Gas price thread

[longtimefirsttime]

With prices expected to climb, I thought it would be good to create a single thread where people can vent and post helpful information. Here are a few price reporting websites:
http://www.akrongasprices.com/Massillon/index.aspx
http://www.gasbuddytogo.com/(S(vbrzqu5551aucfqia0k2gsjk))/index.aspx
http://www.ohiogasprices.com/
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/states/OH.shtml

[longtimefirsttime]

"Where gasoline is cheap"
http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/news/economy/gas_demand/index.htm?cnn=yes

[chap]

I payed $8.95 for a mixed drink the other evening. I could have purchased 3 gallons of gasoline for the same amount of money. It would have been a better deal!

[austinsm11]

It is $2.89 down here in N.C.

A month or two ago I left to go to the store and one gas station was at $2.61. When I came back home it was $2.67. The very next day it was already up to $2.73. Two days later, on the weekend, it was up to $2.79.

[shortbev]

i can beat you on that one...went past the BP station on my way to breakfast at cracker barrel...gas was one price...1 hour later...driving back home...price had gone up 15 cents...later same day, went by same station on way to walmart...had dropped 5 cents...came back by less than 20minutes later and it was still a different price...
some days, i don't know if i am coming or going...gas up or not...
they need to get a yoyo...put our pictures on it...and play with that...instead of us...

[DAWGH8R]

I was in Pittsburgh yesterday, and gas was only 2.87 there !! We are getting railed !!!!!!!!:wtf:

[longtimefirsttime]

I was in Pittsburgh yesterday, and gas was only 2.87 there !! We are getting railed !!!!!!!!:wtf:

It's Pittsburgh. They have to do something to try to get people to go there. (Go Browns) :wink:

[austinsm11]

i can beat you on that one...went past the BP station on my way to breakfast at cracker barrel...gas was one price...1 hour later...driving back home...price had gone up 15 cents...later same day, went by same station on way to walmart...had dropped 5 cents...came back by less than 20minutes later and it was still a different price...
some days, i don't know if i am coming or going...gas up or not...
they need to get a yoyo...put our pictures on it...and play with that...instead of us...

Hope they had the electronic signs.

[monte81]

Gas is $3.19 in C-bus!!! I am very lucky to work 3 miles from work but others are hurting down here because most jobs are 15+ miles away from home everyday with the normal being 30/45 miles if you work for Honday or in the warehouse industry. This is getting crazy and prices are projected to jump up to $4.00 plus in a few months.

[TigerLily]

There are fewer and fewer different gas stations. Everywhere you look there is a Marathon station. Sometimes two -- right across from each other. Not much competition.

Then they raise gas to say $3.19. Then lower it to $3.09 or a little less. We rush to save those few cents. Then they raise it to $3.39 and lower it to $3.19. Hey, we are getting a bargain! This mind game just continues as they gradually get us used to higher and higher prices. Where will it end?

Seems we are pretty much at their mercy. http://www.dachsie.org/vbb/images/smilies/pull_hair.gif

[tucker]

I was in New Jersey Friday and Saturday, where gas was $2.73 per gallon. By state law, no one in NJ may self-serve. Gas must be pumped by station attendants. So even with the cost of employees, gas is almost 50 cents cheaper there.

[werperry]

3.26 near my house in lake county illinois.

the wife and i were in the city over the weekend...and saw a bp @ 3.45/gallon.

[obie7661]

http://hannah.smith-family.com/archive/position.jpg

[austinsm11]

$3.00 a gallon in Hickory, NC. It was $3.20 when I was in Statesville, NC today.

I have heard places in California may hit $5.00 by Memorial Weekend.

Absolutely crazy. And summer is just starting.

[Marie]

Spent $80 yesterday on 2 cars and neither car has a full tank. The prices are way too much.

[werperry]

$ 3.54 /gallon

[obie7661]

http://skeptically.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/suv-econ-gas-pump.jpg

[longtimefirsttime]

http://skeptically.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/suv-econ-gas-pump.jpg


I haven't seen quite as many Hummers on the road around here lately. I wonder what it costs to fill one of those up (although if you can afford a Hummer you may not care)?

[TigerLily]

How to impress a gal…

http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/GasGasGas/GASgif/wright.jpg

[DAWGH8R]

I picked a bad time to move 2200 miles !!

[MTown]

You could buy a new house with all that money you're going to spend on gas!

[DAWGH8R]

I would, but I don't know a good loan originator !!!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0071464816.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[MTown]

LOL....I've read that book and it's a joke.

[TigerCoach]

Everyone is complaining about gas prices, just wait till milk goes up this summer!

[CarlE]

Everyone is complaining about gas prices, just wait till milk goes up this summer!

