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post #1 of 105
10/16/01 at 3:16pm
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I just noticed as I came into work today that the prices for regular unleaded at two stations here in Atlanta are $0.97; anybody else seen big reductions in prices where they live?

Is this a function of oversupply/underdemand or are the oil companies pricing low to encourage commerce?

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post #2 of 105
10/16/01 at 3:30pm
I read a Larry Kudrow article a while back stating Russia has increased it's oil exports by 500,000 barrels per day. They may increase another 350,000 per day soon !

Here's a soundbite from it:

News reports have suggested that Secretary of State Colin Powell secured a pledge from the Saudis that they would make up for any oil-supply shortfalls, and that OPEC has been rampantly cheating on its production quotas all year long. In addition, the global economic slump has significantly lowered oil demand.

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post #3 of 105
10/16/01 at 3:35pm
Dang, I have yet to see that in West Los Angeles. Our gas prices have dropped, though. 89 octane is about $1.60 as compared with $1.80 just a few weeks ago. Is this drop recent? The price I quoted was from about 5 days ago. Maybe I'll drive by the Chevron and see what's up.
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post #4 of 105
10/16/01 at 4:07pm
Holy ... It went down in NY from $1.65 to like $1.45 ... which I though was great

$.97 ... we will never see this here

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post #5 of 105
10/16/01 at 4:26pm
Gas prices here (well, at the gas station I frequent at least) dropped 10 cents from last week. It's now $1.39 for 89 octane, probably about $0.10 lower for 87. Good thing too, because we bought one of those damn gas-guzzling SUV's last week... (anyone who has read my tirades against them before, feel free to mock me... but I bought it under protest! )

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post #6 of 105
10/16/01 at 7:17pm
Prices have been falling in traditionally high-priced southeastern Michigan, too. However, prices in the more rural northern Michigan area are not falling nearly as much. I filled up last weekend in SE MI at $1.43 a gallon for premium, then travelled to my parent's place in northern MI. Gas prices were $.30 a gallon more expensive, and did not drop for the entire four days I was there.

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post #7 of 105
10/16/01 at 8:10pm
I've seen it as low as $1.03 around Columbus. Of course, I saw this the day after I bought it at $1.09
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post #8 of 105
10/16/01 at 8:46pm
$1.07 NJ
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post #9 of 105
10/16/01 at 8:56pm
$1.03 Oklahoma.
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post #10 of 105
10/16/01 at 10:51pm
$1.23 Tampa

Down two whole cents from yesterday!
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post #11 of 105
10/16/01 at 10:52pm
Carlo, just go to your nearest Exxon station (Santa Monica Blvd?) -- they'll likely have the lowest going rate for gas in the neighborhood. (Though gas in LA will fall below the $1.00 mark when pigs fly....)

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post #12 of 105
10/16/01 at 11:02pm
We're at $1.29 here, but some radio stations have been running a $.99/gallon promotion all week. Not too bad, considering how much of our price is tax.
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post #13 of 105
10/17/01 at 1:04am
$1.49 for 93 octane in Arkansas. (I have to run at least 92 octane fuel. It got pretty expensive during the summer at $1.89/gal. I was burning about $300 a month in fuel to go back and forth to work. )

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post #14 of 105
10/17/01 at 1:40am
Right now here its cheap. Sitting at 56.9 cents/litre. Last week, it was more around 70-75 cents/litre.

Yah it sure is great coming from a oil producing province and paying outrageous prices

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post #15 of 105
10/17/01 at 1:43am
Right now here its cheap. Sitting at 56.9 cents/litre. Last week, it was more around 70-75 cents/litre.

Yah it sure is great coming from a oil producing province and paying outrageous prices

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post #16 of 105
10/17/01 at 3:33am
We're sitting at 63.5 ... so about $1.60 U.s. a gallon( U.s. gallon)

As for MickeS ..... can you say WHIPPED?? knew ya could.

What a sad day

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post #17 of 105
10/17/01 at 6:04am
I haven't purchased gas since early July, but prices here in Boston are around $1.40
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post #18 of 105
10/17/01 at 6:14am
$1.19 in Fayetteville Arkansas
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post #19 of 105
10/17/01 at 7:14am
$1.31 in Anaheim, CA.
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post #20 of 105
10/17/01 at 7:29am
$1.37 in Santa Clarita, CA.

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just go to your nearest Exxon station (Santa Monica Blvd?) -- they'll likely have the lowest going rate for gas in the neighborhood.

My local Exxon is also the cheapest around. The local Ultramar lost that title some months ago and are now around $.02 higher.

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post #21 of 105
10/17/01 at 8:15am
Still $1.69 for 89 here in Oregon. But I haven't checked in a few days, maybe it's gone down since then.


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post #22 of 105
10/17/01 at 8:29am
$1.58/gal for the cheap regular unleaded in Antioch, CA (Contra Costa County). So that's down about $.10 from one week ago.

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post #23 of 105
10/17/01 at 8:30am
Hmm I live in an oil state (Texas) and I paid $1.40 for gas a couple days ago. Not sure the price now.


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post #24 of 105
10/17/01 at 12:34pm
Mike,

Where in Jersey did you find $1.07??

I always buy 93, though, but the best price I can find is $1.46; I'm near Edison.
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post #25 of 105
10/17/01 at 12:48pm
Double post, sorry.

[Edited last by Ryan Wright on October 17, 2001 at 02:49 PM]
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post #26 of 105
10/17/01 at 12:48pm
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Still $1.69 for 89 here in Oregon. But I haven't checked in a few days, maybe it's gone down since then.

Nope. I drove back from Boise, ID yesterday, through Oregon. Still $1.69 almost everywhere. We're around $1.49 for the cheap stuff here, which is odd, because gas prices are usually lower here than everywhere else. And that price is at Costco, ~5 cents cheaper than most other stations.

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post #27 of 105
10/17/01 at 3:13pm
$1.07 was around Mount Holly, was on Monday early morning in a Mobil station. It was relativly low though, most others were around $1.10-$1.15.
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post #28 of 105
10/18/01 at 12:19pm
Around 1.65 for the good stuff down in OC. A lot better than some of the prices from the last few months though.
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post #29 of 105
10/18/01 at 12:44pm
1.39 around here, the last few days.

Remember the gas station(s?) that hiked the price of gas to, what, 4.99 or something like that on September 11th?
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post #30 of 105
10/18/01 at 12:53pm
That was here in Illinois (southern part I think). They were immediately slapped with a law suit by the state. They have since offered refunds to whoever paid $5/gallon when they bring in their receipt.

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