Gas Prices

[Morgbug]

BTW, while these are gas prices we keep talking about, we should probably keep in mind this is oil.

What else is made from oil?  Plastic.  Think we'll see a price increase there too?

[JediMAC]

What else is made from oil?  Plastic.  Think we'll see a price increase there too?

Shut up, Brent!  We don't want to be giving Hasbro and/or our favorite retailers any stupid ideas... 

[Famine]

I buy my milk and OJ in paper cartons now.

Kevin

[Loopy_Leia]

I have seen for the past couple days on the news that Atlanta (and other places) have run out of gas.  And HOLY CRAP they are charging enough for it.  Like $5.27 for Regular.  That is what I call price gouging when I believe it is $2.99 here in Dalton.    My parents are leaving for Panama City Beach tomorrow morning and hopefully they won't run out of gas.  I told them not to let it get down below 1/4 of a tank before they start looking for a place to stop.    Also, on the 13th I'll be renting a Budget truck and driving to Maine so I am rather curious how much gas will be for a 16' truck, probably an arm and a leg.

[MetalJedi]

2.90 this early morning as I put 20 bucks of liquid gold in my car. Made it just a hair above half a full tank with that. 

[Morgbug]

Well, airlines are raising prices, to no one's surprise. 

I had an itinerary saved with NWA for Fort Lauderdale.  It went from $520 to $636 while I wasn't looking.  Suffice to say I paid for the flight just now before it goes any higher. 

[Jediknight760071]

I used to fill up for $20, about a year ago.

[jadesfire]

Well, airlines are raising prices, to no one's surprise. 

I just booked my ticket too and noticed that within the last 24 hours it went up $30.00 (it's only one way or else it would have been $60.00)

Gas prices around here are $2.99-$3.19.  I assume they'll stay at this price until after the Labor Day weekend.

[DSJ™]

Being the long weekend, anything can happen. Some stations have gas at 113.4 but most are still at 114.9 then theres the 115.0-118.4.

[DoctorPadawan]

We don't want to be giving Hasbro and/or our favorite retailers any stupid ideas...

As if Hasbro needs any more stupid ideas, Matt. 

The oil debacle right now is probably going to see an increase in the cost of EVERYTHING across the board for the next few months, if not years.  Gasoline itself is going to be driving up the cost of items because they pretty much have to be driven into the retailers' distribution centers on trucks, they are then sent to the stores on trucks, and so forth. 

So, Hasbro will charge more for an action figure because of the increase in oil prices to the retailers, retailers will charge more for the action figure because of the higher cost of actually getting the toys from Hasbro, and for getting the toys to their stores, we're paying higher prices for gas to get to the stores to buy the action figures at a higher price, and everyone's bosses will still not want to give even a slight raise to their employees even though the cost of living will have gone up.

Does it suck?  Yeah, but it could be worse.   

[Rob]

Very true DP, I've even heard about some school districts raising the price of lunch in the cafeterias to offset the increase in gas prices for their school buses.

[Morgbug]

I was very fortunate on the way home today.  I can opt for two different highways, one is only a couple of miles longer than the other.  I chose the longer route because there's a gas station at the corner that sometimes holds their prices longer than others do.

Boy, was I right.  $1.059, a full 14 cents a liter ($0.56/gallon) less than everywhere else   That was sweet.

[Scott]

Gas dropped here 20-30 cents this afternoon from 2.99-3.09 to 2.79

[Morgbug]

Gas dropped here 20-30 cents this afternoon from 2.99-3.09 to 2.79

Uh, fill up at the border before you get here.  Better still if you fill in Grand Forks.  That should get you back around down there. 

[Scott]

My buddy drives a Dodge Ram, I asked him if we're taking that up...he said no