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AFOS Champion Author Chicago Posts:30,369 Points:3,068,390 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Jan 28, 2013 12:48:07 PM Ignore AFOS Report Abuse I posted a 44¢ increase at a station this morning - correctly. It gave the usual message at the top of the page listing this and the other prices I posted from my favorites list. However this did not actually change the price attributed to that station. The only way to knock that price out was to map the station and then post it that way. That knocked out the old price, but left the station with NO current price. So after a little thought I tried posting from my favorites list first a 20 cent increase which was accepted and displayed and immediately after a 24 cents increase which was accepted and displayed. The logical conclusion is that Gasbuddy has a limit to the price change that it will actually accept and post. If so...then it should not give the standard response that the price was accepted, when indeed it was not. And maybe for those of us living in Speedway territory, the allowable price change should be increase to say 50¢. While I don't recall a change of 50¢, I have seen 40+ before. [Edited by: AFOS at 1/28/2013 12:49:30 PM EST]

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I posted a 44¢ increase at a station this morning - correctly. It gave the usual message at the top of the page listing this and the other prices I posted from my favorites list. However this did not actually change the price attributed to that station. The only way to knock that price out was to map the station and then post it that way. That knocked out the old price, but left the station with NO current price. So after a little thought I tried posting from my favorites list first a 20 cent increase which was accepted and displayed and immediately after a 24 cents increase which was accepted and displayed.

The logical conclusion is that Gasbuddy has a limit to the price change that it will actually accept and post. If so...then it should not give the standard response that the price was accepted, when indeed it was not. And maybe for those of us living in Speedway territory, the allowable price change should be increase to say 50¢. While I don't recall a change of 50¢, I have seen 40+ before.

[Edited by: AFOS at 1/28/2013 12:49:30 PM EST]

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regulate_now Champion Author Indiana Posts:6,626 Points:1,009,050 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2013 10:44:23 AM Ignore regulate_now Report Abuse Thanks jrsva- I had a similar issue and wrote one of the Mods- Got a reply saying that they corrected/changed the threshold for my issue (brand specific)... My issue involved a station brand posting diesel prices for tax exempt buyers. Then when GB members (newer ones usually) posted that price- it became harder to post the real price which was 30 cents and more sometimes with spikes... This real price is what is available to all... Hope to see it working better now! Thx again!
beachd8 All-Star Author Orange County Posts:735 Points:110,680 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2013 10:15:33 PM Ignore beachd8 Report Abuse That explains why gas buddy "accepted" the prices that I posted on 5 Oct 2012 did not actually show up. That day the prices were very volatile, climbing rapidly every hour.
AFOS Champion Author Chicago Posts:30,369 Points:3,068,390 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2013 5:54:19 PM Ignore AFOS Report Abuse Didn't know there was such a thing.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,440 Points:1,561,770 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jan 30, 2013 7:31:37 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse This suggestion has been added to the Suggestion Tracking List as a new subject.
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,830 Points:1,608,250 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Jan 30, 2013 1:00:34 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse GB also has a threshold for prices substantially different from the regional average. This acts the same way as described here — the price appears to be accepted but it is not posted. This issue appears locally at several small, rural stations whose price is unusually high. These are one-pump stations selling out of a 500 or 1000 gallon, above-ground tank, so they are obviously paying more than larger stations. Don has helped me fix several of these so that prices outside of the normal range are accepted and posted. If any of you have a similar issue just ask the Mods for help.
regulate_now Champion Author Indiana Posts:6,626 Points:1,009,050 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 12:04:16 PM Ignore regulate_now Report Abuse Thanks Don, you do have a balancing act to do but it is frustrating sometimes!
Don Moderator	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 11:39:19 AM Ignore Don Report Abuse When a station or area is experiencing a substantial rise or fall in prices, this can trip the price validation system. It sometimes takes a number of different users to report the same prices to confirm the prices are correct. Some prices may also be flagged automatically for manual review. This is done to ensure that prices being posted that are outside of the station/area average are not abusive in nature. Every so often some prices may not appear instantaneously, but you will be credited for the prices anyway. This is part of the price validation system and is entirely normal. Thanks for your patience. -Don
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,947 Points:3,030,065 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:45:10 AM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse ziyulu: "I've seen a $2 increase before--from $0.999 to $2.999 per gallon." This was an "overnight" price increase, for no other reason than the station increased the price overnight, that you tried to post on Gas Buddy?
regulate_now Champion Author Indiana Posts:6,626 Points:1,009,050 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2013 9:36:09 AM Ignore regulate_now Report Abuse AFOS, I see your described situation often... posting in Indiana which is another Speedway state. With inflation, bigger increases are becoming more and more common. 30-40 cent spikes seems to be the norm now and I have seen 50 cent raises... Obviously Gas Buddies has some protections against typos, errors, etc., for whatever the reason but they are crimping real, honest posters/postings... Time to lift some of theses or make the larger? AND I post from the map so these price sanity checks or verifications are in place from lists and maps... [Edited by: regulate_now at 1/29/2013 9:37:54 AM EST]
ziyulu Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:8,476 Points:1,598,740 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: Jan 28, 2013 9:45:53 PM Ignore ziyulu Report Abuse I've seen a $2 increase before--from $0.999 to $2.999 per gallon.