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« Reply #30 on: September 19, 2005, 09:11:30 am » |
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Tesco have slashed their price of unleaded - at the weekend it was 91p a litre!!
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« Reply #31 on: September 19, 2005, 01:35:57 pm » |
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I know, I'm so mad at myself for paying 3.49 a gallon at its highest. I should have waited but then there was rumbelings about running out of gasoline too, so I figured I better pay it and be done with it. After that it dropped down to 3.09 and now in some places I've seen it 2.89/gallon but other places are 3.09 and 3.15. Gotta shop around for it. Diamondlady Peer Moderator  |
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« Reply #32 on: September 19, 2005, 07:36:07 pm » |
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Well, just to show you that I'm a good gambler  ... held off on buying gas at $2.73... and again at $2.65 (Friday morning)... and on Friday afternoon $2.56... and will probably go ahead and buy this afternoon if the price is anything like it was on my in to work this morning... a low $2.46. I'd hold off, but I'm needing almost half a tank, and I hate the total for that much gas, much less to wait till I need closer to a full tank. Besides, I might be a gambler, but I'm not that much of a risk-taker. I'd prefer to buy it at $2.46 than to discover tomorrow that it's jumped back up again. 'Course, tomorrow I could be sobbing because it dropped another $0.10/gallon or more overnight. I'll let y'all know how I did.  CountriGal
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« Reply #33 on: September 19, 2005, 09:06:13 pm » |
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ours dropped a bit over the weekend here in California also. So far, the "plus" octane hasn't dropped below $3.00/gallon yet. At least, that I've seen. (tongue-in-cheek) Oh well, I probably only would've saved $2.00 total on the fill-up. I usually fill up on payday so at least I know there's money to cover!!  -kjorg |
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« Reply #34 on: September 20, 2005, 02:09:07 pm » |
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Well, actually did really good on my gamble. Ended up paying $2.45/gal this morning, since I noticed that the gas station that is the cheapest normally doesn't change their prices until after the morning rush...so I knew I could get it this morning at what I saw it for last night, but without the long line. Now I have a full tank once more and will be watching to see if the gas prices continue to go back down. I still firmly believe that the prices locally will get back down to $2.1X per gallong, just don't know how soon, but at least the prices are going in the right direction.
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« Reply #35 on: September 20, 2005, 02:23:19 pm » |
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You know though it bothers me that one station to another is an entirely different price. I don't know how they get away with it. I know it has to do with where they get their gas, but when its from the same gas company, ie, sunoco or mobile and the prices are totally different from city to city, I just don't understand how that all works. Just frustrating. But your right, I'm glad to see it's finally going in the right direction . Not soon enough. Diamondlady Peer Moderator |
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« Reply #36 on: September 20, 2005, 04:05:57 pm » |
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much less to wait till I need closer to a full tank
You mean you're supposed to put gas in the tank BEFORE the little light on the dashboard tells you to? DonnaP99 |
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« Reply #37 on: September 20, 2005, 06:17:21 pm » |
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Gee, my local Tesco is 92.9 but the two Shells round the corner at 93.9 Jackie, Peer Moderator www.iqps.org |
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« Reply #38 on: September 20, 2005, 06:52:46 pm » |
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Well with Rita now looming the costal waters, who knows what will happen in the coming weeks. May want to stock some of it if you can. If the New Orleans leveys break again, we could see problems with supply. Diamondlady Peer Moderator |
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« Reply #39 on: September 21, 2005, 08:51:42 am » |
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Wow even 2 Tesco stations can be different!!
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« Reply #40 on: September 21, 2005, 02:26:52 pm » |
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Diamondlady, stations have different prices for the same reasons that Aveda shampoo costs 15 times more than store brand--consumers are paying for a name brand. They think if they buy Shell or BP that they're getting better gas than if they buy from Mr. No-Name on the corner.
I'm not that gullible, in matters of food or Rx or fuel...as long as the product works, I'll buy the cheaper product. I'm just sorry I can't shop around for home heating fuel (we have natural gas), electricity, etc. because if I could get that cheaper, I would.
WRT when to fill up your tank--after being through the big Northeast blackout a couple of years ago when gas pumps wouldn't work for two days (no electricity to run them), I've tried very hard never to go below 1/4 tank! You never know when some emergency might knock out all the gas stations and leave you running on fumes. But I have not filled up since the Thursday before Katrina, just added enough to keep myself at half a tank...now that we're down to that price again, I'll fill it.
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« Reply #41 on: September 21, 2005, 02:45:06 pm » |
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Too true Dettu, but why is the price different from Shell station to Shell station (or BP to BP) in one town?
Answer: Each station is responsible for ordering their own gas. Yes, the over-all station-type may have an order for gas at $X/gal, but each station, depending on when they place their order, may be locked in at a slightly different price. Ie: Say I'm the main supplier for BP gas, and I have 400 gallons of gas that is priced at $2.20/gal, and another 300 gallons comes in today at a price of $2.50/gal. Now Store 1 ordered gas yesterday, asking for 300 gallons, so the price they locked in at was at $2.20/gal. Store 2 also orders 300 gallons, but they order it today. Now I have 100 gallons left of the $2.20/gal, but the price has now climbed to $2.50/gal on my most recent gas, so I charge Store 2 $2.50/gal for all 300 gallons they get, making my profit rate higher on this transaction. So now Store 1 can price their gas lower than Store 2 and still make a profit. Of course, if the price for my gas had dropped, say came in at $2.00/gal instead of $2.50, I would still sell the 300 gallons to Store 2 at the 2nd price ($2.00) and they would then be cheaper than Store 1.
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« Reply #42 on: September 21, 2005, 04:40:42 pm » |
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Maybe I could start riding a horse. The price of oats is not as variable, I'll bet.  |
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« Reply #43 on: September 21, 2005, 09:31:05 pm » |
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Y'a know I keep telling hubby the same thing about the price of milk and how much just the two of us drink. I bought 3 gallons of it Friday night and I had to go get more milk on Monday. Sheesh! I know off topic but still the same result, I tease all teh time about buying a cow, but too much like work Diamondlady Peer Moderator |
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