Do you really want to complain about gas?

[smopoim86]

Knoxville, TN
http://smopoim86.smugmug.com/g...T#373281701_t4Gps-A-LB

http://www.wbir.com/news/local...yid=63798&provider=rss

There is a regional gas line hub located here and half the stations in town are out of gas. What really doesn't make sense is that even in surrounding areas that get their fuel from the local hub, gas prices have not changed.

 

[isekii]

I'd be more upset with the cigarette price.

 

[spidey07]

Sounds like supply and demand to me. Didn't you guys get hit with the hurricane as well? Should half of the stations being out of gas tell you something?

 

[smopoim86]

Uhh, it hasn't really even rained hard. I think there is more behind half the stations being out then the media is telling. If it was simple supply and demand, the surrounding areas would be affected as well, since their fuel comes form the local depot.

 

[dainthomas]

Isn't Tennessee, like, pretty far from the Gulf of Mexico?

Oregon hasn't changed a penny. Might have gone down a couple actually.

 

[buck]

Where is batshit? He predicted this you know....

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: smopoim86
Uhh, it hasn't really even rained hard. I think there is more behind half the stations being out then the media is telling. If it was simple supply and demand, the surrounding areas would be affected as well, since their fuel comes form the local depot.

The surrounding areas aren't as populated = less demand. Also they would have more supply in their tanks. So that's why they're not out. It's also why prices are high in knoxville - high demand/low supply.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: isekii
I'd be more upset with the cigarette price.

Seriously, WTF?

 

[Kelvrick]

Hey! Deisel is cheaper there. For once california prices don't go up every time a bird shits on a refinery somewhere.

 

[moshquerade]

don't eat beans.

 

[Saga]

I'd be more upset about the $869 3-packs! =P

 

[Aikouka]

Dude, premium gas was 9.35 per gallon at the pump this morning :Q!

I'm quite sure it was a mistake on the sign as the other grades only went up maybe 7 cents, but I saw that and did kind of a double take.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: isekii
I'd be more upset with the cigarette price.

a 3 pack for under 10 bucks and youre bitching? wow. it costs 15+ here for a 3 pack "deal"

 

[Saga]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: isekii
I'd be more upset with the cigarette price.

a 3 pack for under 10 bucks and youre bitching? wow. it costs 15+ here for a 3 pack "deal"

Pretty sure he, and I, were referring to the lack of period making it look like a $869 pack of cigs.

 

[Eli]

I was surprised it didn't go up here in NM.

It actually went down by 4 cents, at 3.559 now.

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: Izusaga
I'd be more upset about the $869 3-packs! =P

Yeah, that's pretty much the price of 1 pack where I live.

 

[SagaLore]

Marlboro is $869!!!! Now THAT is gouging.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Izusaga

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: isekii
I'd be more upset with the cigarette price.

a 3 pack for under 10 bucks and youre bitching? wow. it costs 15+ here for a 3 pack "deal"

Pretty sure he, and I, were referring to the lack of period making it look like a $869 pack of cigs.

ya i caught that after i posted lol. i dont expect the dec pts in gas station signs so i overlooked that.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: isekii
I'd be more upset with the cigarette price.

??? For 3 packs, that's dirt cheap. Here 2 for $9.99 is considered a sale

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Hey! Diesel is cheaper there. For once california prices don't go up every time a bird shits on a refinery somewhere.

(fitsed yoor speling)

No kidding. It seems like anything that happens anywhere in the world causes our prices to jump, even when they don't affect our supply in any way.




Anyone else catch this:

After checking around local stores, it seems that $4.99 is consumers can expect to pay.