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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 8:23 pm
We're down to $1.57 here in Bloomington, MN.
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 8:45 pm
Gotcha beat at $1.54. Not sure why either - I think it's the calm before the snowstorm they are predicting here. Needless to say, everytime I hit the 3/4 mark, I'm filling up. Hey, I like these $7 fill ups !
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 9:05 pm
Got it for 1.57 this weekend at Sam's Club, too, Tess (Muskegon, MI). Considered myself lucky!
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 9:10 pm
Tess and Halfie, I am in awe at $1.57 and $1.54 that you two are paying!! I haven't seen the prices below $2.00 in about a month out this way. In fact, the usual price I pay is about $1.69/gallon, so you're still way below what I normally pay. I'm curious to know what you normally pay for a gallon of gas... Edit: Teach, my Sam's was going at $2.05/gallon. I usually pay about $25.00 to fill up my EggieMobil.
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 9:19 pm
Eggita, it's hard to say what our "normal" price is. 10 days ago we were at $1.79. If memory serves me correctly, we have been averaging between $1.35 and $1.45. This year has really been a teeter totter. That California is sooooo expensive. Answer me this - it costs me $22.50 for my annual license plate sticker. (It was $43.50 when I lived in suburban Cleveland.) I'd be willing to bet $23 is way lower than yours, huh? Poor Eggie 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 9:43 pm
Gosh Halfie, I can't remember when I paid $1.45/gallon for gas! Probably in the 70's when we got our gas on Odd or Even days depending on the last number on your plate. As for the annual license sticker fee, we have a mandatory Smog Check every 2 years. This past year I paid $170 for my Smog Check Test and my annual renewal fee combined. Now, if my EggieMobil didn't pass the Smog Test, I would have to pay for the repair to pass the test...awww, but I live in the sunshiney golden state of California!! (I've got to say that 50 times to feel a little better...LOL!!)
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 9:49 pm
well, half before the governor recalled the huge increase, they wanted almost 1,000 bucks for the motorhome registration and 250 bucks on an 11-year-old suburban. the day the governor changed it i had just written out a check for 987 for the motorhome. i am glad i didn't mail it off. the new amount was 550 dollars less. yesterday i got an 83-dollar refund from the state for the rollback on the suburban fees i paid in october. our vehicles (with the 'reduction', or where it was before former governor davis hiked it up 300%) average about 135/year for a car that is at least 5 years old.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 10:21 pm
Regular unleaded gas on the island of Maui is about $2.40 today. 'squeek'
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 10:33 pm
Not going to complain about the $2.19 I just put in Mow's car!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 11:52 am
i paid 1.74 for diesel in santa nella yesterday. good thing, because when i got to oakland and berkeley, it was 2.19 for the cheapest i saw. unleaded was 2.46 at some places!! when son moves there, he will only need a tank of diesel every 500 miles or so--the bug gets up to 53 miles highway and probably at least 38 in big city traffic conditions; he can get it in santa nella, where we turn off to take the backroads to our town, when he comes homes once a month or so for a visit 
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 12:03 pm
We've held fairly steady around $1.50 for unleaded here, and even dropped in the past week to about $1.42. Sounds like you guys are getting rolled out on the left coast again, ala Enron.
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 1:08 am
Goddess, Indeed ala Enron. Ala every crook in the universe slams it to California. Registration fees, OMG. My poor dd just had to pay more than 100.00 for her 20 year old cutlass. And what about auto insurance. I just bought a 10-yo saturn and the comp, etc on it is insane. I had an old GMC p/u that I only had pl/pd on and it was about 30.00 per mo. Now I am paying almost 400.00 per 6 mos, for the pl/pd on the GMC and the comp on the Saturn. It wasn't that long ago that I had comp on 2 newer cars and paid 256 per 6 mos. Is it me, or is that common? Gas here is now 2.12, so sounds like we're not as bad off as Oakland. Good thing I got the Saturn, it gets about 30MPG. My Blazer that it replaced only got about 18.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 1:55 pm
You Think A Gallon Of Gas Is Expensive? Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 . . . . . $10.32 per gallon Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 . . . . . $9.52 per gallon Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 . . . . . $10.17 per gallon Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 . . . . . $10.00 per gallon Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 . . . . . $33.60 per gallon Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 . . . . . $178.13 per gallon Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 . . . . . $123.20 per gallon Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 . . . . . $25.42 per gallon Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 . . . . . $84.48 per gallon And this is the REAL KICKER...... Evian water 9 oz for $1.49 . . . . . $21.19 per gallon. $21.19 FOR WATER!....and the buyers don't even know the source. On a side note, we're at $1.85 for regular unleaded these days.