What does that have to do with Corona? LOL

[npaflas]

TigerCoach Everyone is complaining about gas prices, just wait till milk goes up this summer!
05-22-2007 09:50 AM

Heck everthing is going up but the workers.

[gotigers1]

Just went upto $3.49 a gal. here in Stark County... :puke:

[CarlE]

Just went upto $3.49 a gal. here in Stark County... :puke:

I just filled up. $3.15/gallon. This is BS.

[obiefan]

It's still $3.19 here in akron at the station that is within eyesight of my job. But My wife told me she got gas for my daughter at the Marathon at I77 and Fulton, in near riot condition because it was still $3.09 there. By the time she got back with her vehicle it had gone up to $3.39...

[npaflas]

I just heard on the news that gas is going back down after Memorial day weedend.

[gotigers1]

Still $3.19 at K-Mart and Get-Go (Giant Eagle)

[TigerCoach]

Did anyone happen to buy some stock in Exxon Mobile or Chevron? LOL!:scratchchin:

[DAWGH8R]

Better move fast, Super America just went to $ 3.49 !!!:stars:

[TigerLily]

http://www.myspacedev.com/img/smilies/mad/mad0177.gif

[obie7661]

I picked a bad time to move 2200 miles !!

At least you can take your moving expenses off your income tax return.

[longtimefirsttime]

I read here that gas was still $3.19 at a couple of places. GetGo had already raised to $3.49 so I went to Super-K. They were still at the lower price but, as you might imagine, lines were long. I decided to try it (with the engine off while in line of course). The woman ahead of me goes to pay and doesn't return for several minutes. The pump wasn't working. Over half of the pumps weren't working. But there was no way for people to tell they were out of service. Then I see a guy with "the numbers" going to change the price on the sign. After giving him a piece of my mind (after all I would have been already gone if most of the pumps were working), he assured me they would give me the lower price.

Who would have thought there would be a day when we would be scrambling for $3.19 gas? I feel old.

[TigerCoach]

I'll sell my gas from my car (16 gallons) to the highest bidder above $3.20.

[obie7661]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/business/24refinery.html?ref=business

[longtimefirsttime]

Prices are expected to peak in July, then decline a bit. Of course that's if we don't have hurricanes, a spike in demand, terrorist activities near supplies, or one of many other reasons we hear for the increases.

[longtimefirsttime]

"Gas price spike longest on record"
http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/23/news/economy/record_gas_wed/index.htm

[Indiana95]

To the remaing 25% of Bush's supporters, including those of you here on MP complaining about gas prices:

It seems that our president is willing to continue his allegiance to his Big Oil buddies. Who cares about us poor schmos!



By Dara Kam

Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau

Thursday, May 24, 2007

TALLAHASSEE — Republican Gov. Charlie Crist lashed out Wednesday at the Federal Trade Commission, accusing the five-member oversight panel appointed by President Bush of not doing its job regulating fuel prices.

Crist charged that the petroleum industry has created a monopoly,

His comments put him at odds with Bush, who has threatened to veto a bill, passed Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives, that would impose hefty fines and criminal penalties for price-gouging at the pump.

"They're getting record profits in this industry," Crist said in response to questions about a letter he signed Monday along with 21 other governors asking Congress to investigate the recent spike in gasoline prices.

"It reminds me of the insurance industry, if you want to know the truth, where you have record profits by the oil company, yet they're charging more than they've ever charged in the history of our state," he said, referring to Exxon Mobil's $9.3 billion first-quarter earnings. "It doesn't make sense, except that they're doing it because they can."

[CarlE]

My boy Charlie. Kicking ass in Washington. Way to go, CC

[MTown]

"President Bush is not doing his job of regulating fuel prices"...

Well yeah, no kidding.....because that industry was DEREGULATED. It is not the job of the office of the President, no matter what party is in power, to regulate publicly traded companies. It is only his duty, through the TFC, to ensure that these companies aren't breaking the law. If these guys were breaking the law, don't you think politicians would be screaming out loud to break the story and take credit for busting them up? It would be a free ticket to the White House. But it doesn't work that way. If Clinton or Obama were elected President tomorrow, the gas prices wouldn't drop. It's not a political issue.

It might be a monopoly situation because of the barriers to entry. If you believe that, then it is fair to criticize the President for not having the FTC look into it. But as long as ConocoPhillips, Exxon, and the rest remain as publicly traded companies, the government cannot enact price controls because that would be against free markets.

[Indiana95]

"President Bush is not doing his job of regulating fuel prices"...

