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BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 22, 2012 10:05:41 AM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. We seem to be in the now traditional pre-election price drop... was $3.85/gal. couple weeks ago, now $3.06 here and flirting with the high $2's occassionally... .. Summer 2008 was $5/gallon here, mid $2's by election day Nov. 2008, had momentum carrying it on down into $1.80's by January... then started soaring back up as oil companies recouped lost profits...

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.. We seem to be in the now traditional pre-election price drop... was $3.85/gal. couple weeks ago, now $3.06 here and flirting with the high $2's occassionally...

.. Summer 2008 was $5/gallon here, mid $2's by election day Nov. 2008, had momentum carrying it on down into $1.80's by January... then started soaring back up as oil companies recouped lost profits...

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BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 25, 2012 9:57:16 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Went up 30c, steady for 4 days now... hope it starts back down again in January...
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 20, 2012 8:21:06 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Guess we have to wait again for $2.50... GasBuddy sent out emails today predicting a 30c increase... and we've gone up 3c already... probably just because people are expecting it now...
valby Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:2,906 Points:426,190 Joined:Jan 2005	Message Posted: Dec 19, 2012 4:30:19 PM Ignore valby Report Abuse 3.22 here is lowest.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 19, 2012 4:11:47 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse . $2.69 today... getting really close to $2.50... will we make it?
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 18, 2012 6:28:00 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse . Down another 2c - 5c at stations here today to $2.70...
MIT05 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,162 Points:1,390,350 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Dec 18, 2012 6:52:57 AM Ignore MIT05 Report Abuse Hopefully by next election it will be 2 bucks.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 17, 2012 3:49:54 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse . Down another penny to $2.75... we didn't make $2.50 by election day with all the disasters to use as excuses to re-raise the price, but it's starting to look doable now...
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 16, 2012 4:01:54 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Dropped still another 2c today to $2.76...
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 15, 2012 3:27:07 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse . Dropped another 6c today to $2.78... lowest in years..!
iacardsfan Rookie Author Richmond Posts:4 Points:4,010 Joined:Aug 2009	Message Posted: Dec 14, 2012 10:47:48 PM Ignore iacardsfan Report Abuse love this price drop, however temporary!
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 14, 2012 7:44:23 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse . Dropped another 4c today here in N.W.Ohio to $2.84...
wshokie12 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:1,320 Points:215,810 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Dec 14, 2012 12:40:39 AM Ignore wshokie12 Report Abuse $3.15 is the lowest I've seen locally.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 14, 2012 12:16:17 AM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Down another penny to $2.88 now...
JasTheAce All-Star Author Raleigh Posts:970 Points:172,335 Joined:Nov 2012	Message Posted: Dec 13, 2012 12:13:09 PM Ignore JasTheAce Report Abuse markets are markets and no matter how many fox news morons claim that presidents can control the price of gas, it simply isn't true. the can inspire an increase in domestic oil production, and thankfully Obama has done just that.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Dec 13, 2012 11:44:40 AM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Gas back down to $2.89 here now... maybe if the oil companies can't find any more hokey excuses for raising the price, we'll actually achieve $2.50... or lower... .. Although some below falsely claimed Pres. Obama wants gas $8-$9/gallon like Europe, the commission he appointed to investigate prices and oil companies back in April seems to be having an effect now and keeping prices down... Pres. Obama wanted to know why so many refineries were 'shut down for repairs' (driving gas price up) when there wasn't really anything wrong with them...
