Gas Prices

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Well today gas prices in my area went to $3.299/gallon for Regular. Unfortunatly I have to fill the Monte Carlo with Premium at 3.499/gallon. Just wondering what everyone else is paying for gasoline.

They say price guaging(sp?) is illegal. I would like to know of one gas station that isn't doing it. Our local gas station gets a tanker truck every couple days. I want to know how they can justify a price change 3 times in one day! I went by in the morning and it was 2.799, then when I got home from work it was 2.999, the cars were lined up waiting to fill. I went home and was going to come back, it wasn't an hour later the price was 3.299. I know that a tanker truck did not come three times in one day. So how is that not price guaging?? When they get a new tanker in then it would be ok to raise the price if they paid a higher price, but, if they got a tanker in and decided to put it at 2.799, then how is it raised to 3.299 when they still have not paid a higher price for it. I don't blame gas stations for the high price of gasoline. They have to make a living too. They can't help the price of gas. What I do blame them for is when they pull shit like this. They just rip you off! Tell me that they are not price guaging! GAS STATIONS CAN KISS MY ASS!

It could be from another store up the road. Say your store gets gas at 10am and pays a price that allows them to charge $2.79 a gallon. A couple hours later, the store up the road gets their gas but has to pay a price that forces them to charge 2.99 per gallon. Well the first store is going to up their price too in order to make more money.

BTW, here it is $3.19

[Jonsey5484]

It could be from another store up the road. Say your store gets gas at 10am and pays a price that allows them to charge $2.79 a gallon. A couple hours later, the store up the road gets their gas but has to pay a price that forces them to charge 2.99 per gallon. Well the first store is going to up their price too in order to make more money.

BTW, here it is $3.19

That is called price guaging and it is illegal. Also, I just think think that this whole thing is a bunch a BS. They will run the price up over $4 a gallon and then when it does go back down to 2.79, people will be lining up thinking they are getting some kind of great deal. Same thing that they have been doing for years.

[QuietC]

It's pretty sad when gas is more than half of the minimum hourly wage.

[hex1848]

I had just over a half a tank so I figured I would fill up again tonight. I drove 8 miles and past ~15 gas stations before I found one with gasoline tonight. I waited for 20 minutes and bought regular unleaded for 3.29 a gallon.

It's pretty sad when gas is more than half of the minimum hourly wage.

I was thinking about that while I was driving back from the gas station across town tonight.

The minimum wage went up in Florida to 6.15 so we are a little better off then most places but do the math. Lets say you work an 8 hour shift at minimum wage and have to fill up a 15 gallon tank in your car.

$3.29 * 15 = $49.35
$6.15 * 8 = $49.02

ouch.

[thepyrofish]

No stations around here are running out, but prices jumped up to 114.4 cents per litre on thursday. If my math is correct that works out to $3.75 a gallon in US dollars.

I'm so glad I drive a 4-banger.

[Krautle87]

They will run the price up over $4 a gallon and then when it does go back down to 2.79, people will be lining up thinking they are getting some kind of great deal. Same thing that they have been doing for years.

$2.79 already sounds like a good deal.

[SuperChuck]

I just saw on CNN that AAA says gas prices dipped today for the first time in over a week.

Around me, they held relatively steady at 3.19-3.29 (there were some closer to 3.50, but I ignored those).

if I could walk to work today, I would.

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UPDATE: My local pump dropped from 3.29 to 3.15 overnight. Yay, minor relief!

[reaganyouth84]

I heard today that Exxon/Mobil will make a profit of 10 BILLION dollars this fiscal QUARTER! How are they making sooooo much profit if the barrels of oil are supposidly sooooo expensive?

Something else, I think OPEC and big oil are just going to mess with our minds....once gas is around $3.00 for so long, and they lower it to lets say $2.50 it's going to sound like a great bargin for us, even though it is still ridiculously high. Anyways, that's just my 2 cents.

-Mike

[hex1848]

On the bright side, my energy fund has been doing real nice this year....

[QuietC]

Gas here is now 2.88, I believe I heard the Gov. here was thinking of taking the ohio state gas tax off, which would lower it around .28 cents. I also heard that the federal gov. sales tax on gas is around 50 cents.