+Brian - Team A.I. Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 A co-worker of mine is good friends with a guy that owns a gas station here in town. He was told while getting gas on his way in, that corporate sent out a fax to all owners advising them that as soon as the first bomb(s) fall, gas will go up $.50 immediately. He's not one to BS things, so I'd be inclined to believe him. Just thought I'd pass the info along. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Gas was $1.52 today...I'll have to see how much it is tomorrow (after the 48 hours Bush gave Saddam is up) -------------------------------------------- This signature line intentionally left blank Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 More good old fashioned price gouging. Just because you're paranoid DOESN'T mean they're not ALL out to get you. Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 Be glad it's $1.52. They're raping this region of the US, with prices sitting at a beefy ~$1.97/gal. I came across this site the other night that might be interesting to a number of cachers. Gas Prices Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+ventura_kids Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Oh no! I'll have to park in the center of the city and ride my bike from cache to cache. I'll never be first to find that way..... What to do... What to do.... Ventura Kid and Spider Dude Ever stop to think, and forget to start again? Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 I'm not looking at this in terms of my geocaching and how it's being affected. For me personally, I have a 32-mile drive each way to work 5 days/week. So it affects my finances quite a bit, when I go from filling my tank for ~$18 to what will eventually be $36-40, that's bad. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+brdad Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Of course prices will fluctuate in times like this, but look at thwat they pay in may other countries. We do quite well. And other factors may make it go back down a little, like this. If carrots are so good for the eyes, how come I see so many dead rabbits on the highway? Quote Link to comment
+EScout Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 With our nice state taxes, I am paying over $2, up to 2.25 recently for super. Hit a record of $40 to fill one car recently. I have been in a bad mood all day because I looked at our credit card bill this morning..... $367 for 12 fill-ups on this bill. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Brian - Team A.I.:A co-worker of mine is good friends with a guy that owns a gas station here in town. He was told while getting gas on his way in, that corporate sent out a fax to all owners advising them that as soon as the first bomb(s) fall, gas will go up $.50 immediately. He's not one to BS things, so I'd be inclined to believe him. Just thought I'd pass the info along. Brian Team A.I. I remember the first time the bombs fell. Gas plumeted by 50 cents a gallon. Then the next time something happened and they raised prices just to gouge. There was quite the backlash. This time they may find their stores ransacked if they try to Phuck over everyone. You might want to pass that along to your friend. Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 Who knows. I wasn't exactly driving when the last war started, so I was paying very little attention to prices then. The most recent memory of extremely low prices was a brief period 4 or 5 years ago when prices hit $.79/gal for a few days. Nothing like a full tank for 9 bucks. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 I guess I'm gonna fill up tomorrow. I'm paying already 1.94 for 89-octane gas. Jeep likes 92-octane best, but it's too bleeping expensive. Anyway, this will make my caching binges more organized...I'll plot waypoint in topo software and plan my driving route so I don't waste gas. I actually did this for Vashon Island the other day and the system worked great...most of the roads were unsigned, but I'd already got hte waypoints for critical junctions off the software. If I hadn't done that, I know for sure I would have spent an extra hour driving! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Argh... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 I'm not surprised. It's about time the pendulum started swinging back though (see: 1973 oil crisis and the rise of fuel efficient vehicles). Soon we'll all be driving one of these. Bummer. I was considering trading up my '96 Saturn SL2 for something bigger. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Quote Link to comment
+Tervas Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Hey don't complain, here in Europe gas already costs $1.2 per liter One US gallon is 3.785412 liters. Errare humanum ets. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 I'm not saying oil companies won't price gouge during a war, but for them to leave a paper trail by sending out thousands of faxes to station owners, it just doesn't ring true. If a station owner raises his price .50 immediately upon the start of the war, the money goes into his own pocket, not the corporations, because he's already purchased the gas at a lower price. So if you do see a sudden jump, it's the station owner cashing in. Anyway, crude oil prices have dropped drastically since Bush's speech the other night...go figure. And what a time to choose to buy a Honda CR-V after 20 years of driving Honda Civics. I just had to have that 4WD cache mobile! "An appeaser is one who keeps feeding a crocodile-hoping it will eat him last" -Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment
+TheMountainBoys Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 It keeps my wife home Quote Link to comment
+Mad_Hatter Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 $2.25 at the local stations I passed this morning. Umm, that's not counting the stations near the airport. For some strange reason they seem to charge more. I'm sure that they couldn't be gouging the folks topping off tanks in rental cars right? Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 A website called GasPriceWatch keeps tracks of prices across the US. The highest price yesterday in the US was in CA at 2.42 a gallon and the cheapest was 1.50 in OK. It's 1.90 here in southern oregon I hear voices.....and they don't like you! Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 We are all getting ripped off, welcome to good old GREED! Why can't we get cheap oil from Kuwait? We saved them last time around, if I remember correctly...let's get this Iraq thing over with, and we can all go back to buying gas at 80 cents a gallon, I say... Quote Link to comment
Micqn Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 I just have a job that allows me to spend large amounts of money on gas for my Durango. 25 gallon fuel tank, premium, Fill It Up! No Worries. By the way 'I AM CHANGING THE CLIMATE!' Nice Rack! Quote Link to comment
+Mad_Hatter Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 "A website called GasPriceWatch keeps tracks of prices across the US. The highest price yesterday in the US was in CA at 2.42 a gallon..." Heck, the only gas station in the town of Big Sur was charging that much last December. I'm guessing that they generally don't sell more than a gallon or two at a time. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Brian - Team A.I.:Who knows. I wasn't exactly driving when the last war started, so I was paying very little attention to prices then. The most recent memory of extremely low prices was a brief period 4 or 5 years ago when prices hit $.79/gal for a few days. Nothing like a full tank for 9 bucks. Brian Team A.I. Good point. And every now and then when gas drops below a buck it's not so painful to fill up the Bronco. Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 As soon as prices started going up I started riding my motorcycle everywhere! It's a big one, getting only 28mpg. That's better than my vans 15mpg though. Do not extend your expectations unto others, you will not be disappointed by the stupid things they do. Mokita! Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 I leased a Durango for a while some time ago. You could almost hear the slurping noise as it drank the gas. I'll stick to the Oldsmobeast, for now. If prices get too high, I'll curtail the caching and spend more time in the garage. Quote Link to comment
+ScottJ Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Brian - Team A.I.:A co-worker of mine is good friends with a guy that owns a gas station here in town. He was told while getting gas on his way in, that corporate sent out a fax to all owners advising them that as soon as the first bomb(s) fall, gas will go up $.50 immediately. Spoken like a true human shield. Can we UPS that guy and his boss over to Iraq? -- Scott Johnson (ScottJ) Quote Link to comment
+fishin'fool Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Gas prices here in extreme northwest ca.(klamath) was $2.15 a gallon two days ago.I noticed the price on may way to southern oregon to do a little caching.I drove about 40 miles to Brookings,that is just a couple of miles across the state line and gas was $1.85 a gallon.Needless to say I said , fill it till it runs on the ground.That' 30 cents a gallon cheaper for a 40 mile drive,go figure. fishin'fool was here! Quote Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Think yourselves lucky! In the UK we pay the equivalent of around 4 US dollars 70 cents for the equivalent of 1 US gallon. Reason? We have what amounts to three hundred per cent tax on it. Bill Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Got gas today, paid $1.49 for full-serve regular. This is actually a few cents cheaper then it was over the weekend. There are a few stations around that are $1.47 for full-serve regular, but they were too far out of my way to make it worthwhile. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote Link to comment
+Frolickin Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 We just filled up for $1.47 at US Gas at the intersection of Rt. 40 & Rt. 77 in New Jersey. Of course, it was full serve to boot! Fro. ________________________________________ Geocaching . . . hiking with a purpose Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 On my way to work I saw that the local station had gas for $1.65, the same price as yesterday and the day before. My GPSr still works, too. Quote Link to comment