Well yeah, no kidding.....because that industry was DEREGULATED. It is not the job of the office of the President, no matter what party is in power, to regulate publicly traded companies. It is only his duty, through the TFC, to ensure that these companies aren't breaking the law. If these guys were breaking the law, don't you think politicians would be screaming out loud to break the story and take credit for busting them up? It would be a free ticket to the White House. But it doesn't work that way. If Clinton or Obama were elected President tomorrow, the gas prices wouldn't drop. It's not a political issue.

It might be a monopoly situation because of the barriers to entry. If you believe that, then it is fair to criticize the President for not having the FTC look into it. But as long as ConocoPhillips, Exxon, and the rest remain as publicly traded companies, the government cannot enact price controls because that would be against free markets.


Yeah, yeah, yeah....we all understand this. The point of my post was to point out that the House of Rep's is trying to help us with a bill that applies penalties for price gouging. Mr. Bush has threatened to veto it. He has an opportunity here to do his job and help us, but is choosing not to. Why would this be??? Any anwser to that?

Please re-read the article and focus on the BOLDED sentences, especially the first one. Crist claims that the FTC, which is appointed by Bush, is not doing its job of regulating.

[MTown]

The FTC is not supposed to regulate the oil companies. That's the point. If the FTC finds that the oil companies are doing something illegal...NAIL THEM. Congress can pass all the laws they want to impose penalties for price gouging, but if the oil companies aren't price gouging then nothing happens. You cannot force a public company to lower their prices because consumers think they are too high.

If the FTC thinks that the oil companies have a monopoly, then you have something to work with. Companies can be broken up to foster more competition which should bring lower prices. But you also have to take into consideration all the prohibitive environmental laws already on the books that make it difficult for new companies to come in and compete with the established big boys.

Bush could sign that bill tomorrow and nothing would happen because the FTC cannot find evidence of price gouging. This has been going on for years. Every summer there is a congressional investigation into price gouging and every year nothing turns up.

If you really want to help gas prices come down, we need to make it easier for any company to build new refineries so we are not subjected to shortages of gas because we lose capacity during a hurricane or refinery problems.

THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.

[caseybaby]

i was just over droping of some wedding photos around the speedway at mahoning road and harmont in canton and top off at 3 17 a gallon and i had to wait in line


wooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooo :wtf:

[obiefan]

Due to an obvious error... A Marathon in Akron had their pump price for 89 grade set at $2.49 per gallon. 95% of our folks at my office either filled up, or topped off, saving $1.00 per gallon.

Someone in the gas station told someone else that it had to be a mistake, but their pumps get updated electronically from headquarters...

[TigerCoach]

Did you experts realize that the government makes more off a gallon of gas than the oil companies? Why don't you bark up their tree instead of the people who are at least doing the work to provide you with gas at every corner?

[CarlE]

I'm fortunate. When I'm not traveling I work out of my house so the only gas I have to worry about deals with whatever I had for dinner the night before!! LOL

[TigerCoach]

I just go by the bus garage at the old WHS and fill-up once a week.

[Spize]

Did you experts realize that the government makes more off a gallon of gas than the oil companies? Why don't you bark up their tree instead of the people who are at least doing the work to provide you with gas at every corner?

Because if we didn't have that tax, then Fisher's foods wouldn't have a quarter of a million dollar "welcome to perry" tombstone in front of their store.

priorities!

[Seeker]

I just go by the bus garage at the old WHS and fill-up once a week.

The buses go to Speedway now.

:unclesam:

[shortbev]

too bad we can't find a way to "collect and market" that gas that carle was talking about...his and so many others on here (should include people in congress...they are really full of some serious hot air):lol: ...there definitely wouldn't be any shortages...and any time the supply got low, we'd just feed them some of my terrific baked beans...:laugh: now, that's what you would call a "renewable resource"

[CarlE]

HEY!! I resemble that remark, Ms. shortbev!!! Too funny!

[TigerswillbeTigers]

I could sure use some of CarlE's "alternative fuel" the next 10 days as I travel to U of Florida, U of Georgia, and U of Alabama. Fortunately for me my expensives are fully paid! :thumbsup:

[TigerCoach]

Why not The Georgia Institute of Technology?

[TigerswillbeTigers]

LOL! I had a feeling you might ask that. It's SEC time right now and unfortunately when we visit the ACC schools next month Ga. Tech isn't one of my stops.
UNC, Wake and Clemson will be mine.

[TigerCoach]

You should also go by Duke and say hi to ex-tiger Brett Huffman and my ex-Tech teammate, Ted Roof, head Coach of the Blue Devils.

[TigerswillbeTigers]

Not too many players will be available during our visits. This trip will be to look at facilities, improvements and innovations on them, and how those changes will affect strength and conditioning.

[longtimefirsttime]

"U.S. Drivers Seek Cheap Gas in Mexico"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275633,00.html