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02-09-2006, 08:42 AM
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I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
I'm thinking gas at under $2 by the end of Feburary. 
Make that gas in Texas, but if Texas cracks $2 many others will have already been there done that.
Any Bets?
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02-09-2006, 08:46 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
No bet (since I won the wager with Jarhead, I'm not going to push my luck  ), but I sure hope you are correct.
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02-09-2006, 09:17 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
I I were to guess, I would say that the probability of $3 gas is higher than the probability of $2 gas.
But who knows
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02-09-2006, 02:14 PM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by JPatrick
I'm thinking gas at under $2 by the end of Feburary. Any Bets? |
No, but I'll send you some gas cans with return postage prepaid!
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02-09-2006, 02:18 PM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by Nords
No, but I'll send you some gas cans with return postage prepaid!
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You know how they usually make you fill up your rental car before you return it
or they charge you like a bazillion dollars a gallon if they have to gas it? Well,
I rented a car from Hertz last week, and they had an option where if you bought a tank of gas when you got the car, you were absolved of having to return it filled. I took that
deal and paid $1.98 for the gas.
JG
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02-11-2006, 09:05 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by JPatrick
I'm thinking gas at under $2 by the end of Feburary.
Make that gas in Texas, but if Texas cracks $2 many others will have already been there done that.
Any Bets? |
OK kiddies, I'm about to declare victory 
I've got reports today (2-11-2006) of sub-$2.00 gas in the valley area of Texas, not to mention, New Joisey, Iowa, Missouri, and* no doubt more will be pouring in.
Enjoy!!
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02-11-2006, 10:12 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
Prices when we left for FL two weeks ago were $2.25 here in MA
Georgia it was $2.17 for El Cheapo
Florida ranged from $2.25 to $2.39
NY two days ago was $2.52 (ouch)
Yesterday I paid $2.29 back here in MA
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02-11-2006, 10:43 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
2.35 to 2.65 for gas here.
For some reason, "shell" and "76" gas stations have their gas 20-30c higher than anybody else.
I think its because they offer a 5% discount on gas if you use their credit card.
Now, at these prices, 5% is only ~10-15c. And I can get 5% anywhere using my citi dividend card.
Are people really THAT stupid?
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02-11-2006, 10:46 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by (Cute Fuzzy Bunny)
2.35 to 2.65 for gas here.
For some reason, "shell" and "76" gas stations have their gas 20-30c higher than anybody else.
I think its because they offer a 5% discount on gas if you use their credit card.
Now, at these prices, 5% is only ~10-15c.* And I can get 5% anywhere using my citi dividend card.
Are people really THAT stupid?
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Oh, absolutely.
JG
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02-11-2006, 10:49 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by (Cute Fuzzy Bunny)
Are people really THAT stupid?
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I'll bet they have plenty of business 
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02-11-2006, 11:01 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by Outtahere
Prices when we left for FL two weeks ago were $2.25 here in MA
Georgia it was $2.17 for El Cheapo
Florida ranged from $2.25 to $2.39
NY two days ago was $2.52 (ouch)
Yesterday I paid $2.29 back here in MA
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Just down the road from where I am sitting, Walmart is asking 2.16, less .03 if you use their card. Have not seen
anything cheaper here lately.
JG
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02-11-2006, 11:21 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by JPatrick
I'll bet they have plenty of business |
Surprisingly, about the same number of people as any other station.
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Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. Just another form of "buy low, sell high" for those who have trouble with things. This rule is not universal. Do not buy a 1973 Pinto because everyone else is afraid of it.
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02-12-2006, 08:19 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by MRGALT2U
You know how they usually make you fill up your rental car before you return it
or they charge you like a bazillion dollars a gallon if they have to gas it?* Well,
I rented a car from Hertz last week, and they had an option where if you bought a tank of gas when you got the car, you were absolved of having to return it filled.* *I took that
deal and paid $1.98 for the gas.
JG
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Unless you siphoned the tank before you returned it (which I can picture you doing), or ran the tank near empty, they probably got the best of you in that deal.
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02-12-2006, 08:55 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
We're at $2.36 currently here in the midwest. DH filled up at the Shell station yesterday so I asked him if they were higher than Citgo or BP.
He stated that BP and Shell were $2.36 while Citgo was still at $2.39.
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02-12-2006, 09:02 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by riskaverse
Unless you siphoned the tank before you returned it (which I can picture you doing), or ran the tank near empty, they probably got the best of you in that deal.
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Riskaverse: A lot like shooting fish in a barrel, isn't it.?
Careful, it can be habit forming. 
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02-12-2006, 09:43 AM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
I can quit any time I want to. 
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Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. Just another form of "buy low, sell high" for those who have trouble with things. This rule is not universal. Do not buy a 1973 Pinto because everyone else is afraid of it.
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02-12-2006, 01:24 PM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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I can quit any time I want to. |
Kick a Heroin Habit, or quit smoking, maybe.
Those are comparatively easy.
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02-12-2006, 07:36 PM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
It's $2.17 at my local Murphy Oil (Walmart) station. Of course it's $2.39 at "Uncle Bill's Minimart" 1/4 mile away (I'm pretty sure uncle Bill is running a drug front). Back to the $20 tank o gas (honda civic!).
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02-18-2006, 04:25 PM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
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Originally Posted by MRGALT2U
Just down the road from where I am sitting, Walmart is asking 2.16, less .03 if you use their card.* Have not seen
anything cheaper here lately.
JG
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Coming home through Oklahoma and Missouri, I paid 1.94 - 1.95
routinely. Back home we are still stuck around 2.19.
JG
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02-18-2006, 05:49 PM
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Re: I Smell Cheap(er) Gas
$2.05 today in Gun Barrel City,TX
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