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  • corsicachevycorsicachevy Member Posts: 316
    The most recent AAA survey of gas prices indicated that Wisconsin has the highest statewide average gasoline price in the nation at just over $1.81 a gallon (regular). In Madison, premium is selling for $2.50 a gallon! Up, up and away.........
  • yooper53yooper53 Member Posts: 286
    About a week to 10 days ago they were as follows:
    Regular $1.949
    Premium $2.089
  • im_brentwoodim_brentwood Member Posts: 4,883
    Premium at Sam's has gone...

    From 1.349 2-3 weeks ago..

    to 1.479 today!

    Bill in Orlando
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    This morning...

    87 $1.37

    89 $1.45


    And I think the premium was at $1.57...


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  • pjyoungpjyoung Member Posts: 885
    Our local prices (Kansas City) jumped 20 cents on the Friday before the big "powerball" jackpot - to $1.79 for regular unleaded. Dropped to $1.75 after that and stayed that way over labor day weekend. Today it's down to $1.69. I kind of wished I would have won the powerball. When the interviewer asked what I planned to do with the winnings, I was ready to say "Fill up both my cars".
  • pjyoungpjyoung Member Posts: 885
    Reports are spreading all over KC that gas will be $5.00 tomorrow. I haven't found ANYONE who's actually seen a price that high, but I have heard from several who's "sister just called and her friend said that gas was already over $4.00 in St. Louis." At any rate, the scene up here is a lot like the gas lines in the 70's...cars backed up for blocks, waiting to get gas. Anybody here actually SEEN any $4-$5 gas?
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    One sure way to drive up gas prices is the way I've seen people going out and "topping off"...


    Simple supply and demand in action..




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  • mykemmykem Member Posts: 203
    http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/010911/attacks_gas_prices_3.html
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    I was in contact last night with a friend in Wisconsin who told me that she saw a station raise prices to $2.95 late yesterday afternoon.


    That sounds vaguely illegal to me...


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  • wilcoxwilcox Member Posts: 582
    at Mr. Patel's station.

    $1.29 for Amoco regular 87....W. Georgia
  • pjyoungpjyoung Member Posts: 885
    in Kansas City. The district attorney in my (Kansas) county has said that any stations raising prices (some actually did hike it to $5.69 per gallon) would be prosecuted on fraud charges.
  • corsicachevycorsicachevy Member Posts: 316
    I live in Madison and can confirm that several gas stations engaged in some unscrupulous price gouging. Absolutely despicable, but pretty minor in the vast scheme of things. As bad as it is, whining about gas prices right now is an awfully selfish act. There were several stations in the area that jacked prices up over $3.00 per gallon. Unfortunately many people over-reacted and rushed out to "top off" the tank which has resulted in a regional gas shortage (hopefully short term).

    Most stations have lowered their prices to "pre-crisis" levels this morning. Apparently our Attorney General placed some influential calls......
  • mykemmykem Member Posts: 203
    In Topeka KS, an Amoco owner raised the prices to:

    Regular - 4.009
    MidGrade- 5.009
    Premium - 6.009

    -m
  • amz997amz997 Member Posts: 61
    Texaco in Audobon PA.

    1.359 --> 87
    1.459 --> 89
    1.509 --> 93

    just filled up 14G @ 1.359
  • majorthomechomajorthomecho Member Posts: 1,331
    The Kansas City Star had a photo of a station that raised its prices to $5.69. People have said it was independent stations that did the price gouging, but this was a Conoco station in Lawrence Kansas. There are reports that other gas stations had prices just as high.

    I don't know if this was at the Conoco station that ended up raising prices so high, but my roommate's son was with some other people getting gas at a station in Lawrence. They filled up for $1.99 a gallon and after they paid, they noticed the price going up to $2.49 a gallon.

    Personally, I paid $1.55 a gallon for 87 octane unleaded which was what the price was before the bombing. This was at QuikTrip.

    As another poster indicated, investigations are being launched and the guilty stations will be fined.

    A local radio talk show host suggests never buying anything ever again from any station you know gouged the price. A sentiment I agree with.
  • pjyoungpjyoung Member Posts: 885
    majorthomecho - saw the local news tonight where Johnson County district attorney said that if you bought that $4 to $6 gas, give his office a call. They had a gal on the news who had a handwritten reciept for $179. Then they showed the manager of one of those stations who gouged saying that "As soon as we heard that Conoco and Amoco were guaranteeing that the price would be the same in the morning, we immediately reduced our prices and implemented our program of offering refunds back to $1.79 (still over market price)". Of course, he failed to say anything about their efforts to notify the "gougee's" of this altruistic program.

