Gas prices are so high

[rootbear75]

Well, i was working about 3 weeks ago, and i start to ring up a customer. Turns out he is an owner of a Chevron about a mile away, and he casually asks: "Do you drive?" and of course, i say "yes"

then he turns and says, "tell you what, here is my card. come by my gas station"

i say, "does this mean i get cheap gas?" (jokingly)

to my surprise, he writes on the back of the card "Six cents off fillup. One time. 04/07/08. for Josh." and told me to pay inside and hand the card.

 

Well, it just so happens, i was in the area of his gas station today, and i was low on gas, so i thought i would drop by. (of course i didnt expect to see him there)

First thing i hated, i drove around for about 20 minutes to find the place, which is smack dab in the middle of a residential area.

second thing, the regular price for gas (or so i thought it was) was $3.57/gal. I go inside and hand the card to the cashier, and she says she cant take it.

I ask why. She says, that it's saturday, and gas is already six cents off. (which means the price is regularaly $3.63/gal, which is 16 cents higher than the gas station about 3 minutes away)

I say, well he didnt specify that I couldn't use it.

She says that they dont take "coupons" when gas is already reduced.

 

That sentence... that ONE sentence, makes me think that he hands his card out with his name and gas station, with the 6 cents off on the back OFTEN.

 

I'm thinking now, what a jerky thing to do. I drive 20 minutes out of my way, to find YOUR gas station, which is 16 cents HIGHER than a gas station just up the road. are you kidding me?!

 

 

anyways.

 

 

I also have another story from my stepdad about a bad gas experience.

 

Apparently, he was filling up his tank, when the owners shut off the pumps (WHILE HE WAS PUMPING)

bumped up the price, then turned them on. he didnt even WAIT for him to finish pumping!

[»Lynx]

OWNED

 

Anyway, it should display the price outside, if the price outside is still 16 cents higher after a reduction, then why bother going there? Just go to the one 3 minutes down the road.

[PunkElite]

lol that sucks, i dont even look at prices anymore its just too horrible, but thankfully our prices on post are slightly cheeper than most gas stations off post, oh yeah im home from iraq now yay!

[Cancer+]

You get 6 cents off on saturdays? I wish places around here did that.

[ThunderJam]

You better have walked away and not given them your money

[rootbear75]

You get 6 cents off on saturdays? I wish places around here did that.

only that gas station did it

 

You better have walked away and not given them your money

i did.

[»CypherJF]

I think there are laws that state a station can't up it's price until they refill their underground tanks; but I could be wrong on that. I've noticed several stations which don't abide by it but it's not like any law enforcement agency is going to investigate it. I just wish they'd repeal the law which forces everyone to keep the margin of the minimum price of gas the same amogst all stations. It was enacted to protect the ma-pa shops of the day, but most of those are long gone now. Let the gas wars happen.

[Guest Did]

i think that was my mom

[Hakaku]

$3.63/gal is far cheaper than the gas price around here, so you shouldn't complain.

[»Purge]

diesel is around $3.19/gal here in Albany.

[rootbear75]

$3.63/gal is far cheaper than the gas price around here, so you shouldn't complain.

but the average price around where i live is $3.47/gal, so yes, i am going to complain.

[»Lynx]

Petrol stations state their own prices I think, that's why you find that petrol stations on highways are far more expensive, because they know people aren't finding another station in say 100 miles..

[rootbear75]

Petrol stations state their own prices I think, that's why you find that petrol stations on highways are far more expensive, because they know people aren't finding another station in say 100 miles..

perfect example of this. Gas station on a lonely road, with no gas stations 50 miles around, i think they are at like $5.00/gal

[CRe]

Pee powered cars is the way to go.

[FMBI]

Earlier I was driving home, saw that gas is at 3.45 now. Hilarious how Hillary tries to blame it on "energy speculators", instead of a little invasion we all know about that drove the price of oil through the roof (I'm not ignoring peak oil here, but it would have waited a lot longer to affect us).

 

BTW, to any Europeans who brag about paying more - You pay more because of overpopulation and high localized demand. Here in the states, for a while we avoided that due to high reserves (which peaked long ago, and are now running dry, whatever the oil shale enthusiasts want to tell you), and by having zillions of gas stations in price wars, but now we end up paying more than Europeans, even if our price is still lower. Remember that Western Europe, in particular, has extremely good m!@#$%^&* transit, has denser cities, and has fewer suburbs. Compare this to the US, where we have virtually no m!@#$%^&* transit, we have cities which are often 3-10 times their official limits, and almost endless suburbs in California, Texas, and the eastern Supercity. You've always been encouraged to limit car use, and now you have no reason to increase use - we, on the other hand, are forced to travel longer and longer distances, and the government still ignores transit. Next time you travel 400 miles just to get to a relative's house, you call me up and we'll discuss prices.

