Who's seen the highest gas prices? [Archive]

Dirty_Zulu

31-08-2005, 21:04

Corner from my home: $3.19 / gallon regular, $3.29 mid, $3.39 supreme. Woohoo! :eek: Let's get rid of those giant Ford Excursions, Expeditions and Navigators.... Time to invest in a Toyota Prius.

Somehow the amount of $$ spent on Iraq and the deaths correlates to the rising gas.

Bortaz

31-08-2005, 21:09

In the moderately rural Rio Grande Valley area of Texas...one of the top 3 poorest areas of the US, where things are usually moderately priced...I, today, paid $3.00 per gallon for the lowest octane.

I drive a 2004 Toyota Tundra. It cost me $56 to fill up from 1/4 tank. I wept.

kobold

31-08-2005, 21:17

The price today in some parts of New Brunswick is up to $1.30 Cdn for regular. Converted to US at yesterday's closing rate of $1.1915, that makes for $4.15 US a gallon.

My friend and I are thinking of starting to pimp out our wives to pay for gas.

(I drive a van, takes 19 gallons - $78.85 US to fill). :mad:

kobold

essojay

31-08-2005, 21:30

The price today in some parts of New Brunswick is up to $1.30 Cdn for regular. Converted to US at yesterday's closing rate of $1.1915, that makes for $4.15 US a gallon.
Wow, even here in BC in the same country I've rarely seen the prices go higher than $1.10 Cdn.

Usufruct

31-08-2005, 21:40

$2.76 for regular here in Bellows Falls VT. Pretty moderate I guess. I drive a Nissan Xterra, and I'm squeezing 20-22 mpg out of it, but that's still not much.

Machina

31-08-2005, 21:52

British petrol prices are roughly 3 times greater than American ones iirc :rant: .

SelfBaisResistor

31-08-2005, 21:55

Its $2.99 regular, $3.09 middle, $3.19 premiun here in Milwaukee. Yesterday it was $2.69. I smell a price gouge here or some other sort of sabotage other than the hurricane.

I drive a '95 Oldsmobile 88 and get about 20MPG on average. It'll take me a good $50-60 to fill my tank once it gets to empty. Luckily I'm at 3/4 of a tank so hopefully prices will level off a bit in the next week. (I'm probably dreaming.)

SelfBaisResistor

31-08-2005, 21:57

British petrol prices are roughly 3 times greater than American ones iirc :rant: .

Aaahhh true, but your mass transit system is roughly 30 times better than it is here in the U.S, or at least in Milwaukee.

aman

31-08-2005, 21:59

British petrol prices are roughly 3 times greater than American ones iirc

Yeah we get ripped off here in Britain :lol:

Aman

Gorny

31-08-2005, 22:02

AjustinMyJonson

31-08-2005, 22:33

3.09 here in southern Ohio.

Ive heard from some less than reliable sources that if you buy a Hybrid car these days, the government sends you an annual check of $X000 (ive heard differing amounts). Can anyone verify this?

Good thing freshman arent allowed to have cars on campus this year, dont have to waste any more money on gas for a while.

Johnson

llad12

31-08-2005, 22:41

<Mentally calculates personal oil and gas royalty and working interest volumes and prices compared to last year>

:eek:

Uhh ... nothing to see here ... move along

:whistle:

Ebuski

01-09-2005, 00:01

2.99 for cheapest unleaded in some places around here... rochester MN

Dacar92

01-09-2005, 00:05

We're leading all of ya in high gas prices. :rant:

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_242130709.html

As of yesterday afternoon, $ 3.11 in the south loop & $ $3.15 at North Loop for unleaded yesterday.

This morning it was $2.99 in the south burbs for unleaded, and $ 3.29 for the highest grade. Near where i hang out

Costco is cheaper by .10 cents, and it (puplic pumps) will likely go up by 20 cents by tonight.

I am also in the Chicago area. I saw $3.24 in Huntley and $3.31 in Woodstock. These are the highest for regular 87 octane. Most stations are around $3/gallon. This morning those two stations were at $3.01 and $2.99 respectively. Nothing like a nice jump in profits in 12 hours!

Evrae Altana

01-09-2005, 00:07

I feel a bit lucky. Here in southern California I pay $2.68 for a gallon of gas.