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Nov 14, 2012 11:18:43 AM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Forget for a moment that prices dropped considerably until and after the 2008 election because of a terrible world-wide economy, and forget for a moment that prices started to rise in the beginning of the year as the economy started to level off and improve somewhat, because that apparently has nothing to do with price changes (price changes which were world-wide, not just in the United States). BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:743 Points:21,335 Joined:Apr 2011 Message Posted: Oct 22, 2012 10:05:41 AM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. We seem to be in the now traditional pre-election price drop... was $3.85/gal. couple weeks ago, now $3.06 here and flirting with the high $2's occassionally... .. Summer 2008 was $5/gallon here, mid $2's by election day Nov. 2008, had momentum carrying it on down into $1.80's by January... then started soaring back up as oil companies recouped lost profits... REPLIES (newest first) First 123 Next Last arthur1957 wrote: "Obummer has people close to him that want the US to have fuel costs similar to Europe. So expect $5-$7 a gallon in Barry's second term." Thank you for an insightful and intelligently written post. I may disagree, even frequently, with BuzzLOL, but at least he writes intelligently. BuzzLOL wrote: "Post election increases seem to have leveled off now, seeing a slight tendency toward dropping again... hope so... BUT, with Thanksgiving Day so close, will prolly mostly stay about the same... or increase soon..." I can't speak for Toledo but where I've been recently (the northern Florida area), prices didn't increase after the election but continued to drop for another day or two. I can't see any reason why "...with Thanksgiving Day so close...[prices will] increase soon..." You haven't provided any reason why that might happen other than there's a holiday coming. And considering that there were no price increases for this past three day holiday weekend, there's no reason to expect an increase simply because of a holiday. Not, at least, in my opinion. RallyeRed wrote: "Many stations in my areas of Cleveland were at levels as low as 3.15 on election day - the next day 3.49 appears." I can't speak for all of Cleveland (where I'm seeing family in the Euclid area) but there are plenty of gas stations selling regular gas in the low to mid $3.20s, including at least two I passed that were $3.21 a gallon. Are you saying that all the prices in Cleveland rose to $3.49 or higher, or just at an isolated station, for which you're providing no additional information for us to have an understanding? BuzzLOL wrote: ".. With the elections over, the push to get gas back down into the $2's seems to have ended... we've been stuck at $3.19 as our lowest price for the past week now..." I don't know who was making the "push" to get gas into the $2s, if anyone, but I agree that yes there are Toledo stations as high as $3.59, but most are in the $3.30s range from what I've seen. As for "... apparently are trying to make their money on booze and snacks...of course, most people buy their booze and snacks at the station they've already stopped at for lowest priced gas." I agree that stations try to make their money on in-store items, if for no other reason than fuel is probably the least profitable item the station sells. That said, most people on Gas Buddy say that they pay at the pump so that they don't have to go into the store, and many others on Gas Buddy say that they (and we should too) "boycott" buying things in the store because they're expensive. I doubt that many Toledo people go to gas stations to buy snacks and "booze" without buying gas. But that's just my opinion. Maybe gas stations in Toledo do "booze and snacks without gas sales" more than in other locations.
arthur1957 Champion Author Illinois Posts:1,460 Points:32,245 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Nov 14, 2012 10:46:06 AM Ignore arthur1957 Report Abuse Obummer has people close to him that want the US to have fuel costs similar to Europe. So expect $5-$7 a gallon in Barry's second term.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 14, 2012 9:53:31 AM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse . Post election increases seem to have leveled off now, seeing a slight tendency toward dropping again... hope so... BUT, with Thanksgiving Day so close, will prolly mostly stay about the same... or increase soon...
DerTaubman Champion Author Detroit Posts:7,308 Points:1,529,045 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 9:57:00 AM Ignore DerTaubman Report Abuse Never dropped below $3.19 here.
RallyeRed Champion Author Cleveland Posts:3,390 Points:850,535 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 9:53:21 AM Ignore RallyeRed Report Abuse Many stations in my areas of Cleveland were at levels as low as 3.15 on election day - the next day 3.49 appears.
thirty8paces Champion Author Baltimore Posts:4,516 Points:1,106,130 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 9:31:52 AM Ignore thirty8paces Report Abuse I'm sure that prices will start to climb again.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 12, 2012 9:29:28 AM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. With the elections over, the push to get gas back down into the $2's seems to have ended... we've been stuck at $3.19 as our lowest price for the past week now... that price is at three local stations... other stations around here are charging as much as $3.59 and don't seem to mind so far that they have few to no customers... apparently are trying to make their money on booze and snacks... of course, most people buy their booze and snacks at the station they've already stopped at for lowest priced gas...
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Nov 8, 2012 2:24:19 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Forgetting that the 2008 price drops were the result of world-wide economic issues, rather than U.S. politics, it seems that this topic has now passed it's point of interest (the 2012 U.S. elections) and can be closed.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 8, 2012 1:48:29 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Looks like we're stuck at about $3.14 - $3.19 around here till the Nor'easter Storm excuse for raising gas prices again passes by...
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 8, 2012 1:47:53 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Looks like we're stuck at about $3.14 - $3.19 around here till the Nor'easter Storm excuse for raising gas prices again passes by...
twt Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:8,732 Points:996,885 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Nov 8, 2012 5:08:21 AM Ignore twt Report Abuse Yeah, right. And I still believe in Santa Clause.
gougenator Champion Author Dallas Posts:29,854 Points:3,244,925 Joined:Aug 2003	Message Posted: Nov 8, 2012 4:04:20 AM Ignore gougenator Report Abuse there was a collapse into a great recession that started that 2008 slump to nearly a $1.38 (in dallas) ,then went back up from there BUT maybe the election had something to do with "part" of that fall ,but it fell way FASTER and DEEPER than the one of today , big difference 2008 to 2012 [Edited by: gougenator at 11/8/2012 4:06:08 AM EST]
crmedic Champion Author Arkansas Posts:2,658 Points:223,925 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Nov 8, 2012 12:54:38 AM Ignore crmedic Report Abuse Not in Arkansas, Not even close!
deporresd Sophomore Author Illinois Posts:183 Points:140,220 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Nov 8, 2012 12:49:34 AM Ignore deporresd Report Abuse Not 2.50 here.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 7, 2012 11:00:01 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Jumped up 40c today on the Nor'Easter Storm excuse to $3.45, then settled back to $3.19 so far... $2.50 still looks do-able soon with Pres. Obama still as president...
