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That's how much gas went up at my usual pump today.

The most I saw it jump today was $0.10...so, I guess, in that respect we were lucky.

<------ Is afraid to look at the pumps on the way home.

unless it went up alot since early this afternoon, not much of a jump here. a few cents

around OKC it went up .25 todayit hit 2.75 a gal. at the cheap stations

Shit eh....only a matter of time til we get the price jump too then....thievin' bastards!!

The gas stations in our small town are letting customers know that by the end of the week it will be $3.00 per gallon.. :( That will be increased by .46 within in 4 days.. :(

Guess the lawn will just have to grow!

Gas was $2.999 when I fueled up.....I put the pump in the car and started 'er up.....and half way through the fill up the attendant came out and changed the sign. It increased to $3.099. I guess I bought just in time. :(


BTW....My fill-up was $62 and that was the cheap stuff. :yikes:

Funny how it doesn't take long for the prices to rise. There is plenty of gas at the stations already and even before the last rain drop fell - the prices started rising. Too bad the jerks don't lower the prices as quickly as they raise them!

I used to gripe about that to bare4you. The minute there was a whisper of gas prices rising, the stations would change the price! I asked a station manager about that because I knew that they didn't pay that much for the gas that they already had. What was explained to me was that the amount charged now isn't for what they had already paid for which was already underground, but for what they will have to pay for the next load. :( Most of it is a guessing game for them now.

i was in northern california over the weekend and 2 chevron stations less than a mile apart were .30 cents difference for the low grade - 1 was 2.79 gallon, one was $3.09 a gallon - can someone explain that?

That always struck me as a total scam. So if I understand this right, they bought the gas at X price, but since prices are expected to go up, they're selling it at x+y. (why? because they can.) When the next shipment comes in, it'll be the same situation, and since the price hardly ever goes down or at least goes down much slower than it goes up, they are almost always making an increased profit.
I just hate the fact that it's all speculation. Well, that and the fact that the oil companies are making huge profits while the rest of us are getting screwed.
But that's just me.

It's been over $3 a gallon at my station for the last couple of weeks, just glad that I don't have to do a lot of driving ... only have to fill my tank about every 3 weeks or so ... but when I did so the other day $53! ooooooh baby!!!!

Depends on who their gas distributers are and what they are charged for it. Also on if there are near by stations where they can have a competitor war and also what their profit margin is.

I left a gas station in SD when I moved here, my boss(the owner of station) was only making a 3 cent profit on fuel per gallon.

Price Gougeing at its best

not realy a scam if you look at the big picture fredchabotnick. You just have to think of it this way when gas gose up $.30 a gallon for you and you fill up a 10 gallon tank it's $3.00 more. When the same gas gose uo $.30 a gallon they fill up thier 10,000 gallon tank it's $3,000 more they have to pay.

we are paying US$3.59 per gallon here in oz, however the bulk of that goes to our money hungry goverment in taxes, if you are lucky enough to have your car converted to lpg gas it will cost you slightly higher than 1/3 that
i.e to fill my car on petrol $76.00 or to fill it on gas $29.00 for around the same milage per fill

good grief! that's an exorbitant amout of $$ to fill your car.

moose, i'm curious; how much does it cost to get the lpg convertion?

I am very thankful to live in a city with awesome public transit. I got rid of my car when I realized my cost of living raise was not competing with the cost of insurance and the rising cost of gas.

Our transit commission has just started monthly passes for $100. You get unlimited use of the system (as always) but now you can lend the card to anyone else, too (as long as you're not on the same ride. 'No passback' signs are everywhere now).

I jusr went to try and get some gas and the pumps were lined up all over. I found out they're marking it up again $3.17/gal now... damn that's .50 higher than last week. Looks like I'm not making any extra trips anywhere soon.

Yesterday I decided to try & fill up before the price went up yet again...sadly, everyone else had the same idea earlier, half the stations in town are now out...checked on the Kroger Fuel center again today, they're still out, but they've jacked up the price on the signs already...amazing how they can gouge ya without even having product to sell...

btw, our governor has promised to give the stations a firm warning if they start price gouging...I can see the intimidation is working already :hair:

Have any of the countries that are so quick to ask that the U.S. pay for other's disasters offered to help us ... in any way ... with the disaster in New Orleans?? With money or medical personnel or in any other way??