Stevebo

01-09-2005, 00:12

Round my way it's about $6.5 a gallon at the mo (London, UK)

95p a litre, 3.78 litres to a US gallon, £1 = $1.8

PatMaGroin

01-09-2005, 00:18

Here in Tyler Texas, it was 2.38 a gallon 2 days ago, 2.53 yesterday, and 2.83 today. Supposed to hit 3.50 to 4 in the next month or two, with the Gulf refineries out.

DrunkCajun

01-09-2005, 00:21

In Sterling, VA, there's a gas station charging as much as $3.55/gal. Most places near me are somewhere just north of $3.00/gal.

MixedVariety

01-09-2005, 00:25

<Mentally calculates personal oil and gas royalty and working interest volumes and prices compared to last year>

:eek:

Uhh ... nothing to see here ... move along

:whistle:

Tell me you're mature enough not to come here and gloat about the profits you are making over others' misfortune, and that I have completely misunderstood your post.

gohanthemystic

01-09-2005, 00:26

Just went to go top off my tank... 4.15 a gallon in Upstate SC. Only two gas stations in my town still have gas, and the only gas left is premium, which... is now 4.64 a gallon

GG supply distruption

-Gohan

[exile]

01-09-2005, 00:30

134.9 cents/L.

Don't know how to convert that.

PatMaGroin

01-09-2005, 01:06

Well I thought our 2.83/gal was bad, but it looks like the rest of you got the short end of the stick. Good ol' Kilgore...

Anyways, I think my car's fuel economy makes up for the low price I get to pay. It's now costing me 30 cents per mile, on my 2.999/gal premium and 10 mpg. Damn this Camaro. I need a motorcycle.

ragnar_ii

01-09-2005, 01:08

About 3 bucks a gallon in Connecicut. However, I saw on the news that some places are charging in excess of $6 a gallon just to scare customers away customers so they wont run out as fast.

gohanthemystic

01-09-2005, 01:24

Well, my friend that owns a gas station down the road just closed it down... he's out of gas. According to him, nobody has gas and stations won't have any more for atleast 2 days... maybe up to 5...

-Gohan

Gorny

01-09-2005, 01:56

Someone said $3.69 unl on the news....don't know where though.

Technetium

01-09-2005, 02:12

$6.09 in the Atlanta area, according to the news I saw tonight. I'm pretty sure that's the record so far.

axeil

01-09-2005, 02:26

It's around 2.70 here in Allentown/Eastern PA that isn't Philly.

I told all my friends to fill their cars up on sunday/monday but now my gas is starting to get low and I'm really not wanting to spend 80 bucks on gas (I have the same car but a 93' model year as SBR)

Mecal

01-09-2005, 03:03

Well, i drive a 1995 Buick Park Avenue, and get about 22mpg (avg)

Today i drove by a place and saw 2.999 for the regular.

Luckily, i have 3/4 a tank left.

TheGreatStickels

01-09-2005, 03:08

Here in Tyler Texas, it was 2.38 a gallon 2 days ago, 2.53 yesterday, and 2.83 today. Supposed to hit 3.50 to 4 in the next month or two, with the Gulf refineries out.

Exact same thing here in The Woodlands.

How frustrating

Calcipher

01-09-2005, 03:12

I was pissed to find that prices for regular were 2.90ish today...after reading this thread, I feel lucky. :cheesy:

Anyways, yeah it's time to stop saving up for a nice hybrid for the future before the gas prices consume us all and we have to siphon rich people's premium gas with ours mouths, inhaling the lethal carcinogen and dooming the future of mankind.

{KOW}Spazed

01-09-2005, 03:12

']134.9 cents/L.

Don't know how to convert that.
$5.11 a gallon

Here it is $2.47, but it is supposed to be around 5 by the end of the week.

paladinking

01-09-2005, 03:21

highest ive seen is 3.59 a gallon

Necrolestes

01-09-2005, 03:22

Here in sunny Erie, PA, a gallon of gas will set you back about $2.89.

Wait, now it's $2.94...hold on, it's $2.96 now. Oops, spoke too soon, it's $3.01. I'll let you guys now when the price gouging stops...ah, man, now it's $3.10!

DurfBarian

01-09-2005, 03:43

About $5 a gallon in Japan, too. Thankfully I don't have a car. :D

mhl12

01-09-2005, 03:52

don't expect prices to go down that quickly people...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050831/pl_afp/usweatheroilgulfrigs_050831213716

Man the lines at Costco are gonna be sooooo long...

