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happy_camper Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Posts: 235 Location: 3rd coast	Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:35 am    Post subject: Price at the pump   Just curious. What are you paying to top off your tank in your neck of the woods? You don't have to be specific where you live. General is fine. Where I am on the Gulf Coast, the most I paid this summer was $3.89/gallon in mid-July. That same station now shows $3.54/gallon. Last week it was $3.65. Two stations not near me started a price war. Quote: Word quickly spread and long lines formed when gas prices kept dropping. At one point, the lines continued onto the street and created gridlock. At 3 p.m., gas was selling for $2.85 a gallon at the Shell station and $2.83 a gallon at the Chevron across the street. By 5 p.m., Chevron sold gas for $2.39 a gallon while Shell dropped its price to $2.49. At 6 p.m., the price fell to $2.34 for Chevron and $2.37 for Shell. Even big rigs got in on the action when diesel dropped to $3.69 a gallon. "We're just having a friendly competition and it's a good thing for the customers. They're getting a good deal out of it, so everybody's happy," said Sunny Gill, Shell's manager. Chevron ran out of gas by 6 p.m., but a new shipment was expected within an hour, so drivers just parked and waited. "A girlfriend of mine told me about it and I came running over," customer Terry Jackson said. There's no word on how long the gas price war will last or how low prices will go. "We set a mark at 99 cents. I’m thinking maybe they should stop, too, by then," Gill said. "We're just going back and forth until they stop." Ninety-nine cents a gallon! I'm like Homer Simpson gazing at a box of donuts.
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Major Appliance Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 1292 Location: Brand Central	Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:59 am    Post subject:   Most was 4.12/gallon Its down to 3.85 ish now woo. wee. yay.
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Nofsdad Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Posts: 6742 Location: Central CA	Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:18 am    Post subject:   We were running $4.50 a couple of weeks ago but we're down to just under $4 in a lot of places. For some reason, it's always higher here in out little county than in the rest of CA and CA is usually the highest state.
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trueairspeed Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 139	Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:49 am    Post subject:   $3.67 for Regular Unleaded (where I usually buy) but at a place a little further north of town it was $3.51! Glad to see it coming down a bit, but have to wonder how low and far how long??? Had got as high as $3.97 at my usual spot.
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Major Appliance Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 1292 Location: Brand Central	Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:46 pm    Post subject:   down to 3.69 now - YAY!
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Nofsdad Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Posts: 6742 Location: Central CA	Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:27 pm    Post subject:   I expect the housing crisis to be over now.
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trueairspeed Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 139	Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:06 pm    Post subject:   Nofsdad wrote: I expect the housing crisis to be over now. No, that'll only happen "when the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars"... At least that is how I understand it.
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Major Appliance Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 1292 Location: Brand Central	Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:46 pm    Post subject:   w00t! down to 3.49 here now... only 2 bucks to go to get back to reality...
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