CityCouponer All-Star Author New Orleans Posts:933 Points:201,130 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Nov 7, 2012 5:38:25 AM Ignore CityCouponer Report Abuse It's $3.29 to $3.39 here… not exactly $2.50.
ricebike Champion Author New Jersey Posts:10,026 Points:1,854,745 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Nov 7, 2012 1:36:22 AM Ignore ricebike Report Abuse ...double post [Edited by: ricebike at 11/7/2012 1:36:50 AM EST]
ricebike Champion Author New Jersey Posts:10,026 Points:1,854,745 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Nov 7, 2012 1:36:22 AM Ignore ricebike Report Abuse 3.399 others up north were close to 3.199
OceanArcher Champion Author Mississippi Posts:5,703 Points:1,327,400 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 11:43:39 PM Ignore OceanArcher Report Abuse Like I said earlier -- It'll never make it --> and it didn't
FuelPump Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:21,461 Points:3,414,025 Joined:Apr 2003	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 10:04:09 PM Ignore FuelPump Report Abuse What year?
Nitecrew Champion Author Fresno Posts:8,887 Points:2,116,325 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 3:15:41 PM Ignore Nitecrew Report Abuse guess again?
B5Quattro Sophomore Author Akron Posts:139 Points:107,725 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 12:03:20 PM Ignore B5Quattro Report Abuse Didn't happen
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 11:41:24 AM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Only back down to $3.06 today... hope it keeps dropping even with the election over today...
bluenvoy Champion Author Nashville Posts:14,962 Points:1,875,690 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 10:35:20 AM Ignore bluenvoy Report Abuse $3.079 here on election day.
MIT05 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,162 Points:1,390,350 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 10:23:46 AM Ignore MIT05 Report Abuse $3.539 here.
Grizzly1505 Champion Author North Carolina Posts:6,148 Points:1,548,895 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 7:21:52 AM Ignore Grizzly1505 Report Abuse still waiting........
crmedic Champion Author Arkansas Posts:2,658 Points:223,925 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 7:19:58 AM Ignore crmedic Report Abuse it's not happening here in Arkansas
05FLHRI Champion Author Ohio Posts:1,451 Points:497,905 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 6:17:27 AM Ignore 05FLHRI Report Abuse doubtful
rick_evans Champion Author Boston Posts:3,720 Points:1,032,755 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2012 5:49:59 AM Ignore rick_evans Report Abuse Wishful thinking
Howmuchtofillit Champion Author Trenton Posts:1,612 Points:270,525 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Nov 5, 2012 4:06:49 PM Ignore Howmuchtofillit Report Abuse No will never get below $3. Raised 30 cents over night because of Sandy here. Always looking for that profit.
mizzrible Rookie Author Harrisburg Posts:17 Points:3,445 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Nov 5, 2012 4:05:34 PM Ignore mizzrible Report Abuse in ohio gas is below 2.99 gallon. why not here?
peapaw Champion Author Ohio Posts:4,035 Points:687,795 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Nov 5, 2012 3:45:16 PM Ignore peapaw Report Abuse Nope.
BuzzLOL All-Star Author Toledo Posts:899 Points:25,585 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Nov 5, 2012 3:42:18 PM Ignore BuzzLOL Report Abuse .. Day before election day we're only back down to $3.12... we might have made ~$2.75 if not for Hurricane Sandy excuse... maybe $2.50 by Thanksgiving Day... that would be something to be thankful for...
sagnat Champion Author Riverside Posts:1,154 Points:307,510 Joined:Jun 2012	Message Posted: Nov 4, 2012 11:48:44 AM Ignore sagnat Report Abuse We're now down to $3.90/gallon for RUG. I don't think we'll see this claimed $2.50 by Tuesday.
DerTaubman Champion Author Detroit Posts:7,308 Points:1,529,045 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Nov 4, 2012 11:39:12 AM Ignore DerTaubman Report Abuse Lowest we got here is $3.25, and Election Day is Tues.