What's with the recent extreme price gouging at the pump?

[The Anti-Neo Con]

WTF?

Where's the category 5 hurricane in the gulf?

Did the leader of Iran threaten to nuke us/Israel?

We went from $2.63 to $2.99 today here for a gallon.:mad:

C'mon what's the reason here. I thought the GOP wanted to keep prices low at least until the '06 elections.:sarcasm:

[babylonsister]

1. Where's 'here'? I paid $2.80 about 3 days ago. nt

[The Anti-Neo Con]

2. Oh, I'm in the St. Louis area.

Gas is usually cheaper here than the coasts...it's really rare that we hit $3.00, so I was wondering what was up.

[kestrel91316]

8. Here in SoCal I am EXTREMELY happy to see it down to $3.11 at

the cheapest station in my area..............

You've got absolutely nothing to complain about, IMHO.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. It's been 3.40+ for months in So Cal.

They never show any mercy on So Cal for anything, so it's to be expected.

[Captain Hilts]

4. People have proven they will pay it. Why should prices be lowered?

People are still driving huge SUVs in the left lane at 75 mph. So, the market's still there.

[lazarus]

13. and some people have proven

that they need to pay it. For a whole lot of people, walking and biking and public transport just isn't an option.

[Captain Hilts]

17. True. But people still aren't saving gas by driving more slowly. nt

[Sydnie]

I got gas tonight - in MASS - $2.91 a gallon but

It was $2.85 two days ago. I don't know what happened that it should shoot up again after taking a dip for a week or so.

All the other stations I passed today were in the $2.93 to $2.95 range as well.

[MADem]

11. Anticipating a nice weekend, perhaps?

All those poor bastards heading for the beaches as the holiday approaches!

[rwenos]

5. Central California - on I5 = $3.49/gal

For unleaded regular.

It's the money, everyone.

[BuyingThyme]

6. Another slam dunk for Dems.

But not with Reid and Pelosi as leaders.

[eleny]

7. P66 station has "Tank-Up" Tuesday - Super is same $ as Regular

$2.89 a gallon.

[Frustratedlady]

9. The 4th is coming up.

Our gas raised from $2.67 to $2.75, so I guess I'd best fill up, after reading of other prices.

[blues90]

10. In southern calif I can't let go of the pump lever fast enough

Try to get $10 on the nose , man those number fly by so fast we are going to need body protection to fend off flying numerals .

[upi402]

12. They'll raise it to $5 and we'll think we have it good when it drops to $4

I think it's possible. They will scrape every bit of flesh they can from the American corpse.

[B Calm]

14. The war stopped the flow of oil in Iraq & the Saudi's raised the price!

[no_hypocrisy]

15. Corner gas store has had Super at $3.29 for weeks while most stations are

charging $3.07. THAT's gouging. They don't offer extra services like repair or even free drinking glasses. You'd think consumer economics would force them to lower the price to get more business.

[Selatius]

16. They're anticipating a July 4th rush?

Got profit maximization?

[The Anti-Neo Con]

18. Oh, I forgot the 4th was coming up.

Yeah, any holiday & they have to at least hike it $.25 a gal.

It doesn't even matter if it's a national holiday where most people get off work. I've seen big hikes on Halloween before.:eyes:

[One_Life_To_Give]

19. St. Louis Avg $2.86 today $2.80 yesterday

Probably a combination of the Oil spill in La yesterday and the anticipated demand of the holiday. I think all these stations subscribe to OPIS which gives them e-mail pricing updates constantly on what their next load will cost.

Note: The Shell at Grand Ave. and Forrest Park in SE St.Louis is reported at $2.71 @ 6:40AM today.
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[The Anti-Neo Con]

20. I looked out the window...back down to $2.89