Great question. I just read that the US Fed Gov't has asked Carnival Cruise Lines to help, and I was sad to see that Carnival is considering it but doesn't seem optimistic in their response. I also read that Texans are to the rescue preparing the Astrodome and Reunion tower as places for the refugees to go. FEMA has allocated buses to get the people moved from New Orleans to Houston and/or Dallas.

On another note, am I the only one that is highly annoyed by the multitudes of reports that don't know it's pronounced "nawlins"?

I'm tremendously impressed by the generosity and compassion of Texas. God bless 'em. And to everyone that has gone to the Red Cross or donated to help those in need.

I understand a hospital ship is on it's way from Baltimore to help. Was Carnival being asked to provide temporary shelter? That would be impressive if they did use one of their ships for that purpose, wouldn't it?

Actually, the only country outside the US that I've heard has offered anything is Saudi Arabia ... who offered to increase oil production to help. They were not the first I expected to hear from, but bless them if they did. We complain about them often enough ... they deserve credit when they do good. :thumb:

Nope... and I'm from nowhere near there. :p

I haven't noticed any increases in gas here... yet.

Indeed, the request to Carnival was for temporary housing/shelter. In these times while they can't be picky in the aide they receive, it's fun for me to see the creative ways in which its offered or asked for.

And back to the topic from Lilith... I noticed today that prices here are as high as 2.89. Of course I noticed this when I was slightly lost and watching the miles and gas tick on by wastefully.

Gas was $2.79 when I left for work and $2.99 when I came home. .39 cents now in 2 days.

The radio stations are playing the state's # to report price gouging. This is completely unacceptable. McDonald's doesn't charge me today for what they believe a hamburger will cost in the future.

To me it sounds like a game they play in the IT world. A business calls...

'We can increase your productivity 100% with our new whizbang system.'

'Well, how much is your new whizbang system?'

'Well, let me ask you this... what kind of budget do you have?'

'$10,000.'

'Great, our whizbang system costs $9,999.'

Damn, on the news just now I saw a station in Atlanta with prices at $6.00/gal What the hell is that all about?????????

Well thanks to those who are proud of us Texans....it is what we do.

As far as the prices of gas in East Texas....

regular $2.89
super $2.99
supreme $3.09

Also, one of the officers that I work with is the kid of the man that owns KIdd Jones gas stations in my town (about 8 stores) He called and told us that they had heard from his suppliers that it will the price will in crease $1.31 more on top of what they already pay before this is all over.

He is worried about goin bankrupt.

Gas on

Monday $2.58
Tuesday $2.79
Wednesday morning $2.99
Wednesday afternoon $3.19

40 cents in just one day. And they say we could hit $4.00 gal

This morning at 7 a.m. regular was $2.58, by 9 a.m. it was $2.61, by 11 a.m. it was $2.81 and at 6 p.m. it was $3.29

This is such total bullshit!

I better get a bike with a basket on it :p

I wonder why more states don't have the "once per day rule" - Wisconsin has that... stations can only raise their prices one time a day ... and I just noticed when I was out this evening we are up to $2.99. GWB announced today that they will start tapping into US special reserves - hopefully it will bring us some relief. Unfortunately this is the price we pay when we lose 25% production I guess.

What I'm befuddled about is that I know that each and everyone of those oil rigs are insured. And the coverage includes "business interruption" which means that the oil companies that own the rigs will recover from an insurance company or 934787874695 the amount that the insurance company deems the rig's damage to be worth as well as an amount for each day that the rig is out of production. I recognize that the problem is supply and demand, but most certainly the oil companies right down to the pumps are taking advantage of our reliance upon a commodity.

I'm not near there either... ;) I was told once that it's the New England/East Coast attitude that they don't have to pronounce things appropriately ... they are just that special hehehe The sad part is people tend to look at me crazy when I saw Nawlins.

Mr. Lil just got in from a meeting and the same station is now at $3.19. Unfuckingbelievable.

From the time I left this morning for work until after dinner tonight (twelve hours later), we went up $0.42/gallon. As Lil said, unfuckingbelieveable.

Ouch, ouch, ouch.
It's a good thing I never want to drive anywhere again. Ever.... :mad:

My wife said we hit $3.19 here yesterday afternoon. I know we're slowing down on extra trips ... how about all of you?

If you want to see high pump prices take a trip to the UK.