Stoutwood

01-09-2005, 04:46

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/price.html

I hate everyone in Venezuela.

llad12

01-09-2005, 05:31

Tell me you're mature enough not to come here and gloat about the profits you are making over others' misfortune, and that I have completely misunderstood your post.

Gloating? Nah, I was just having a little fun with you all. Personally, I would just as soon not see prices go up this fast. It becomes way too political.

The profits of drilling in today's market aren't what you might think. The cost of drilling has more than doubled in the last 10 months (an 8000' well that cost $425,000 in January is now estimated at over $1,000,000 to drill) Seems everybody wants a piece of the pie ...

But don't worry Mix... my business is quite cyclical and the price --> very volatile. What goes up must come down.

Freezing Rain

01-09-2005, 06:06

3.20 Here. NJ.

bigD72

01-09-2005, 06:17

Supposedly there was a station that was selling for $5 in Atlanta, however, I did not see it.

In South Carolina, there is no gas. My lady friend in Columbia, SC said that all but 2 gas stations were shut down around the USC campus. And 4 stations were shut down in my hometown, Greenville.

Stevebo

01-09-2005, 08:35

Surely it's profiteering for the gas stations to exploit a disaster like this to make more cash?

Stevebo

01-09-2005, 10:51

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/price.html

I hate everyone in Venezuela.

Well dont hate them too much, I just saw elsewhere that he is offering to send aid workers, food, water and (cheap/free) fuel from a venezulean refinery to help those in affected areas.

It may be a publicity stunt to rise above those in the US calling for his assassination, but hey - help is help.

Crispyknight

01-09-2005, 13:28

Someone in the gas/oil industry explain something to me. I see tankers filling the underground storage tanks at the gas station across the street about once a week. That would imply to me that that make a purchase at whatever the wholesale price of gas is for that day, than sell it to consumers at a price based on that. How is it then that prices can jump three and four times a week, when its still the same damn gas?
Also, how can crude purchased a month ago at 55 dollars a barrell, refined three weeks ago with all the US refineries in operation, and shipped on dry roads with no hazards, command as much money as oil purchased at 70 dollars a barrel yesterday, with a good chunk of our refining infrastructure damaged, and no way to ship it?

Stevebo

01-09-2005, 13:32

^^ Not in the industry, but I believe it is called profiteering, exploiting a sudden rise in demand vs supply to jack up prices during a disaster.

KillerQueen

01-09-2005, 13:49

Yesterday when I checked it was $2.76 for regular unleaded, but there is no regular at any gas stations at all. I'm wondering if I should fill up @ $2.86 with the medium, or wait until we get regular... but what will that cost by them?

I drive a Kia Spectra and only get like 22 mpg in town. My husband has his old crappy Geo and it gets 30-something in town.

DrunkCajun

01-09-2005, 13:50

Well dont hate them too much, I just saw elsewhere that he is offering to send aid workers, food, water and (cheap/free) fuel from a venezulean refinery to help those in affected areas.

It may be a publicity stunt to rise above those in the US calling for his assassination, but hey - help is help.

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southamerica/article_1045236.php/Venezuela_offers_hurricane_aid_to_US

CARACAS, Venezuela (UPI) -- Venezuela is offering emergency oil and food supplies to the United States for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Globovision TV reported Wednesday.

"The Venezuelan government and nation express to the United States and its leaders their dismay regarding the magnitude ... of Hurricane Katrina," read a Foreign Ministry Statement.

Venezuelan is already a major supplier of oil to the United States, which has had its oil supplies from the Gulf of Mexico hampered by the devastating effects of Katrina.

The offer for assistance comes amid tensions between the United States and Venezuela. The White House accuses leftist President Hugo Chavez of turning Venezuela into a Cuba-style state.

Chavez in turn accuses the United States of trying to aid his political opposition and facilitating his overthrow.

Herald of Doom

01-09-2005, 14:12

^^ Not in the industry, but I believe it is called profiteering, exploiting a sudden rise in demand vs supply to jack up prices during a disaster.
There are two prices that matter in the world, price of money and price of oil. Money is cheap, oil gets more expensive. It balances out. The hurricane just made things a bit worse, and sure, some people might be exploiting things, but the price would have gone this high anyway. I'm talking about the ~$3, not the 5 obviously.