    Tell it to the judge, son.
  • wilcoxwilcox Member Posts: 582
    went up fifteen cent yesterday. Thank goodness he did it after all of ours were filled up.

    wil
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...on Tuesday night and some woman reported the local gas stations were raising prices as much as $3.00 to $5.00 a gallon in Michigan and cars waiting in line for an hou to fill up. I live in Philadelphia and filled my tank believing the rumor, but the local Amoco station was pretty much deserted. So far, the price has only risen 3 cents from $1.54 to $1.57 for Amoco Ultimate.
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    the Attorney General of the State of Illinois has already filed suit against one station for price gouging, I believe they were in Peoria or somewhere in central Illinois. Here in Chicago I've seen no price gouging, though I hear it's happened in one of the suburbs (Naperville, a west suburb with about 80k people and many large businesses, to be specific). BTW, the price at the one station that was filed suit against was $5.00 per gallon. Sickening.
  • KCRamKCRam Member Posts: 3,516
    My usual Sunoco truck stop, Palisades Park, NJ - price compared to August 29

    87 - $1.359 - down 2 cents
    89 - $1.459 - down 2 cents
    93 - $1.539 - down 2 cents
    94 - $1.599 - down 2 cents
    diesel - $1.299 - unchanged

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  • majorthomechomajorthomecho Member Posts: 1,331
    Hey KC, I think it was only a few stations in KC that did it.

    Conoco has come out and said, (paraphrasing here), "Don't blame us. It was the independents that carry our name." Like someone else said, "Tell it to the judge."

    QuikTrip continues to hold the line on prices and actually it has fallen a couple of pennies.

    I found out that Sam's Club does have a place to buy gas here in KC. Their price was $1.48 for 87 octane. My roommate got all excited, but I pointed out that making a special trip to save $ .05 a gallon would probably not be worth it.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    We didn't get any real spike in prices here, although they did go up to around $1.44 for 87 for a day or two, then settled back to $1.39. Yesterday most of the stations around here dropped to $1.37




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  • majorthomechomajorthomecho Member Posts: 1,331
    Gas at the QuikTrip down the street is down to $1.45 a gallon for 87 Octane. A local casino sent me a coupon for $5 so I went and redeemed it. I played a little and walked off with $10 which I used for gas at the above mentioned QT.
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    ...for 87 octane, in Millersville, MD (between Baltimore and Annapolis). Found it the other day and filled the Intrepid up. Unfortunately, I loaned my Gran Fury to a friend and he found the same station. Unfortunate I say, because that car needs high octane and often pukes out anything less!
  • wilcoxwilcox Member Posts: 582
    after last week's little price raising fiasco here in West Georgia.

    Mr. P is dealing regular at $1.23. The other guys have come down significantly also...

    wil
  • wilcoxwilcox Member Posts: 582
    Mr. Patel (independent gas retailer) raised his price on regular to $1.44 on Sept 20th.
    On Sept. 25th he lowered it down to $1.23.

    Mr. Bubba, a good ol boy retailer just down the street, lowered his regular to $1.08 on Sep 26th.

    Mr. Patel responded on the 27th and lowered his price to $1.05.

    Bubba and Mr. Patel took away so Much business from "Mr. Patel's Cousin"...that cousin lowered his price to $1.00 per gallon on the 28th.

    Now, Sep 29th, "Mr. Bubba Number Two" jumps into the fray. He operates a citgo a block in the other direction of Mr. Patel and has lowered his price to a miniscule $.99 per gallon!!!

    Here's the weirder part. Mr Exxon, who is on the other side of town west of Cousin Patel (1.00/gl) sells his gas for $1.35!

    And, Mr. Amoco, who is on the other side of town east of Bubba 2(.99/gl) is also $1.35!

    If you are not confused, then bring your tanker over to Whitesburg, Ga. and load up!

    Perhaps by the time you get here it'll be down to $.97.....Aahahahaha...

    wil
  • majorthomechomajorthomecho Member Posts: 1,331
    Filled up the other day at the QuikTrip down the street and paid $1.349 a gallon for 87 octane.
  • tboner1965tboner1965 Member Posts: 647
    Run AutoMobil on my Palm, so here are recent purchases the past 10 days

    87 Octane (Various Texacos on my normal travels)
    9/20 1.449
    9/22 1.439
    9/23 1.499
    9/28 1.369
    9/30 1.339

    93 Octane
    9/29 1.369 QuikTrip had some sort of special going on!
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    when leaving Chicago on 9/29, gas was still about 1.759 or more for regular (87), I'm serious. I don't ever wanna hear anyone grouch about their gas prices, we're always the worst as far as I can tell.

    I'm in Indy for the next few days, it's not too great pricewise here either, but I was happy to pay 1.629 for premium when I crossed the state line!
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Prices have kind of settled here in central PA... still sitting at $1.25 for 87 octane. Saw $1.41 for premium yesterday.




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  • wilcoxwilcox Member Posts: 582
    Mr. Bubba Two! He has been at $.97 since Saturday night.

    Mr. Patel and Mr. Bubba One signed a truce at $1.08 on Sunday afternoon.

