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catbyte

(34,406 posts)
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 05:56 PM Aug 2015

Gas in Grand Rapids, MI is $2.999. WTF?

A BP refinery goes down in Indiana & EVERYBODY raises their prices? Gas is under $2 in some places & they say it might take a month for the prices to drop here. We are screwed and I am pissed off. THey always pull some sort of crap to jack up the prices for no reason. If it really is a problem at the refinery, it's the gas company's problem because they're taking the money & running instead of repairing and upgrading their equipment. This sucks.



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Gas in Grand Rapids, MI is $2.999. WTF? (Original Post) catbyte Aug 2015 OP
It's 3.29 at some MILW stations...don't carp on your blessings. HereSince1628 Aug 2015 #1
$3.09 in Troy, MI :-( etherealtruth Aug 2015 #2
this is something I didn't know dsc Aug 2015 #3
They are doing maintenance so there won't be a future problem yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #4
3.39 northern Illinois kacekwl Aug 2015 #5
Gas Buddy says Atlanta's lowest is 2.39 - 2.45 and we have high taxes! CurtEastPoint Aug 2015 #6
Portland OR $2.99 [n/t] Maedhros Aug 2015 #7
Same price in Flint Siwsan Aug 2015 #8
$2.30 for corn gas here Go Vols Aug 2015 #9
$2.51 in Marshall, Illinois B Calm Aug 2015 #10
I filled up at 2.339 this afternoon. lpbk2713 Aug 2015 #11
$3.99 handmade34 Aug 2015 #12
Prices seem to jump up real fast but then take an enternity to fall davidn3600 Aug 2015 #13
Ha! I saw $4.25 today, so... n/t PasadenaTrudy Aug 2015 #14
What's funny is that BP refinery is still running, just not at full capacity. It's all BS! Price B Calm Aug 2015 #15
Ours went up 35 cents this week 3.36 Duckhunter935 Aug 2015 #16
$3.15 is about the cheapest around where I live (S.F. Bay Area, near Richmond). nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #17
It's called collusion laundry_queen Aug 2015 #18
$3.70 in Chicago alcibiades_mystery Aug 2015 #19
And te barrel price is under $44 so at the pump it should be around $1.95/gal. kelliekat44 Aug 2015 #20
What I like is, say gas does go down, let's guess what's going up...... a kennedy Aug 2015 #21
I recall Granholm calling BS on post-9/11 gas price gouging.. MinM Aug 2015 #22
Ha! Did you see Gamrat yesterday? At least she didn't have that creepy, crazy-yet-vacuous eyes catbyte Aug 2015 #32
$3.53 last time I filled up in Santa Barbara. Because they can. Hekate Aug 2015 #23
About 2.84 a gallon here in Flagstaff, AZ. eom. GGJohn Aug 2015 #24
that would be a bargain price in LA Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #25
Location: Seaman, Ohio. SamKnause Aug 2015 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Aug 2015 #27
about $3.60 or so on the north coast.... mike_c Aug 2015 #28
$2.47 in Mass. Agschmid Aug 2015 #29
$3.099 in Santa Rosa Costco today, higher at other stations. nt AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2015 #30
$2.15 st pete florida onethatcares Aug 2015 #31
It's been a while since ours was that low. Blue_In_AK Aug 2015 #33

dsc

(52,163 posts)
3. this is something I didn't know
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 06:00 PM
Aug 2015

but apparently all the gas in a given area comes from the same refinery.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
4. They are doing maintenance so there won't be a future problem
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 06:03 PM
Aug 2015

This is good. Most will get all errands done in one trip instead of numerous trips a variety of days. The higher the gas the better for the environment. You should celebrate this good news.

lpbk2713

(42,760 posts)
11. I filled up at 2.339 this afternoon.
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 06:14 PM
Aug 2015



Central Florida. It's been holding within a nickel of that for at least a week.



 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
15. What's funny is that BP refinery is still running, just not at full capacity. It's all BS! Price
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 06:19 PM
Aug 2015

of oil has been dropping.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
17. $3.15 is about the cheapest around where I live (S.F. Bay Area, near Richmond).
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 07:20 PM
Aug 2015

And in some other places, like S.F. proper, it's quite a bit higher than that.

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
18. It's called collusion
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 09:39 PM
Aug 2015

Gas prices rocketed up here too, in Alberta where we have tons of oil. Our price of gas now is the same as when oil was $90 a barrel. It's all bullshit collusion by corporations. And the governments of both our countries say nothing.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
19. $3.70 in Chicago
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 09:49 PM
Aug 2015

The morning of the news, I passed a station that read $2.91 for regular. Fifteen minutes later it was $3.59!

 

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
20. And te barrel price is under $44 so at the pump it should be around $1.95/gal.
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 10:19 PM
Aug 2015

Just more gouging by the oil companies and they will get away with it...it's Capitalism you know.

a kennedy

(29,675 posts)
21. What I like is, say gas does go down, let's guess what's going up......
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 10:46 PM
Aug 2015

milk, bread, meat, for those that eat it, anything they lower in one area, prices get raised in some other area. Remember when coffee was so expensive?

MinM

(2,650 posts)
22. I recall Granholm calling BS on post-9/11 gas price gouging..
Fri Aug 14, 2015, 10:54 PM
Aug 2015

and prices quickly returned to normal.

Where are Governor Snyder and AG Schuette when you need them. Oh yea .. there's that little tea party sex scandal they're trying to do damage control on.

catbyte

(34,406 posts)
32. Ha! Did you see Gamrat yesterday? At least she didn't have that creepy, crazy-yet-vacuous eyes
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 05:10 PM
Aug 2015

thing going yesterday like she usually does--just like Michele Bachmann & Michelle Duggar. It must be if you're not talking and thinking about batshit crazy stuff or how to oppress others by whining about "your religious freedom", your eyes go back to normal. What a joke. Atta girl, Cindy. Hunker down & keep collecting that $91K salary/expense accounts and pray to the little baby Jesus that your constituents in the 80th are as gullible as you think they are. Yet another moralizing, sanctimonious, self-righteous bagger gets caught doing the nasty. She and Courser really are nasty pieces of work. It was pathetic that she dragged her schmuck of a husband up on stage with her. Ugh. I hate it when they do that.

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Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
33. It's been a while since ours was that low.
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 06:05 PM
Aug 2015

It's $3.28 here. And not only do we have refineries, but we have oil, too.

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