gasoline prices

[FirstAndFinest]

Originally Posted by jon1856

This is the price spread in a two mile section near me:
$3.82-$3.99
I did see a sign for $4.05 a bit north.

The NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway are still at "just" $3.49. My local stations are still a nickle or so less.

[deadbear80]

I'd gladly pay $3.49 right about now...

In the City of Chicago gas is somewhere between $3.99-$4.09. I was excited the other day being out in the suburbs (on the border of Cook and Lake Counties) and finding gas for $3.79.

Last weekend I paid $3.65 in Indiana for gas (and that was about the low in Indiana and Michigan).

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by navane

Thanks Jon! I didn't think to look on snopes (it's not so much a scam or urban legend as it is a poor understanding of economics). My roomie has to drive 350 miles every *weekend* and I'm sure that hurts his wallet. I think he's already considering purchasing a smaller car, which would fall into the "buy less gas" suggestion given in the snopes link above. Thanks!

.....Kelly

K-In this case it was not yet a scam/urban legend.
That said, all too many chain letters with same idea have been going around for years and ending up in all to many in-boxes.
And that is why it is covered in the Urban legend sites.

[jon1856]

NEW YORK (May 1) -- Despite daily headlines bemoaning record gas prices, the U.S. is actually one of the cheaper places to fill up in the world.
Out of 155 countries surveyed, U.S. gas prices were the 45th cheapest, according to a recent study from AIRINC, a research firm that tracks cost of living data.

The difference is staggering. As of late March, U.S. gas prices averaged $3.45 a gallon. That compares to over $8 a gallon across much of Europe, $12.03 in Aruba and $18.42 in Sierra Leone.

The U.S. has always fought to keep gas prices low, and the current debate among presidential candidates on how to keep them that way has been fierce.

But those cheap gas prices - which Americans have gotten used to - mean they feel price spikes like the ones we're experiencing now more acutely than citizens from other nations which have had historically more expensive fuel.
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_...002x1200043254

[justabeachbrat]

Today, the first time in my area, Pasadena crept past $4.00 gallon, 2 at $4.03, and paid $4.05 downtown LA. My older sister in Wyoming reporrts they are on the rise there, too. There: $3.35: no CA taxes and whatever else they tack on here.

[Thetagirl218]

On I- 75 from Tallahassee to Tampa I saw once place that had gass for 3.79! Also gas was on average 3.65 in tally while it is 3.52 down in Tampa Bay. I wonder why the difference?

[aephi alum]

My "favorite" gas station is up to $4.339/gal for premium. A ten cent increase in three days.

[SoCalGirl]

$3.79 for the super cheap costco stuff today.

[WVU alpha phi]

$3.65 in Charlotte, NC today.. 20 miles down the road in Fort Mill, SC you can find a few places in the $3.50s.

[Beryana]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

A ten cent increase in three days.

Try a ten cent a gallon increase OVERNIGHT!!! We went from 3.599 to 3.699 from yesterday when I came home from work at 10pm and headed out today at 1pm.

[PeppyGPhiB]

$3.63 at the Safeway down the street from me (plus you get a discount on top of that if you have one of their club cards)

[bballbandit]

$3.43 here, or that's what it was when I left campus today. It will probably be higher tomorrow though.

[christiangirl]

My "favorite" gas station goes down by 7 cents between 4-7pm. I usually go then, so that it's about $3.35 instead of $3.42, but last week, I saw that BP is at $3.22--all day everyday.

SWITCH!!!!!!!!!

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by Beryana

Try a ten cent a gallon increase OVERNIGHT!!! We went from 3.599 to 3.699 from yesterday when I came home from work at 10pm and headed out today at 1pm.

I can beat that. The Speedway near my house was $3.719 when I left for work this morning. Now it is $3.959! Good thing I filled up yesterday!

[Scandia]

Thetagirl- maybe because Tampa has a big port and thus the gasoline is easier to transport?

Either that, or the same reason why gas prices in Gainesville are much higher than in most other parts of the state- to trap the rich students.