HoD

DrunkCajun

01-09-2005, 14:28

Is it profiteering when the price of orange juice goes up overnight after reports that a massive frost has knocked out the entire Florida orange crop? To me it sounds more like an issue of supply and demand. Demand stays the same, the supply is suddenly hit hard, and as a result in order to find an equilibrium, the price shoots up. Welcome to capitalism. If you don't like it, move to Venezuela, I hear they have nice, cheap, government-subsidised gas there.

Gorny

01-09-2005, 14:33

$3.69/Gal Unl here in chicago at one gas station.

It was on the news and in today's paper.

Ther'e saying it could top $4 a gallon.

Screw driving, Im getting roller skates!

Geeno

01-09-2005, 14:34

3.11

Hey guys remember me talkin about playing hardball with delivery...

well I havent had to work since I bought my own gas at 2.49, since then (7 days) my pops filled er up once at 2.62.

Well anyways I went to work and said "this weekend ill come to work but i wont deliver unless compensated". Apparently that night the owner had decided a compensation.....

50 cents a delivery. Too little too late, everyones gonna quit at the same time and tell him to stick his 50 cents up his ***.

50 cents a mile - legit... per deliver? are you ****ing kidding me?

DrunkCajun

01-09-2005, 15:11

Beowulf

01-09-2005, 15:14

Here in Montreal we have reached 134.9 per liter of regular. Talk is that if it continues that government might step in and cap the price like they did from 1971 untill 1980.

Crispyknight

01-09-2005, 15:18

axeil

01-09-2005, 15:18

Holy ****! The gas station by my house was 2.70 last night and this morning (around 7:30) it was at 3.14. When I came home an hour later it was 3.34.

Good lord.

DrunkCajun

01-09-2005, 15:30

How big is your delivery area? Can't be that large. Even if you have to drive 10 miles for three deliveries, that a buck and a half. Half gallon of gas, if you have a car that only makes 20 miles to the gallon. you break even. You're not going to get rich doing that, but if you're a pizza boy, thats not really your goal.

Highway driving, maybe. City/neighborhood stopping/starting though? Not to mention turning the car off and restarting it at every delivery (if you play by the book). It does eat a lot of gas.

Excedrin

01-09-2005, 15:38

Here in Montreal we have reached 134.9 per liter of regular. Talk is that if it continues that government might step in and cap the price like they did from 1971 untill 1980.
yo beowulf you wouldnt happen to play warcraft and ur account is beowulf???? if u do then contact me in d2 lod at dmb_destroyer@useast

gas prices here in memphis are 2.55 a gal :)

mhl12

01-09-2005, 16:57

this is when starting to pay attention to those radio gasoline giveaways come in handy. :thumbsup:

LoVePlAyBoY

01-09-2005, 19:10

Where can i trade in my Car for say a Donkey ? or Horse and i'll give you full tank of gas.

it was 1.25 cdn when i left for work. looks like i'll be skipping alot more classes this semster.

Geeno

01-09-2005, 20:19

How big is your delivery area? Can't be that large. Even if you have to drive 10 miles for three deliveries, that a buck and a half. Half gallon of gas, if you have a car that only makes 20 miles to the gallon. you break even. You're not going to get rich doing that, but if you're a pizza boy, thats not really your goal.

My delivery radius is about 9/10 miles.

One delivery can take a gallon of gas.

Thankyou come again.

Gas is now 3.14-3.39

Crispyknight

01-09-2005, 20:25

My delivery radius is about 9/10 miles.

One delivery can take a gallon of gas.

Thankyou come again.

Gas is now 3.14-3.39
Perhaps, but you're a pizza boy. Your boss doesn't have to give you anything to do your job other than your salary. I'd be grateful that he was offering me an extra 50 cents a delivery if I was you. Average delivery ~10 miles round trip (five out, five back) one delivery per trip (probably not) you're spending a dollar is gas a delivery. That goes to zero if you have three deliveries per trip. You'll get paid salary and tips. As a pizza boy, thats not that bad.

skihard

01-09-2005, 20:31

Let's get rid of those giant Ford Excursions, Expeditions and Navigators.... Time to invest in a Toyota Prius.

My car is getting about 32 mpg my Expedition is getting about 18 mpg both are driven about 268 miles per week so that’s an average of 25 mpg. I think I’ll be keeping my Expedition thank you.

Geeno

01-09-2005, 20:33

Crispyknight

01-09-2005, 20:56

No, the radius is 10 miles. 10 miles out, 10 miles back.

