Can't keep up on the gas prices.

take care of your pennies, and the dollars will takes care of themselves.

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yea but the gas gets the people in whre they can make a killing on items like fountain drinks n coffee and crappy 5.00 sandwiches

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I had to drive through Canton again today and gas there is 24 cents a gallon cheaper than it is here in this town. How can it be like that only 12 miles away? It must really cost them to have it trucked that last few miles.

Nomad

Nomad

I live 2 miles north of Louisville on Easton St. on the eastern side of St. route 44 a 1/2 mile down the road.

Gas was 3.59 at the Marathon station at Rt.62 & Rt.44 exit; but gas at B.P. on Rt. 62 was down to 3.35 I think. anymore it's seems to be the luck of the draw as to where you're driving.

Since I've lived here I have seen people complaining in the paper about prices being higher here than anywhere else around. I guess they were mostly right. Oh well, what can you do? People talk of boycotts, but if you have to go someplace you need gas. It's not like I go out joyriding. I rarely go out at all, but when I do it costs me a fair bit. I used to go blocks for all of my medical appointments, but now I go 18 miles to the VA clinic in Canton. It adds up. One of my daughters goes to Pegasus which is 13 miles. Since the wife takes her, comes home, goes back in three hours and then returns home again it adds up too. Wish I could afford a fuel efficient vehicle.

Nomad

Nomad

Sometimes towns will have less expensive gas because there is a large discount chain with a gas station. The chain buys in huge bulk and uses their purchasing power to get a good price. Then they can sell for little profit because their gas station brings customers into their store.

Local stations must keep their prices down in order to compete. They have to make their profit with cigarette sales and lottery tickets and not make anything on the gas.

Gas will be cheaper if her is a Walmart or Costco gas station nearby. If your town doesn't have one of the discount gas stations, then you don''t get discount gas.

Hey, some of us are glad to have that $3. Ever count pennies from the jar to put enough gas in the tank to get to work and home again? $3 is $3. $3 will buy a gallen of milk and a loaf of bread here, at least at Aldis it will.

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Amen. And the wife says the gas has dropped by 20 cents here in town today. The higher prices were at the Marathon stations and one discount station here. The low price in Canton was at a BP. I'll never figure out what happened between yesterday and today that dropped the price. I think they spin a wheel and whatever comes up is the current price.

Nomad

No, but $3 WOULD pay for some vegetable seeds for you to put into a garden. Or would pay for another box of canning jar lids or a box or two of pectin for canning. Or would be a third the cost of a new box of canning jars.

just sayin......

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Agreed! There is still no shortage, just a whole lot of price raising.