind about moving to Indonesia.
The price is still less than one third of US prices.
...and they’re referring to propane (I think...could be Butane too, but probably not).
The Christian areas of Sulawasi are nice.
I’ve never been there never will be there.
I read the comments at the linked article and did a quick search to verify.
There is no shortage. Panic buying has set in, for one.
For another, people have figured out that the smaller gas cylinders are subsidized to the point of actually being cheaper than larger ones, so they’re being snapped up.
And another, the government quasi-monopoly came out with a scheme to market “Bright Gas” with a higher price, which also set off a buying binge to get in ahead of the price increase.
Government at work. Now, on to the “solution” that aggravates the problem, then the rationing and price controls.
All the same, bureaucrats are. They always know best when they know nothing at all.
Drill, baby, drill!
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