gasoline prices

[elusive47]

I don't drive but regular is now up to $3.75 here in Buffalo. It was $3.50 last week.

((((((((((((((people who drive)))))))))))))))))))))

Not that e-hugging actually helps.

[aephi alum]

I posted this back on the 18th in the random thread:

Every morning, I drive past one of the most expensive gas stations in town. (Note, I say I drive past it. ) This week I saw the following prices posted for premium:

Monday: $3.839/gal
Tuesday: $3.899/gal
Wednesday: $3.919/gal
Thursday: $3.939/gal
Friday: $3.999/gal

16 cents in the space of four days.

Oy.

This asshat is now getting $4.119 for premium. Regular still isn't over $4, but it's only a matter of time..........

[smiley21]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I posted this back on the 18th in the random thread:



This asshat is now getting $4.119 for premium. Regular still isn't over $4, but it's only a matter of time..........

Now I don't feel so bad for paying the extra low price of $3.67 for premium. Then again, it is just a matter of time before I will be paying over $4/gal.

[jon1856]

Well if you live anywhere near NJ, you have about 5 hours until prices go up 21 cents on NJT and GSP.

[SWTXBelle]

our 3.55 a gallon seems like a bargain!

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by smiley21

Now I don't feel so bad for paying the extra low price of $3.67 for premium. Then again, it is just a matter of time before I will be paying over $4/gal.

You suck. Around here, the cheapest gas you can get is $3.679/gal... for regular. I kid you not when I say people line up to get gas there... burning gas while idling in line.

Unfortunately, I have no choice but to buy premium. The Princess will only drink Veuve Clicquot - no Korbel for her.

[jon1856]

U.S. gasoline theft on the rise along with prices
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. motorists, angered by soaring gasoline prices, are resorting increasingly to theft -- a trend that could worsen heading into summer driving season, a national association of fuel retailers said Thursday.
"It is getting bad. When the price of gasoline goes up, the number of drive-offs goes up," said Dan Gilligan, president of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America, which represents about 8,000 retailers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...e=domesticNews

There is a Shell station near me that:
1) That has just about always had the lowest price gas in the area.
2) Is, from what I have been told, is the busiest Shell in area.
3) Has at least 2 dedicated tanker deliveries a day.
4) Has pay up front pumps.

And yet it has more cameras on the property than any two banks I have ever been in!
I was told that they added one or two after they realized that someone figured out a dead zone in coverage!

And I should add that this station still has very active bays and when they are busy, an employee is walking around directing traffic flow.

[AGDee]

When you really look at this issue carefully, what's shocking us is that it's going up so quickly. However, gas prices were increasing at less than the rate of inflation for a very long time and it's correcting itself now. When I'm reading posts about 1999 and gas prices were around $1, I think "Hmm, when I was in college, it was around $1/gallon too". So, from the early 80's til the late 90's (20 year span), it barely went up at all. Now it's skyrocketing fast. If it had gone up 10 cents a year from 1980, it would be right around $3.80.. hmmm. 10 cents a year, every year, wouldn't have seemed like a big deal, but to have it go up almost $1.00 over the past year, it hurts more.

I know it hurts, trust me. Food prices, gas prices.. it's all putting a major dent in our budgets.

[sjsoffer]

Last summer, when I bought my bike, I felt silly throwing down $350. If I had a car that whole time, I definitely would have spent much more on that....
I haven't driven in 2 years, at all, so I'm worried about when I finally do have to get a car, how much more broke I'll be

[nikki1920]

gas prices are too dayum high!!!!!!!

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by nikki1920

gas prices are too dayum high!!!!!!!

Amazing isn't it how bad we are getting screwed?

Kansas City, Ks.- two days ago it was $3.55 unleaded, and then it will penny a day or three down and jump .12-.14 cents and people flock to the pumps at the higher price!

Thank goodness I drive close to my store and home.

I am tired as we say in this part of the country of getting stump broke by big companies and Government!!!!!!!!!!!

[Beryana]

Originally Posted by AGDee

When I'm reading posts about 1999 and gas prices were around $1, I think "Hmm, when I was in college, it was around $1/gallon too". So, from the early 80's til the late 90's (20 year span), it barely went up at all. Now it's skyrocketing fast. If it had gone up 10 cents a year from 1980, it would be right around $3.80.. hmmm. 10 cents a year, every year, wouldn't have seemed like a big deal, but to have it go up almost $1.00 over the past year, it hurts more.

Actually in the 90s it went up and then plummeted in 98 or so down to below $1.00/gallon (I recall seeing $.79/gal!). Yes, it has been steadily increasing - but there is still NO reason for it to go up $.20/gal in two days or be as high as it is except for pure, unadulterated greed. And it's greed on the part of some states too, not just oil companies. A few years ago when prices were reaching over $2.00/gal some states dropped their tax on gas to help out - don't see any doing that now (not that Wisconsin did at that time either! Doyle even MADE gas stations raise their prices and set a minimum gas price!).

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Amazing isn't it how bad we are getting screwed?

Kansas City, Ks.- two days ago it was $3.55 unleaded, and then it will penny a day or three down and jump .12-.14 cents and people flock to the pumps at the higher price!

Thank goodness I drive close to my store and home.

I am tired as we say in this part of the country of getting stump broke by big companies and Government!!!!!!!!!!!

What big companies are screwing you on gas? Oil and gas companies?

[smiley21]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

You suck. Around here, the cheapest gas you can get is $3.679/gal... for regular. I kid you not when I say people line up to get gas there... burning gas while idling in line.

Unfortunately, I have no choice but to buy premium. The Princess will only drink Veuve Clicquot - no Korbel for her.

Well guess what? That is what I paid last week. I drove pass the gas station today and premium is now $3.81 or $3.87 (I cannot remember which).

I feel your pain about your car's preference for gas. My car will only accept premium. Oh well.

[summer_gphib]

There was a line today at Sam's to get gas. It was $3.529 for regular unleaded. Everywhere else it's $3.599. So it was worth the wait.