Im sorry youre so severely misinformed, but delivery is not meant to be a minimum wage job.

I still use my car, I pay for all the gas that goes in and all the repairs. I dont bring you your pizzas because I think its a jolly good time.

edit: "you're spending a dollar is gas a delivery" - Could you translate that?

The industry norm is paid mileage ontop of delivery charge + tips and wages.

10 miles radius, is seems logical half your deliveries will be farther than five miles out, half will be closer than five miles. So an average of five miles a trip. Not high end calc.

You're spending a dollar IN gas a delivery. Sorry for the typo. Assume 20 miles a gallon (who delivers in gas guzzlers? I'd guess 30 would be a better estimate, but for the sake of arguement....) If you've got one average length drive to one delivery, youre traveling 10 miles. Half a gallon of gas. At ~$3 a gallon, a buck and a half burned. Minus fifty cents for your "compensation" and you're at a dollar burned per delivery.

And no, I don't expect that bringing pizzas all over a city to be a "jolly good time". I just think that you wanting 50 cents a mile (almost three times what OTR truckers get a mile!) is excessive and greedy. Its not like the job market is that tight for unskilled labor, if you're unhappy, quit. Maybe you'd be happier flipping burgers?

Geeno

01-09-2005, 21:10

I am quitting. I dont see what the **** your problem is either?

Im not going to go to work to lose money, bottom line. **** your logic too you dont know **** about where I work, live or anything. You dont know why i drive the car i drive and why i work where I work and ive heard enough out of your bull**** wisdom pile.

Talk about what you know, dont tell me about my job.

SelfBaisResistor

01-09-2005, 21:21

An updated Milwaukee price for gas: $3.29 regular, $3.37 plus, $3.46 premium.

How far do you think the price will go before there are riots or even civil war?

PatMaGroin

01-09-2005, 21:23

And no, I don't expect that bringing pizzas all over a city to be a "jolly good time". I just think that you wanting 50 cents a mile (almost three times what OTR truckers get a mile!) is excessive and greedy. Its not like the job market is that tight for unskilled labor, if you're unhappy, quit. Maybe you'd be happier flipping burgers?
Seeing as how truckers drive thousands of miles, I don't think you can compare them to a 10 mile per delivery pizza man. 50 cents per delivery is unacceptable, and the manager is going to be forced to rethink his compensation, or give up the delivery facet of his business.

axeil

01-09-2005, 21:27

Any news if Bush is going to release any petroleum from the strategic reserve?

Excedrin

01-09-2005, 21:30

Any news if Bush is going to release any petroleum from the strategic reserve?
he releasing some of it directly to the workers down there so the nations gas prices wont skyrocket to 7$

Spawn of God

01-09-2005, 21:37

Atlanta, Georgia- $5.84 per gallon

owned

jmervyn

01-09-2005, 21:49

Holy ****! The gas station by my house was 2.70 last night and this morning (around 7:30) it was at 3.14. When I came home an hour later it was 3.34.

Good lord.Similar story north of NYC; last time I looked it was $2.65 and today it was $3.19. Still not as bad as elsewhere, but I'm wondering if they won't reset prices tonight (Thursday is their sale day).

GlennDanzig220

01-09-2005, 22:07

Well in the Charlotte/Concord/Kannapolis NC areas, I've seen it up to 3.49 for reg, seen on the news even higher. Lots of gas stations ran out last night in Charlotte, as people went nuts trying to get gas. My wife filled up this morning she got it for 2.85, thats my girl!), and the attendants were checking people's gas gauges; if you were above half full or something, you got no gas. I believe the Charlotte-Meck school system has fully canceled all middle school sports activities for now, and nobody is going on field trips or anything. JV and Varsity sporting events may be next.

Yaboosh

01-09-2005, 22:28

Geeno, I have it even worse than you. I get compensated ZERO per delivery. So I told them pay me per delivery or lose my services. Needless to say, they lost my services.

zodiac66

01-09-2005, 23:00

Gas here in NE Ohio is roughly $3.10/gallon. I filled up before the spike, so I have no idea what it would have cost me.

Holiday weekend/natural distaster spells big profits for the oil companies.

rplusplus

01-09-2005, 23:33

Here in Nevada the price is over $3 on base which is usually $.20 less than in town. But I am carless for the duration of my stay here. My wife doesn't do much traveling when I am not at home.