    Mr. Patel's Cousin is holding steady at $1.00.
  • mykemmykem Member Posts: 203
    Aurora IL on Saturday - 1.759 (like ghulet said)

    Rockford IL on Saturday - 1.419

    -m
  • tboner1965tboner1965 Member Posts: 647
    In the St. Louis Mo/St. Clair County IL area I saw $1.279 at the Texaco truckstop near the Gateway speedway.

    You folks in/near Cook County have it bad. Why not come downstate 8^) The baseball and football is better too!
    TB
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    I lived in St. Louis (Kirkwood) for two summers in the 80s (college w/mom). I liked it down there but HOW do you survive the summers? That place makes hell seem like Alaska. Heat aside, I do wish our rents were like yours, my old roommate now goes to Wash U, pays like $600 for a 2BR/2BA apartment. That will get you a studio apt in Chicago, maybe.

    Sorry for going off subject.
  • tboner1965tboner1965 Member Posts: 647
    I work in IT, every computer room is climate controlled.

    My mortgate for a three bedroom brick ranch, 1600 square feet, plus 1400 square foot basement, attached garage and about a 1/3 acre yard is $750/month including all escrows. Why rent!
    I'm not any further from my office than the guys who live in St. Charles county and I pay about half what they pay for a home. A few months difference in mortgage payments makes the private school tuition for the kid.

    Sure I drive a few more miles, but then that's what the $1K beater is for, but I pay less to live and avoid the personal property tax in MO.

    Some topic related content: Gas is usually cheaper in Missouri due to lower taxes on fuel, but recently I've been buying for the same price or less in Illinois.

    Graduate of Wash U in 1987, BS EE and BS CS.

    TB
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    We looked into buying a house, but then I stayed in Chicago. No wife, no kids, no wanna house to take care of, so I gotta rent.
    In St. Louis area, Illinois side seems like a good deal to me!
  • dranoeldranoel Member Posts: 79
    $1.199 at a BP station 15 mile south of Cleveland, OH
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    home of my mom, where gas is cheap (compared to Chicago, anyway):

    BP/Amoco all over the place $1.279 for regular

    Some other stations are at like $1.399 though.
  • rroyce10rroyce10 Member Posts: 9,332
    ...... 113.9 for the reg 87

    119.9 for the reg 89

    124.9 for the prem ..

    Cleveland Ohio --

    Ps -- I have a aunt and uncle that live in in Crestwood , ouside of St Louie .... they say it's in and around 127.9 for the reg at the BP's ..

    Terry.
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    I've been commuting on a weekly basis between north side of Chicago and Noblesville, IN (burb of Indy). Gas is exactly 50 cents higher in Chicago right now, to wit:

    Amoco, Chicago: 1.799/1.899/1.999

    BP, Noblesville: 1.299/1.399/1.499

    I actually paid 1.419 for premium at a Shell on the way down here.
  • hood54hood54 Member Posts: 12
    The local Chevron dropped to $1.04 for Reg.

    Most stations (San Antonio area) are within a few cents of that.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    $1.17 for 87 octane


    $1.35 for 93




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  • sandman46sandman46 Member Posts: 1,798
    Just paid $1.29 for 87 at the local Citgo station. We have Port Everglades not even 10 miles from here but our prices are never as low as other cities. Don't understand this at all!
  • KCRamKCRam Member Posts: 3,516
    My usual Sunoco truck stop, Palisades Park, NJ - price compared to September 19

    87 - $1.279 - down 8 cents
    89 - $1.379 - down 8 cents
    93 - $1.459 - down 8 cents
    94 - $1.519 - down 8 cents
    diesel - $1.259 - down 4 cents

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  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    never even seen it, ever. Who uses it?
  • wilcoxwilcox Member Posts: 582
    on Ga side. Mr Chevron with Techron is getting:

    $1.05
    $1.15
    $1.25 - 93

    Big SUV's have begun selling again around here....
  • KCRamKCRam Member Posts: 3,516
    ghulet, Sunoco sells "Ultra 94" octane more as a "one-up" to all the 93s out there. It's also probably the only fuel a lot of old muscle cars can run on (those that used leaded premium back in the day) without causing excessive knocking.

    Here's Sunoco's blurb on it: http://www.sunocoinc.com/market/gasoline.htm

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  • mykemmykem Member Posts: 203
    Aurora IL:

    Mobil 157.9
    Meijer 147.9

    Kenosha/Pleasant Prairie WI:
    Everywhere I saw: 138.9

    -m
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    ...at a WaWa in Millersville, MD. I'd have to check my records, but I think this is the least I've ever paid for gasoline since I've had my Intrepid. I think their premium (which I have to keep an eye on, because of my Gran Fury and '67 Catalina) is about $1.359 a gallon.

    Maybe it's time to trade in that little 2.7 on a nice big Ram...
  • cyranno99cyranno99 Member Posts: 419
    Exxon 1.199 for 93 octane....
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