Random vent: gas prices

[honeybadger]

I thought I read an article a few days ago saying that gas prices were supposed to be dropping. Au contraire, msnbc--they have risen 15 cents here in the past week!

Paid $4.39/gallon (and that's not premium--that's for the "crappy", lowest price gas) this morning to fill up....thank goodness I drive a small car.

Are gas prices ridiculous near you as well? (I would do a poll, but I don't know how to create one on this new board).

[CloudBee]

Huh, because they had been going up steadily for about 6-8 weeks around here, and have just gone down about 10-15 cents in the last week.

NYC metro.

Your area must be a fluke.

[aerowife2010]

Gas prices around me dropped $0.02 between Wednesday and Thursday. I paid $3.55/gallon on Wednesday but that was because I got $0.20/gallon from grocery points.

I couldn't even fathom $4.39/gallon right now!

[aMrsin09]

Pffft. There are 3.86 litres to a gallon and I pay $1.68 (AUD) a litre, so that means I'm paying $6.49 a gallon.

[Deleted]

We were up over $4 a couple weeks ago but I paid $3.69 yesterday and that's in a relatively HCOL area. The only two places I have seen it over $4 is the gas station next door because it's the only one in our neighborhood and one in the district that was over $5... obviously that person was smoking crack.

[kzoomaggie]

Our gas prices (in Michigan) were $3.59 this morning... It has definitely been dropping in my area.

[sassybelle]

Prices in my area have gone down at least 10-15 cents. Also got a discount of $.40 a gallon because of a rewards program with our grocery store, paid $3.43/gal.

[honeybadger]

May 11, 2012 8:03:10 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Your area must be a fluke.

This is what I am hoping.

Damn you San Francisco Bay Area--I love you and your zany politics, but your unpredictability can be costly.

Glad to hear they're going down elsewhere!

[Deleted]

They've been dropping the last couple of weeks. It's around 3.65 here.

[car.ramrod]

It is down in Tennessee. I just paid $3.33 a gallon to fill up my tank. It has gone down probably 40 cents in the last 4 weeks.

[UMaineTeach]

I don't even keep track anymore

[ejpint]

I think ours are dropping. A few months ago they were creeping up right around $4/gallon, and now they're hovering back around the mid-$3 range - that's for ethanol, though, which is heavily subsidized in this state.

[stingsharkruns]

I saw $3.54 this morning .. It's sad that I'm happy about 3.50 .. ugh

ETA: I'm an hour north of Clearwater (FL) on the coast.

[happycamper]

I was stoked that I paid $3.64 this morning. That's down from close to $4 a few weeks ago.

I'm in South Florida.

[chessie]

4.38 for my truck for weeks now. 4.15 for Regular. Not going to get any better- being in a tourist area I wouldnt be surprised if it neared almost 5.

[stephlove]

I live in a very LCOL area and gas is still up around $3.89. Down 10 cents from last week.

[crashgizmo]

I think I saw just under $3.60 here in NM. I barely pay attention unless it starts creeping up around $4.

[Ashley&Scott]

Ours have been dropping. We were around $3.75 a few weeks ago, now it's $3.50.