I would say that looking at the video on TV I will just say screw high gas prices I am just glad my family is safe. My prayers are with those in the region that has to deal directly with this disaster.

R++

PublicEnemy

02-09-2005, 00:20

it's good news that prices are skyrocketing because the higher they go,the less gas you'll buy,the less pollution you'll cause,and the better this will be for planet earth.

PatMaGroin

02-09-2005, 00:26

it's good news that prices are skyrocketing because the higher they go,the less gas you'll buy,the less pollution you'll cause,and the better this will be for planet earth.
You know most people dont buy gas just for ****s and giggles. We actually drive to work, or school, or what have you. And if we don't go to work, we don't eat. So in other words, it comes down to polluting the earth or starving to death.

{KOW}Spazed

02-09-2005, 00:28

it's good news that prices are skyrocketing because the higher they go,the less gas you'll buy,the less pollution you'll cause,and the better this will be for planet earth.
And the more food prices will go up and the less food I'll be able to afford(that is assuming I can get to work) and the more people will die. But that's good too because it fertilizes the Earth. Then again having too many nutrients in the water will cause the fish to die and then eutrophication will kick in and in 50 years we won't have any water, just land. Which means we will need some way to get around. . . which gets us back to cars.

PublicEnemy

02-09-2005, 00:37

You know most people dont buy gas just for ****s and giggles. We actually drive to work, or school, or what have you. And if we don't go to work, we don't eat. So in other words, it comes down to polluting the earth or starving to death.
why not take a bike to go to school instead of using a car ?
why not use the public transportation (subway,bus,tramway) instead of using a big car to go to work ?

PublicEnemy

02-09-2005, 00:45

And the more food prices will go up and the less food I'll be able to afford(that is assuming I can get to work) and the more people will die. But that's good too because it fertilizes the Earth. Then again having too many nutrients in the water will cause the fish to die and then eutrophication will kick in and in 50 years we won't have any water, just land. Which means we will need some way to get around. . . which gets us back to cars.
I would rather say that the less you 'll eat,the less you 'll get fat,and the fewer you'll die of food related diseases (heart diseases,diabet,etc..)

zodiac66

02-09-2005, 00:48

why not take a bike to go to school instead of using a car ?
why not use the public transportation (subway,bus,tramway) instead of using a big car to go to work ?

Because here where I live, we don't really have mass transportation..at least none to where I work. It would take hours to ride a bike, we have no subways and I don't have a big car.

{KOW}Spazed

02-09-2005, 01:18

I would rather say that the less you 'll eat,the less you 'll get fat,and the fewer you'll die of food related diseases (heart diseases,diabet,etc..)
Dude, I'm probably one of the skinniest people on this board. Especially since my jaw was just wired shut.

You can eat and not get a disease, in fact you have to do it to live. I can't get food if I can't get money, which requires me to work, which means I need to have a car to get there because KC has almost no public transport. The bus doesn't go within 20 blocks of my school. So I would have to walk a pretty damn long way to get to school, crossing a street at every block which adds time and that's after the 1 hour ride(which would be longer since the bus stops and takes an indirect route) I can't get up at 3 am to go to school, I wouldn't have enough time to sleep.

Your plan doesn't work outside of densely populated city.

Wrathchild

08-09-2005, 19:25

:confused: :confused:
1.5 euros per litre in finland... thats almost 2 dollars... and 8 dollars for one gallon. I'm lucky i don't need gas anywhere :o

ZeppelinAngel

08-09-2005, 19:29

i think $3.49 is the highest i've seen here in western NC, that was last week though, it's down to about $2.95 - $3.09 right now

paladinking

08-09-2005, 22:44

I heard hear in georgia there was a gas station that charged about $7.00 per gallon but they got closed down.

zodiac66

09-09-2005, 00:07

Prices here went down to $3.00/gal. The Attorney General is looking into legislation to prohibit this type of price gouging.

zodiac66

15-09-2005, 23:44

I suppose this is a good place to post this: The county in which I live in did an audit of the local gas stations. The findings were disturbing. Numerous station tanks had quite a bit of water in them. The worst was 35 of the stations audited were misrepresenting the octane in the fuel. I am not fuel savvy, but doesn't that mean that the cheap gas is put into the really expensive tanks? Local stations were selling the cheaper gas out of the expensive gas tanks.

OOHH...I smell a scandal here. I can't provide a link due to the fact that it was breaking news and prolly won't be on line until tomorrow.