+VentureForth Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Brian - Team A.I.:A co-worker of mine is good friends with a guy that owns a gas station here in town. He was told while getting gas on his way in, that corporate sent out a fax to all owners advising them that as soon as the first bomb(s) fall, gas will go up $.50 immediately. He's not one to BS things, so I'd be inclined to believe him. Just thought I'd pass the info along. Brian Team A.I. I think everyone who raised their prices after 9/11 learned their lesson against price gouging. Since oil is DOWN $8 a barrel, I'm sure district attorneys are on the watch. quote:Jeremy Irish:I'm not surprised. It's about time the pendulum started swinging back though (see: 1973 oil crisis and the rise of fuel efficient vehicles). Soon we'll all be driving one of these. Bummer. I was considering trading up my '96 Saturn SL2 for something bigger. 35 MPG and $23,900? Keep your Saturn! My 2002 Satty gets 40 MPG and only cost $9,995. It has A/C and seats 4 people, looks kinda cool and has dent resistant polymer side panels! Of course our other car is a Suburban with a 42 gallon tank that costs nearly $70 to fill up every two weeks. Between both cars, we average about the same as two full size sedans. --------------- Go! And don't be afraid to get a little wet! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 Paid $1.48 a gallon yesterday. It was still $1.48 a gallon when I passed by today. As I said in an earlier post in this thread, I think the story that Brian heard is baloney! "An appeaser is one who keeps feeding a crocodile-hoping it will eat him last" -Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment
+nincehelser Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 ...on the expectation of a short war. However, we are in a transtion phase from winter to summer gasoline formulations. This always seems to jack prices up slightly as the refineries have to retool. George Quote Link to comment
+Mad_Hatter Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 What's this "full serve" stuff all about? Oh I get it, that must be when my girlfriend takes my car to the gas station. Seriously though, I haven't seen them in my area since the days when they gave out green stamps. Quote Link to comment
+nincehelser Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 ...doesn't allow self-service by law. George Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Nope, they don't let us pump our own gas here in NJ. It's against the law. I've never seen anyone hauled off to jail for pumping their own, but if you try one of the attendants will usually run towards you yelling "hey, you can't do that". Sometimes it's frustrating when you're in a hurry and the attendant is busy with someone else, or slow to come out because its cold or raining. But when you're wearing your best clothes and going out someplace nice, or to work, its good not having the smell of gas on your hands. "An appeaser is one who keeps feeding a crocodile-hoping it will eat him last" -Winston Churchill [This message was edited by BrianSnat on March 21, 2003 at 05:49 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Frolickin Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 I think Oregon also does not permit self-serve. I am certain someone will correct me if I am wrong. When I was a boy, it was always interesting when we traveled to a self-serve state. Dad was in a wheelchair, ladies did not pump gas, so I was the one who learned how to pump gas. I liked it, but in those days, who'd smell like gas after you pumped it. Generally speaking, NJ gasoline is less expensive that PA and NY and we receive an additional service. This is one government regulation I support. Fro. ________________________________________ Geocaching . . . hiking with a purpose Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 It makes it tough on us out-of-state visitors. Full serve costs more (sometimes $.50 per gallon in California). I would never get full serve for my Suburban (42 gallons, baby!). I drove to the east coast once, it took the attendant a few minutes to convince me that it was the same price for full serve and that state law said that it was required. Wierd! Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Here in Yuma, AZ --- after the "BOMB" our prices have come down three cents !! ($1.81) Mzee ~~~ Once you have found it, move on to the "NEXT" Quote Link to comment
TriCityGuy Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 Pure urban rumor. Unless somebody points to a scanned copy of the memo or it's validated in a mainstream news source don't believe it. By the way, adjusted for inflation gas prices are still far from being the most expensive. A neat graphic on the history of gas price I found is at NARP - Are Gas Prices Too High? Quote Link to comment
+fishin'fool Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Frolickin:I think Oregon also does not permit self-serve. I am certain someone will correct me if I am wrong. Yes you are correct Frolickin.It was a nice day caching,beautiful drive,good caches,and somebody pumped my gas for me for 30 cents less than I pay and have to pump myself.Mental note"maybe should think of moving to oregon" fishin'fool was here! Quote Link to comment
MTU_Cache_Spot Posted March 21, 2003 Share Posted March 21, 2003 You think we're getting ripped off? I heard on the news a couple of days ago that as people were mass-exiting Baghdad before we started bombing, the price of gas in Iraq went from $0.04 per gallon to about $8.00 per gallon, and these are people who are lucky to make $600 per year!. Imagine what would happen to gas-station owners if the price of gas went up by 20,000% (thats 200 times!) in one day....Of course getting gas normally at about 4 cents per gallon wouldn't be all that bad either. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Filled up the Suburban for $1.41 a gallon. With prices dropping, you gotta love this war stuff. Quote Link to comment
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