Gas prices in your area?
@scarywhitegirl (2766)
United States
June 16, 2008 2:53pm CST
I was talking to my sister yesterday afternoon, and we got to talking about gas prices. I was shocked to hear how "cheap" (relatively speaking) gas prices were in her area! The lowest I've found gas in Seattle (near our apartment, at least) is $4.35. She's in Kansas City, and it's only $3.85 there. That's 50 cents difference, per gallon!
What are the gas prices like in your area?
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
16 Jun 08
The lowest I've seen it in the past couple days is $4.12.. most places are $4.19. The highest I've seen is $4.29.
That is in Central, NY.
It's getting sad. A month ago it cost me $70 to fill my tank. Now it is more like $100. I think we are now spending more on gas than we are on groceries. When has that ever happened?
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@scarywhitegirl (2766)
• United States
18 Jun 08
I have a small gas tank on my car (11 or 12 gallons), and the last time I filled up, it broke the $40 mark. That was before gas went above $4 a gallon!
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
18 Jun 08
I have a mini van. What's sad is I just bought the thing a month ago, but now I can't afford to drive it.
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
16 Jun 08
She's in Kansas City, and it's only $3.85 there
In Missouri? If so then thats why..I was JUST readingn an article about this the other day..Theres a specific reason they have it so cheap but I forgot what it is LOL....Hold on and let me get the link...
http://www.slate.com/id/2193222/?y=1
I know the cheapest near us here in Western New York is something like $4.19
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@scarywhitegirl (2766)
• United States
18 Jun 08
Yeah, Kansas City, Missouri. (I always forget that there's one in Kansas, too. My sister says it's not much of a town. :) )
@desertdarlene (8910)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I haven't checked for today, but I think it's well past $4.60. It's been going up around 20 cents per day, but I don't think it went up all that much today. I know that in California, we have a lot of taxes on gasoline compared to other places like what was mentioned in that article above about Missouri. I've cut back quite a bit on driving and am not really spending all that much more on gas that I did before, I'm just driving a lot less.
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@scarywhitegirl (2766)
• United States
18 Jun 08
20 cents per day?! Yikes!
I have to go to California for work soon. Thank goodness they will be paying for my gas while I'm there!
@desertdarlene (8910)
• United States
18 Jun 08
I think it might have slowed down. I heard on the news that it has only gone up 1 cent in the last few days.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I live in central Indiana and gas here is $4.19 a gallon. That is ridiculous but I guess there is nothing we can do about it right now. I think that we need to protest it but what can we do really.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
17 Jun 08
Sebring, Florida its $ 3.89 some places. why my daughter wont give my little Camry back. HA!
@scarywhitegirl (2766)
• United States
18 Jun 08
It looks like a liter is about 1/4 of a gallon. So you'd be paying about $10 per gallon!
@goldflower (156)
• Indonesia
18 Jun 08
OMG! we have the same price with you!!
i'm in indonesia and recently the price went up to Rp 10.000, around 1 dolar, per litre.
That means it's 4dolar a gallon??
No wonder they protest the fuel rise...
@curious888 (1212)
• Malaysia
17 Jun 08
IN malaysia, RM2.70 per litre (about $0.90 per litre )
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@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
17 Jun 08
Our gas is at about $4.09 right now.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
17 Jun 08
I do not drive, scary, but from what I hear on the news and other sources the average price of gas in my area is a bit under $4.00. Your discussion reminded me of something I heard on a radio talk show about a year ago: They will continue to raise the prices and periodically drop them a bit in order to make everyone think they are getting a bargain. That seems to sum it up.
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@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
18 Jun 08
Hi, scarywhitegirl.
There are a couple of similar discussions about gas prices going on at myLot right now. In FL in the areas where I live/drive, the current price of gasoline is $3.95 to $3.99 per gallon. I guess that's not too bad. Usually, our prices are about the highest in the U.S., except for CA. Hope the gas prices drop for all of us very soon.
PearlGrace
@neelygal (1022)
• Bahamas
16 Jun 08
I wish gas prices here was that cheap,lol.I live in The Bahamas and it is just ridiculous the price we pay here.It is now $6.08 here and it is killing me.My car is sort of old and to fill it takes like almost a hundred dollars.I dont know how much more I will even be able to use it.
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@lorelie78n (145)
• Philippines
17 Jun 08
Philippines $6.08/gallon....
But since the gas price increases per week (around $0.11/gallon) it would continue to rise til the price of oil becomes stable.
@slyvixen42 (926)
• United States
17 Jun 08
The lowest gas in my area is $3.99. Some places near here are up to about $4.15.
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@ndoggodhog (29)
• Indonesia
17 Jun 08
Indonesia:
IDR 6000/litre for RON 88 = US$ 2.39/gal
IDR 9800/litre for RON 92 (Shell Super)= US$ 3.90/gal
IDR 10150/litre for RON 95 (Shell Super Extra) = US$ 4.04/gal
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@scarywhitegirl (2766)
• United States
18 Jun 08
Thanks for working out the conversions! Looks like it's mostly cheaper than in the U.S., but not by a lot in some cases!
@recycledgoth (9894)
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17 Jun 08
The headline in one of our papers here in the UK showed one guy charging a whopping £1.99 a litre for fuel. He said he was not being a profiteer, just trying to keep motorists supplied with gas. What a creep !!!
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
17 Jun 08
I live in Canada so our gas is sold per litre. I am not sure what the exact conversion is to gallons but I think it is around 3 litres per gallon. I live in Calgary and the price here at most pumpts is $1.33 a litre so if I am right and you multiply that by 3 it works out to $3.99 a gallon. But since gas is a little cheaper in a city called STrathmore and it is only half an hour from Calgary, and I work in Strathmore, I get my gas there. It is around $1.29 a litre there which is about $3.87 a gallon. So by the looks of it, we are still a little bit cheaper than you, and we should be, since most of the oil in Canada comes from Alberta, which is where Calgary is, in Alberta.
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@newtondak (3946)
• United States
17 Jun 08
A couple of weeks ago we took a trip from ND down through SD, IA and MO and probably averaged $3.89 a gallon. We did find some stations that were giving a five cent per gallon discount if you paid cash.
Locally (SE North Dakota) it just went over $4 this week.
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@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
17 Jun 08
I live in NJ, and gas has not quite hit $4 in my area, though there are parts of the state where it has. Lately the lowest price has been about $3.89, if you pay cash at a low-price chain. I noticed one station actually lowered their price last night, so I am hoping that's a good sign.
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@CliffShep (40)
• United States
17 Jun 08
Gas is getting close to $4.00 here in South Jersey!
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