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5 dollar gas...are we ready?

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dxmnkd316 said:
The worst part is, that people think saving $0.03 a gallon actually matters.

Say you have a 20-gallon tank. Say you fill up once a week, every week. A three cent difference nets you $31.20 annually. Hardly worth even batting an eyelash. I don't care if a gas station is more expensive by a penny or two. I got to the ones I like. Clean, lots of services, nice store with a good selection. I'll gain $30 in happiness by going to a nicer gas station than one with cheaper gas.

(But don't tell the gas stations this)
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I agree, but when you have a price difference like I'm seeing, at stations that are near places you go to everyday, that adds up too. And they are all quality/clean/etc. I rarely fill up at the station by my place; I just go to the one by where I work. It's on the way anyway, and I'll save some dough.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Yeah, I know. Dunno why Almsy would think otherwise.
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Not always true. I can think of a number of cases where gas stations within a block of each other generally have significantly different price. There are two a block away from each other near me whose prices are about 15 cents different.

Edit: There was an intersection near my grandmother's house when I was a kid that had 2 gas stations at the corner. One was always about 5 cents more than the other (so, like 93 cents vs 98 cents) and they were even the same brand of gas. Used to make us laugh.
 
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duper said:
Not always true. I can think of a number of cases where gas stations within a block of each other generally have significantly different price. There are two a block away from each other near me whose prices are about 15 cents different.

Edit: There was an intersection near my grandmother's house when I was a kid that had 2 gas stations at the corner. One was always about 5 cents more than the other (so, like 93 cents vs 98 cents) and they were even the same brand of gas. Used to make us laugh.
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Was it on a divided road? That's why.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Yeah, I know. Dunno why Almsy would think otherwise.
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Because often BP runs 3-5 cents more than the local competitors.

I also tend to fill up when I go to Brent's because the stations are generally a few cents less than the stations by my Mom.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Was it on a divided road? That's why.
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No, it was a regular, albeit somewhat busy, street. I remember often noticing growing up in Chicago, and also here in Denver, that it is VERY common for gas stations near each other to have different prices. I find it odd that people seem to think that's unusual.
 
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duper said:
No, it was a regular, albeit somewhat busy, street. I remember often noticing growing up in Chicago, and also here in Denver, that it is VERY common for gas stations near each other to have different prices. I find it odd that people seem to think that's unusual.
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It is unusual. Unless people are THAT obverse to turning left on a road (or right if you're in one of those weird right-handed-person-controlled countries where you drive on the left side).
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
It is unusual. Unless people are THAT obverse to turning left on a road (or right if you're in one of those weird right-handed-person-controlled countries where you drive on the left side).
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Depends on where you are actually... It's not unheard of to have intersections here around the Chicago burbs where it's impossible to make a left hand turn.... You can go right on Street A or right on Street B... Large curbed medians will prevent you from making a left in anything that doesn't have 15 inches of ground clearance... In fact, because of this, I can think of two places in the west burbs where you have two of the SAME gas stations kiddie corner to each other... Granted they are always the same price, but the concept is still there...
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
It is unusual. Unless people are THAT obverse to turning left on a road (or right if you're in one of those weird right-handed-person-controlled countries where you drive on the left side).
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I guess my experience is unusual. It really surprises me that I seem to be the only one who has often seen gas stations on the same block with different prices.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Of course they're the same. Competition in gas stations across the street from each other is goofy. If one lowers the price, the other will lower it within a day. If one jacks up the price, you can be ****ed sure the other one will raise prices.
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There's pair of stations in Apple Valley, a BP and a non-affiliated store, that sit right across 147th St from each other. The non-affiliated store makes it a point to always be one penny cheaper than BP, and BP can't run it out of business by going to cost because (aside from MN law that requires a minimum gross profit margin) the non-affiliated is also a full-service repair shop which is where it makes the bulk of its income.
 
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The spread between WTI and Brent (not Hoven) is up to $19 per barrel, and a Chevron refinery fire near San Francisco has caused some panic.
 
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$3.73 to $3.83 in Anchorage. Per Gasbuddy, Alaska's state average price is now 6 cents lower than California's. THAT SHOULD NEVER, EVER HAPPEN.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
$3.73 to $3.83 in Anchorage. Per Gasbuddy, Alaska's state average price is now 6 cents lower than California's. THAT SHOULD NEVER, EVER HAPPEN.
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Are there no refineries in Alaska or something? I am perplexed as to Alaska's cost given the abundance of oil and lax taxes.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Are there no refineries in Alaska or something? I am perplexed as to Alaska's cost given the abundance of oil and lax taxes.
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Yeah, no refineries. It all has to get shipped down. It hit $4.50 this spring when crude was plummeting but all those West Coast refineries went down for maintenance at the same time.
 
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Back over $4 everywhere in Chicagoland, and approaching the same throughout Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Seems that having two pipelines rupture in Wisconsin, and refinery issues in Gary, Indiana have caused the jump.
 
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For those on the east coast that get their fuel from the Philadelphia refinery that Delta now owns, it looks like they're going to WTI. http://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Delt...e-to-its-Phila-refinery/1715-512238-1325.aspx

It won't be TOO much of a cost savings, simply because the cost to transport the crude by train is about the same as the current price difference between Brent and WTI, but hopefully we'll soon see a pipeline (like Chicago's going to let that happen...).
 
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Last week, riding the train in the morning, I saw my local "bellweather" gas station with prices posted at $3.99 for unleaded. That very same evening, the same station had unleaded at $4.09! :eek:
 
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FreshFish said:
Last week, riding the train in the morning, I saw my local "bellweather" gas station with prices posted at $3.99 for unleaded. That very same evening, the same station had unleaded at $4.09! :eek:
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Fairly normal nowadays. There was one station still at 3.999 so I decided to go completely full. I still have never paid more than 4.069 per gallon. Not bad for New York State, eh?
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Fairly normal nowadays. There was one station still at 3.999 so I decided to go completely full. I still have never paid more than 4.069 per gallon. Not bad for New York State, eh?
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Connecticut's gas tax is really messed up. it is a percentage, not a flat amount, so the higher the underlying prices go, the pump price goes even higher still! :eek:
 
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