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Yesterday in S. Ga., $2.229, regular unleaded, at Wal-Mart, DH said. Another store, usually the most expensive, was %2.169. No telling today, it's up and up around here, never down, it seems.
I called a couple stores last week to check prices as DH prepared to go fill up for work. One store refused to tell me their price. To me, that's ridiculous as they post it on the sign out front. I politely told the clerk to tell her manager that under those circumstances we would buy our gasoline elsewhere. I guess, though, that they were apparently either getting lots of calls (no, the phone line was not busy when I called) about the price, or either they were so high compared to some stores, that they just didn't want to announce it on the phone and lose a customer for sure.
Our prices are always higher than the bigger city stores.
How, please, someone tell me why all of the oil from Alaska is sold outside the U.S., and they want to drill more there to sell elsewhere. Explain, please. Thanks!
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On the other hand, I think we have been spoiled, considering prices in Europe, etc.
. That upper .80 price was only for a short period of time however, couple months maybe. There was some kind of price war going on between gas stations around here.
I don't worry about the day to day increase in what it costs to fill my tank, but the month to month or year to year starts getting to be a concern. It's not just the direct cost to you and me but the hidden costs that add to everything we buy that is transported by motor.
