The Horticulturalist

That's for sure!
We've only been here for 8 weeks, it was about $3.45 at the start of August and went up to about $3.90 after the hurricanes, so it's way cheaper - and of course waaaaaaaay cheaper than the UK!

Knight

Look at you getting me all curious with your living in Mississippi and whatnot. I've sent you a PM.

tamms_1965

It is $2.21 in the area today.....can you believe it!

Jerseygirl

Saw regular at $2.39 yesterday...however around my area it's $2.89.

Duncan Roberts

Yes. I seem to recall many people predicting that the price will go very high and then right before the election drop way down. It was going to be lower anyway when they switched to the winter formula but timing's pretty convenient. Look out for McCain/Palin to mention how the republicans have taken measures to lower gas prices and you are now seeing it.

tamms_1965

I actually got a call to see if I wanted tickets to her rally this week! Real people can't skip work to get the tickets and then skip work to attend the function no matter how badly we want to go.

another bloody yank

$2.65 or so around here. A friend of mine just bought a Ford Expedition, two years old, fully loaded leather and everything with just over 30K miles for $11,900! I wish I had money, I'd go truck shopping!:curse:

lisag8070

its finally around $2.80 here....maybe now people will wanna buy my SUV...

cindyabs

$2.64 last night but with the Kroger card, $2.54. YAY!!!

SpoogleDrummer

Was $2.72 on my way to work. Tempted to see if I can flog my van.

neil

My local Shell has $2.57 today, I have a Shell mastercard which gives 5% rebates so technically paying 2.45.

One thing that pisses me off around my way is that a lot of places started having different prices for cash or credit back when the prices were high. The difference in price was 10 cents. Now that prices have come way down they are still offering a price difference of 10 cents. I thought credit cards charge a percentage so they must be making more now than they were before (on top of that their cash price is usually only slightly lower than the Shell I go to).

Duncan Roberts

I'll have to double check but if you use a visa or mastercard then it specifically states 3 things a retailer can't do in the card acceptance agreement they sign. One is charging a fee or higher rate for purchases made on the card. One I forget and the other is routinely asking for ID, they should only ask for it if the signature on the card doesn't match what's signed. You can call visa/mastercard and report the retailer for doing either of those.

meauxna

I think the term you're looking for is "Real Americans". They're the ones who have jobs and love God, not the liberals.

meauxna

The merchant is not supposed to charge a credit card processing fee. One trick a couple of the Arco stations here do is charge you .50 cents or close for using a debit or credit card. I complain every time I get caught out and every time they tell me: we know (and we don't care). I've called Visa/MC on them and reported it. I just don't go to those stations anymore.

Duncan Roberts

Actually I was slighty wrong on the wording. They cannot charge you a fee for using your card, but they can give a discount for another form of payment. The 3 rules are you cannot charge a surcharge for using a visa, you cannot impose a minimum or maximum charged amount and you cannot make acceptance of the card be based on ID, if somebody refuses to show ID you still have to complete the transaction unless you believe it fraudulent and then you have to report it.