Are your area gas prices rising?

@Signal20 (2281)
United States
November 8, 2006 5:22pm CST
Just stopped at the gas station. It's been running about 1.98/gallon(US) the last few weeks. Now that elections are over, it's up to 2.05. I asked the lady in there about it, she said they got the call from the gas company this morning, and were told to raise it to 2.05. I'd been hearing they would go up after the elections, guess those people were right. Hope it doesn't get as bad as it was.
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ilse72
@ilse72 (1453)
• United States
9 Nov 06
Yes, they are on the rise again. I filled up today and paid 2.15 per gallon. I knew it would go down before the election (and it did) but I also knew we would never see gas permanently priced below 2.00 again. Once these companies see that we will pay it, the price never ever drops to what it was before the "crisis". It was this same way the last time we had an oil situtation...gas rose tremendously and never dropped back again. I think they manufacture these crises every few years just so they can justify a major price increase...of course, that is just my opinion from seeing it happen so many times.
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Signal20
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
9 Nov 06
I agree with you, I think they use every excuse they can to raise the prices. And, like you said, it'll never go back, they're too used to the big profits. Maybe the Dem's will be able to do something, was low when they were in before..........
ilse72
@ilse72 (1453)
• United States
13 Nov 06
Thank you for the best response!
mirage108
@mirage108 (3403)
• United States
15 Nov 06
The other day I filled up my truck and the price was 2.08 per gallon on the way home that night it went back down to 2.05 it seems to me that the gas price's are all over the place it go's up for the weekend then starts to drop after the weekend. I think they are trying to get more money from the weekend traffic but the place is still the cheepest around
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Signal20
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
15 Nov 06
Yeah, I've noticed that before. They always tend to go up before the weekend and holidays. But now I'm noticing they're not going back down.....
mohanarangan2002
@mohanarangan2002 (389)
• India
14 Nov 06
in my area not rising gas price for the past 1 year
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Signal20
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
15 Nov 06
Yeah, but you guys get it cheap over there:) Here in the US we have to pay a lot so our politicians can make more money for their retirement...
IsIstheNicest20
@IsIstheNicest20 (385)
• United States
9 Nov 06
no ours been dropping.
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Signal20
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
9 Nov 06
Really? That's good for you guys! Where ya located?
shooie
@shooie (4985)
• United States
9 Nov 06
Yes it went up in SC as well to $2.06 in some places
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Signal20
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
9 Nov 06
Hopefully it won't get to to bad.......Thanks!
shellyrios
@shellyrios (1212)
• United States
9 Nov 06
man your gas is CHEAP where you're located. Ours is just beginning to go down to 2.07/gallon for unleaded, it's been fluctuating between 2.20-2.96 for that past 6-8 months, until recently....
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Signal20
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
9 Nov 06
We were up there as well, think the highest I saw (at the cheap stations) was 2.98, about 2-3 months ago. Then it slowly dropped to just under 2.00, now back up again. Sucks lol....Guess I'm keeping my little 4 cylinder Toyota :)
DFrodeo06
@DFrodeo06 (1325)
• United States
9 Nov 06
yea gas is about $2.04 here
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Signal20
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
9 Nov 06
Thanks for response rated :)
babystar1
@babystar1 (4234)
• United States
2 Feb 07
Yes the gas went up today to, It was $1.94, and two hours later it went up to $2.15.
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margieanneart
@margieanneart (26430)
• United States
3 Jan 07
It is horrible out here. It is now going up again. It's at $2.39 a gallon of regular.
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trish32
@trish32 (1471)
• United States
15 Nov 06
Our gas prices were running $1.98 up until about 1 week ago. Now the prices are up to $2.05 and rising from what I've seen at many gas stations.
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Solja420
@Solja420 (2506)
• United States
13 Nov 06
yeh i think they are
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emeraldisle
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
21 Feb 07
Well ours didn't go down till after the elections. It slowly went down to right around $2.03 and we were happy to see that. Now it's creeped back up again. Yesterday when I was out and about it was at $2.21 but who knows what it is up to today. I hope it goes back down again. Would be nice.