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What's amusing is that you were outraged when you thought that Exxon/Mobil made 39.5 million in one quarter. Do you have any clue how many corporations make over $39.5M per quarter?
The profit made from a 1-time sale of a house and the continuous every day profit that the oil companies make it like comparing apples and oranges
If you make an extra $100k on the sale of your home that will cost the buyer approximately $600/month extra on his mortgage payment. There is nothing one-time about this expense. And shelter is easily as much of a necessity as an automobile. So let's see, the average motorist buys about 50 gallons of gas a month. If the price is inflated by $1 he's getting "gouged" by $50/month. Compare that to the $600/month he's getting gouged by the home seller asking market price and you're correct, it really is apples and oranges.
I filled up later at Hess, still $1.98 for 87, $2.08 for 89, and $2.18 for 93.
89 Octane $2.70 per gallon
91 Octane $2.80 per gallon
I wish that the Eastern state prices would migrate out west. Today it cost me $62.00 to fill up, 23.9 gallons. My gas tank holds 26 gallons.
I noticed someone posted $1.98 per gallon for 87 Octane. You are lucky. That price would have saved me $14.81 today alone. I've already used 1/2 of that tank today and will have to fill up at least one or two more times this week.
We lost our last one that I know of about six months or so ago. Just as well. My last visiot there was in the post-Katrina craziness. While I was on line they bumped the price of regualr up a dime!
Meanwhile, 1.98 at Sunoco
They have no shame. I know some don't care if we get gouged at the pump but man I sure notice in my wallet. Gas is pretty much $2.19+ everywhere here in the panhandle.
Where's a Flying A station when you really need it?
Sometimes I think that NJ must be like a whole 'nuther planet....
Flying A was an ancient brand. There was only ever one station that I remember in our area. J. Paul Getty bought them up with some other things and that became Getty which, no doubt, is another strictly Northeastern brand. They are all over the place here. Lukoil owns them now but they haven't changed the names yet.
It is amusing having a Texan say that someone else is from another planet but I have difficulty denying the charge.
LOL! Yeah, I'll bet.....
You need to make down to Tejas sometime......we don't even require passports.
Oh. Is that new?
Gas prices are still high $2.16-$2.20 here in Dumas.
Amarillo, is $2.14-$2.30 :surprise:
Rocky
Besides, I'd think it was apparent if one were to drive through South Texas that we OBVIOUSLY don't require passports....
Rocky
Must be favorable market forces at work.
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
87 - $1.999
89 - $2.099
91 - $2.159
93 - $2.199
diesel -$2.299
kcram - Pickups Host
Down in the Doylestown/Allentown area we saw $2.25
Rocky
Going the opposite direction (to work for me), Sheetz and its copycats have 87 at $2.15. Go figure!
All have approximately 10-cent spreads among the higher octane levels.
There were lines at the pumps at the brand name station. They're at $2.39 today I'm sure when they got the fax/
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I'm going to be stuck paying at least $2.17 tonite when I do my first fillup since January 7th.....:(
87 Octane is $2.72
89 Octane is $2.82
91 Octane is $2.93.
Of course these are the prices at Chevron, Shell and Texaco.
At some Arco’s
87 Octane is $2.55
89 Octane is $2.65
91 Octane is $2.75.
Here we go again. I was really hoping that the price would continue on the downward trend after Mobil posted it's quarterly report. Unfortunately they went just the opposite way.
The least expensive I seen 87 Octane in the last year or more here in Southern California was $2.26 and that did not last long.
As a disabled veteran living on a fixed income I envy you guys that have seen gas under $2.00 a gallon and some of you that still pay $.65 a gallon less than we do.
As soon as I can I will be leaving this state which I've lived in for the past 46 years. My family came to California in 1849 and we have been here every since. I still have quit an extensive family that lives here. They can be jealous of me when I move back east and start paying the lower prices in taxes, fuel, etc.
:sick:
Yep. We also have ZERO State Income Tax...
And (to keep on topic) the local Texaco (north of Leander, Texas) is up .02 over the last week. Prices this a.m.:
$1.99/87
$2.09/89
$2.19/93
If you make as much as rorr, does the zero property taxes really works out well.
Gas prices here in Dumas, Tx are $2.15-$2.26
Rocky
P.S. rorr, send those octane grades our way please :P
Know this is off-topic, but Johnny was your family panning for the gold, along with the rest of the '49s?
kcram - Pickups Host
87 - $2.079 - up 8 cents
89 - $2.179 - up 8 cents
91 - $2.239 - up 8 cents
93 - $2.279 - up 8 cents
diesel - $2.329 - up 3 cents
kcram - Pickups Host
His letter to his wife and children are very legible and informative about what life was like then, etc.
Back to the price of gas.
87 Octane $2.72
89 Octane $2.82
91 Octane $2.92
I knew that this was coming, at least here in California. Two of my nephews work at the shell and Chevron refineries. Both refineries have had mishaps with explosions the past couple of weeks.
The shell refinery has also been down for maintenance for the past month. They pass on the cost to all of us. The profit that they make is not enough, or so it appears and so we all loose.
Has anyone be paying attention to the cost for a barrel of oil lately. It has been as low as $40.00 a barrel. This is what they paid in the 80toes and 90ties. Oh no, I bet that this post will get some disagreements from those who are still try and convince the majority of us that we are not being ripped off. :surprise:
Yes, I have.
When was it $40.00/bbl? In fact, how many DAYS was it below $50.00/bbl?
Oil prices started out the year with a steep sell-off, briefly falling below $50 a barrel as a mild winter swelled heating oil supplies and doubts lingered about OPEC's ability to cut production. The drop below $50 was 36 percent less than oil's all-time, non-inflation-adjusted trading high of $78.40 reached last July.
But crude prices have rebounded in the past couple of weeks, making a run at $60 several days in a row, as OPEC cuts took hold and cold weather moved into the Northeast, the world's largest heating oil market.
Sabre rattling with Iran also lent support, as the country defied a U.N. mandate to stop enriching uranium and the United States sent another aircraft carrier strike group to the gulf.
But crude never settled above $60, casting doubt as to whether oil prices would again trade in the $60s in the short term.
Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia's oil minister said crude prices were comfortable in the $50 range, sparking speculation that OPEC will leave production unchanged at its upcoming meeting in March. Oil prices slid more than $2 on the news.
In an effort to support prices, OPEC began cutting output last fall. Announced cuts now total some 1.7 million barrels.
While few believe OPEC will ever get full compliance on output cuts, and estimates are notoriously inaccurate, many think OPEC has achieved a bit less than half of its announced cuts. Combined with other developments, this has apparently been enough to keep oil prices in the $50s.