[Yavaris]

[JDS]

Here in good old canada, we supply a very large portion of crude oil to you in america (who only pay 3.50/Gallon), and yet we who live in canada pay 1.289$ per litre (3.79L in a gallon... ) -->>4.885 $ per gallon

 

And at the end of the day its all about making money and not giving a !@#$%^&* if it makes life tough on yea

[Hoch]

No, Britons and Europeans pay more because more

of our petrol is taxed at higher rates. Tax and other

charges account from any where between 55 to 70

per cent. In the US state and federal taxes typically

amount to no more than 20 to 30 per cent of the price.

But higher taxes benefit us because we are better in-

sulated from fluctuating prices in the price of oil. This

helps to explain why petrol has only gone up about

three to five pence, whereas in the US over the same

period it has gone up 15 to 25 cents. Of course, the

lower dollar also helps us out as well.

 

I have sympathy for all you screwed out of the pock-

et Americans. When you are used to paying $2.50 a

gallon and now it's nearly $3.50, that is huge difference.

I remember in the late 1990s buying premium for $1

a gallon. The good ol' days

 

-Hoch

[rootbear75]

I'm still wondering tho why you all still drive cars that run 10 miles/gallon.

my car gets 30mi/gal

 

a fillup costs me somewhere in the ballpark of $35-40 (i have an approx 12 gal tank). but when you make like $100 week (part time/weekends only), its a large cut.

[Yavaris]

Being a student gets me free public transport, but if I were to travel to uni by car instead of pt, it would cost me rougly 60$ a week (its a 30km drive), so we're not that far apart. But it depends on how far you have to travel.

 

And for the record, car >>> pt. It's faster, less crowded and less smelly. If it wasn't for my free pt, I'd be paying as much for pt as for the car (tickets vs gas).

[»D1st0rt]

An interesting article about how this whole thing is a crock:

http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/cont...8041_945564.htm

[Stoked]

man wtf these gay !@#$%^&* gas prices are really pissin me off bigtime.. my truck gets 9-10 miles to the gallon and it costs me about $7-8 just to drive to work and back to work for 3 hours at a goddam time.. its not even worth it. goddam oil money is goin right into bush's pocket too

 

oh yea and it cost me $115 to fill up my truck the other day

Edited April 23, 2008 by StoKeD

[Dav]

No, Britons and Europeans pay more because more

of our petrol is taxed at higher rates. Tax and other

charges account from any where between 55 to 70

per cent. In the US state and federal taxes typically

amount to no more than 20 to 30 per cent of the price.

But higher taxes benefit us because we are better in-

sulated from fluctuating prices in the price of oil. This

helps to explain why petrol has only gone up about

three to five pence, whereas in the US over the same

period it has gone up 15 to 25 cents. Of course, the

lower dollar also helps us out as well.

 

I have sympathy for all you screwed out of the pock-

et Americans. When you are used to paying $2.50 a

gallon and now it's nearly $3.50, that is huge difference.

I remember in the late 1990s buying premium for $1

a gallon. The good ol' days

 

-Hoch

 

we do get a lot of tax but the reason its high is much the same as the reason its high for you guys. Fuel costs have gone through the roof recently here and continue to rise rapidly.

 

The price of oil is high and its not going to get any better. If you want to save money get more efficient cars (9 miles to the gallon cars are rarely found in the UK).

 

I'm just glad I don't need a car where I am, I can cycle around here faster then I could drive or take the bus.

[Hoch]

we do get a lot of tax but the reason its high is much the same as the reason its high for you guys. Fuel costs have gone through the roof recently here and continue to rise rapidly.

Uhm, no. Carefully re-read what I wrote But

here is the highlight: 20-30% < 55-70% taxed

rate; a weaker dollar insulates pound and euro

countries from fluctuations in the price of oil.

 

-Hoch

[Dav]

yeah the tax is a lot of the price but the reason it is risng so fast is the price of oil. The tax does accelerate the increace and has increaced slightly but tax is not the root cause of the general upward trend.