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Price of gas goes bonkers!

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#1 ·
I filled up yesterday at $2.87. Same place today $3.29. What the hell happened?
 
#2 ·
Interesting. Just saw headline that summer gas was lowest price in 4 years due to low crude prices. Prices vary a lot due to different state taxes. But within Washington state though the average is $4.40, some places are as low as a buck less. Of course that means some places have much higher prices to get that average.
 
#6 ·
not getting any relief here in the upper part of SC. IF I drive about 30 mins down the road I can find diesel about 35 cents/gal less, but gas remains consistently in the upper $2..ie $2.79 and up. I know the politicians keep telling us prices are at a low, but hasn't hit here yet. We are about to take late vacation in mid August..running from SC down to Fla Keys - RV diesel. I full expect to pay between $3.55 - $3.85/gal which is no change from last year. I've also been prepared for market spikes in light of middle east..but haven't seen that either.
 
#8 ·
The gas prices actually went down overnight from $3.89 to $3.75 here in my area of California, wondering what's going on since July 1st the state raised the gas tax which should have been going up and not down. NEWS was predicting $5 or more here in California due to tax and a refinery being down.
 
#11 ·
I thought I saw a price increase from the time we left Mt P (on 20) until we hit Midland, there was a $.40/gal increase, but that's not that unusual around here.
 
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Our Chevron went from $2.99 to $3.09 the other day. I didn't look this morning on my way to the shop. The stop n rob was $2.73, I don't stop there, so I don't get robbed. ;)

Needles, CA on the I-40 was $4.99 a couple weeks ago when I was forced to cross the River into enemy territory... ;)
 
#27 ·
It was always cheaper there. I'm paying 3.20 something in NW MT. When I go to WA it's usually 40-50 cents a gallon more there
 
#29 ·
Earlier this week

Alpena jumped from $3.04 to $3.39 but they have been fluctuating a lot this summer and everywhere else had already been $3.39. Right now I'm seeing $3.39 Alpena to Saginaw. Sometimes you get a small town like Atlanta or in your area Rosebush that sells it 10-20 cents cheaper but they're getting hard to find.
 
#30 ·
This at the Depot, east side of Edmore. Rosebush is usually cheaper, but I don't get up that way a whole lot anymore.
 
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#33 ·
Honestly it's most likely just a correction to the norm. I drive through his area a lot for work and that $2.87 is an anomoly. I did the see the same price at a station down there 2 weeks ago but everyone else was $3.29-3.39. Gas has been creeping up in fact even though I have apps for just about every gas station in Michigan and some for chains we don't even have any of I still averaged $3.09 at the pump for June, the first time I've averaged $3.00+ this year.