View Full Version : How's your gas prices?
ontheEdgeof17
03-20-2005, 09:16 PM
$2.25 on average here.
Pisses me off. :mad:
dissention
03-20-2005, 09:19 PM
$2.07 yesterday for regular.
GardenStateGirlie
03-20-2005, 09:21 PM
You ain't seen nothin' yet...wait until we coast into summer :nod:
GypsySorcerer
03-20-2005, 09:24 PM
$2.13 today. :mad:
ontheEdgeof17
03-20-2005, 09:26 PM
$2.07 yesterday for regular.
I would be in heaven if mine was that low.....We are getting closer and closer to $2.30. :rolleyes:
heyjupiter678
03-20-2005, 09:26 PM
$2.09 here today.
HomerMcvie
03-20-2005, 10:17 PM
$2.12 :( :(
CreepingDeath
03-20-2005, 10:47 PM
$2.27
:eek:
Vianna
03-20-2005, 10:55 PM
Insane! Hope somebody's getting rich off this.
estranged4life
03-20-2005, 11:05 PM
around $1.99 a gallon...Utter horse**** IMHO!!! :mad:
GardenStateGirlie
03-20-2005, 11:42 PM
Insane! Hope somebody's getting rich off this.
Too bad it's not my family. My dad is paying more for it than he's making off of it :shrug:
dissention
03-20-2005, 11:48 PM
Too bad it's not my family. My dad is paying more for it than he's making off of it :shrug:
It's my understanding that gas stations barely make anything off the sale of gas. Mere pennies (if that), right?
wondergirl9847
03-21-2005, 01:20 AM
I don't own a car (or have a license), so yay me, but that just means I bum rides from my dad, mom or friends. LOL
That said, it's disgusting how they are raising the prices to gouge people. What else is new though, really.
Janet
03-21-2005, 01:22 AM
It really is bad. When I started driving in 1995, it was 99 cents. Those were the days ( I can't believe I am saying that!)
I am a manager for Dominos. The drivers are going crazy because we only give 60 cents a delivery! My owner refuses to up the mileage and it's ridiculous.
skcin
03-21-2005, 11:18 AM
Too bad it's not my family. My dad is paying more for it than he's making off of it :shrug:
Yeah, how is your dad doing with all this? Some guy wrote to the paper here & was yelling about how come the stations raise their prices when they've already had the gas delievered & paid for.
How does it work, Riss? I want to write back & call him an idiot, but I want to get my facts straight!
Oh, and it's about $2.27 here last I checked.
GardenStateGirlie
03-21-2005, 11:50 AM
Yeah, how is your dad doing with all this? Some guy wrote to the paper here & was yelling about how come the stations raise their prices when they've already had the gas delievered & paid for.
How does it work, Riss? I want to write back & call him an idiot, but I want to get my facts straight!
Oh, and it's about $2.27 here last I checked.
No one is doing well--my parents included. The reason why gas stations raise their prices when they have a small surplus of gas is because that's the only way they're going to make any money at all--and even then sometimes you still don't. My father purchased a load last week--$1.80 something per gallon (he couldn't remember--he only knows it was "high, Maris"). He's currently selling it for $1.95. He's making way less than .10 per gallon.
We have a super Wawa down the street from us and a lot of foreign gas near us as well (and by "foreign," I think you all know what I mean. They bring their families over here to work on a visa--send them money back--sleep at the gas station and don't actually hold a residency). You simply CANNOT COMPETE with their prices--and even they are still high. Not to mention--the taxes for everything--the rules--it's ridiculous. I wish I could get him on here because he'd probably type a full out dissertation for you on the bull**** that is operating and owning your own.
As the demand for it increases, so will the price. It's a money maker alright but I can assure you, it's not the pockets of those in business for themselves getting lined.
SuzeQuze
03-21-2005, 11:55 AM
Last Wed in Dorchester, MA I think I paid 2.18. Yesterday in NH 1.99. I was also thinking that when I started driving my current car gas prices were about half that because I remember filling my little tank for $11! Man, I loved that. Last Wed a record for me at $21 to fill my tank. :eek: And my tank is 10 gallons tops!
skcin
03-21-2005, 01:34 PM
No one is doing well--my parents included. The reason why gas stations raise their prices when they have a small surplus of gas is because that's the only way they're going to make any money at all--and even then sometimes you still don't. My father purchased a load last week--$1.80 something per gallon (he couldn't remember--he only knows it was "high, Maris"). He's currently selling it for $1.95. He's making way less than .10 per gallon.
We have a super Wawa down the street from us and a lot of foreign gas near us as well (and by "foreign," I think you all know what I mean. They bring their families over here to work on a visa--send them money back--sleep at the gas station and don't actually hold a residency). You simply CANNOT COMPETE with their prices--and even they are still high. Not to mention--the taxes for everything--the rules--it's ridiculous. I wish I could get him on here because he'd probably type a full out dissertation for you on the bull**** that is operating and owning your own.
As the demand for it increases, so will the price. It's a money maker alright but I can assure you, it's not the pockets of those in business for themselves getting lined.
I know how you guys feel. Being a small business owner sucks these days. Taxes, fees, regulations, permits, lawyers, etc, etc, etc!
My dad had to close his business recently (a bar) after really struggling the last few years. Now it's gone, and my parents (both in their 60's) have to re-enter the workforce after being self-employed since 1986. After 6 months of living on basically nothing, dad finally got a job that provided insurance. Mom's still working on finding something decent part time. :(
sara1998
03-21-2005, 07:52 PM
It's about $2.25 here. It took a record-breaking $30 to fill my 15 gallon tank. I guess I got about 13 gallons.
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