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Mischris
Member
12-30-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 12:57 pm
$2.19 and climbing...
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 1:02 pm
Paid $2.25 this morning! Had a quarter tank when I stopped. Decided I was only putting in 20 bucks worth, when I was done I had 3/4 of a tank. I am scared to find out how much it will cost me to get a full tank when I'm on empty, lol! At least I don't drive too much so it should last a while, but still!
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 6:05 pm
Ya know they say it's supply demand. And that we are willing to pay for it. I've even heard that the reason gas prices are rising is because of the few people that pump and run? Ya know there are alot of people at TVCH... If we were to have a week, a weekend, a three day span, even a day a week that was national TVCH no drive day or something like that. And we were to get others to not drive on that day or week. I wonder what effect that would have on the prices?
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 6:10 pm
Interesting, Jed. I keep hearing though, that gas prices always go up in the warm weather, as people travel so much more then. So, it's a perfect opportunity for them to gouge us.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 7:28 pm
Another reason they give is that this time of year they are switching from the winter blend to the summer blend and that affects supply.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 7:30 pm
Oh yeah...they must be laughing up their sleeves with that excuse.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 8:45 pm
We finally topped $2.00 here at $2.05. Weird thing is that a couple miles away, the price was $1.85. I filled up a couple days ago at $1.91 which is the most I've ever paid for a gallon of gas. We're taking the train on our vacations this year. I know that doesn't have any effect on the current state of affairs but at least I feel better.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 8:57 pm
Hey Tess...I don't feel so lonely anymore paying those outrageous gas prices. You know that gas cap caper with my sister Jeep Liberty the other night when I met Tabbyking? Well, I paid $34.00+ for 14 gallons of regular unleaded...I think it was $2.29/gallon. PLUS!!, I also filled up my son's gas tank at that same time....so I paid about $56.00 for gas that night...sheesh!! But I'm a good momma...giggle!!
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 8:59 pm
$2.09 What I don't get is this... do they have to report how much they actually charge us or something? The reason I ask is this. Most stations sell alot more than gas, take for instance fountain pop. People pay roughly $.79 to $.99 for a 32-oz fountain pop. The cost to the seller is probably about a nickel, figure in the cost to maintain the machine and it's probably a dime. That's a HUGE profit. So, why not drop the gas prices. They'd still be making a huge profit on other things because you know they charge alot more than a regular store for everything else they sell. Am I making sense? I'm liking Jed's idea of a no drive day. Or even a no gas day. Make it something like the first Friday of the month, everyone make sure they've got enough gas so they don't need to fill up on Friday. Imagine what that would do if it got around nationwide. Sheesh, maybe they'd even reconsider getting a few polar bears tee'd off by drilling in Alaska!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 9:48 pm
Carrie, in MN there's a legal Minimum they can charge. I think it's something like 6 cents over cost. Some stations got in trouble this year for dipping below that 6 cent margin and some even went below cost . I never heard of a legally mandated minimum price for something but we have it here. pffffffft!
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 9:59 pm
Factor in the gas tax too- we pay $0.50 in state gas taxes per gallon. Our stations can't seem to make up their minds...for the past week we've been bouncing back and forth daily from $1.94 to $1.97 to $1.99. Sometimes it's $1.99 on one side of the street and $1.94 on the other then the next day both are $1.97. Milwaukee is higher- I think I paid $2.01 there last weekend.
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:08 pm
Yeah, MI has one but they don't have to post it. Some states have to have a sticker on the pump. Our Governor was supposed to be this big watchdog for gas gouging, but I don't see her dropping that tax!
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