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What did Fistful do to cause this?
« on: July 06, 2012, 01:43:44 PM »
I head out the door at just after 8 AM to go to the VA Hurtspital and run some errands.  Gas tank is low and the station down the street is selling 87 octane for $3.089/gallon.  I fill up.

I come home at 1:30 PM and the same station is saying the same gallon of 87 octane is now gonna cost $3.149.

What did Fistful do to cause this?

And whatever it was, thank you from the bottom of my wallet for waiting until I put gas in the tank before doing whatever it was.

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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2012, 01:59:50 PM »
He delivered the next tanker load to that station.  After he was done manipulating the oil futures markets.
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2012, 02:22:28 PM »
Quit whining.  Our gas here in W. Michigan is $3.599 and that is down from the normal $3.799.
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2012, 02:24:28 PM »
Last weekend I saw gas for $2.999/gallon in South Point, Ohio.
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2012, 02:37:39 PM »
At the Safeway by my house this morning, $ 3.56 per gallon.  Down about 70 cents per gallon over the past month.
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2012, 02:38:11 PM »
2.99 the other day here in KG, VA
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2012, 02:44:00 PM »
I saw $2.89 a couple of days ago.

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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2012, 02:45:22 PM »
I paid $2.95 a couple of days ago in Smyrna, TN.
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2012, 03:32:56 PM »
2.81 down here yall
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2012, 03:46:27 PM »
2.99 just a couple hours ago. And at the station that's generally a couple cents high.
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2012, 04:03:13 PM »
2.81 last night

Filled up today for 2.89. Knew I should have stopped while I was out and about yesterday
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2012, 06:08:05 PM »
Less than a week ago I saw $2.80.  Same station today $3.19.
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2012, 06:09:31 PM »
The cheap gas for us is $3.43 :/

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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2012, 07:42:30 PM »
Filled up today at a Shell station at $3.099 today. Gas prices ran from $3.029 to $3.159 at various stations I passed, down about $0.80 from their peak a couple of months ago.

Wonder what the price would be if

a) The EPA wasn't meddling with mandated seasonal and regional formulations

and

b) Fed.gov wasn't requiring "up to 10% ethanol" to dilute the gas
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2012, 05:39:37 AM »
Meanwhile, over here in CA... I felt like the $3.87 I paid for Regular yesterday was a good price...

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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2012, 06:26:33 AM »
Filled up today at a Shell station at $3.099 today. Gas prices ran from $3.029 to $3.159 at various stations I passed, down about $0.80 from their peak a couple of months ago.

Wonder what the price would be if

a) The EPA wasn't meddling with mandated seasonal and regional formulations

and

b) Fed.gov wasn't requiring "up to 10% ethanol" to dilute the gas
c. Or the states where it is so high weren't taxing the ever loving *expletive deleted*it out of it.  [barf]
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2012, 11:04:00 AM »
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c. Or the states where it is so high weren't taxing the ever loving *expletive deleted* out of it. 

Gas prices here are always exactly 35 cents lower than Wisconsin, so I'm assuming that's the difference in taxes.

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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2012, 06:36:18 PM »
I paid $3.33 in Effingham Illinois on Friday and $3.67 today in Monee, IL (outside of the Chicago Metro area).  At the place closest to my house it's $3.75.

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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2012, 07:53:59 PM »
I paid $3.33 in Effingham Illinois on Friday and $3.67 today in Monee, IL (outside of the Chicago Metro area).  At the place closest to my house it's $3.75.

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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #19 on: July 09, 2012, 07:50:14 PM »
My luck.  Diesel went from 3.189 to 3.339 at Sam's Club sometime in the last 5-6 days in East Alabama.
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Re: What did Fistful do to cause this?
« Reply #20 on: July 09, 2012, 07:57:14 PM »
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