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4 buck per gallon gas again (Original Post) olddots May 2015 OP
I paid $2.29 for mid-grade today, in North Alabama. House of Roberts May 2015 #1
I noticed when the price was low more people upaloopa May 2015 #2
yep $4.00 now in Southern California, was $4.00 up in Northern California last month mrdmk May 2015 #3
yep, every year, this week too ghostsinthemachine May 2015 #4
If I live to be 1,000, I'll never understand how gasoline is priced . . . Journeyman May 2015 #5
Free-Market, my ass nikto May 2015 #6
Visiting San Diego 5/19-5/29 left-of-center2012 May 2015 #7
Get the Gas Buddy app bananas May 2015 #8
Staying with my ex left-of-center2012 May 2015 #9

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
2. I noticed when the price was low more people
Tue May 5, 2015, 06:15 PM
May 2015

chose to drive rather than take the commuter bus here.
I think they will start to go back to the bus soon.

mrdmk

(2,943 posts)
3. yep $4.00 now in Southern California, was $4.00 up in Northern California last month
Tue May 5, 2015, 06:18 PM
May 2015

Been a real drag. The only reason its that much is because they can...

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
4. yep, every year, this week too
Tue May 5, 2015, 06:30 PM
May 2015

They jack the price up, refinery problems. Next week a refinery will explode, they will blame another price hike on that. It is like watching an endless loop.

Journeyman

(15,031 posts)
5. If I live to be 1,000, I'll never understand how gasoline is priced . . .
Tue May 5, 2015, 07:07 PM
May 2015

I mean, beyond the usual "to screw us for as much as they can get."

 

nikto

(3,284 posts)
6. Free-Market, my ass
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:35 AM
May 2015

Somehow, as if by an invisible hand, the prices float upward, in defiance of Saudi mega-production,
expanded domestic production, lack of crude storage facilities in US due to oversupply, etc.

Oil companies sure are lucky people, huh?

bananas

(27,509 posts)
8. Get the Gas Buddy app
Wed May 6, 2015, 10:07 AM
May 2015

or use it's San Diego website: http://www.sandiegogasprices.com/
Gas Buddy national website: http://www.gasbuddy.com/
or search for "gasbuddy" in your mobile phone app store.

Costco has good gas prices but you have to be a member.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
9. Staying with my ex
Wed May 6, 2015, 10:26 AM
May 2015

She's driving her car, and she always buys gas at Exxon. After knowing her for 40 years I wouldn't think of suggesting she shop for price.

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