Here in my small town (LaFollette, TN.) we have a new gas station called Murphy's Express. I'm told that it's a subsidiary of Wal-Mart. Since their opening a few weeks ago, the price of gasoline has dropped nearly every day, and this morning the price for 1 gallon of regular unleaded was $2.96 per gallon. That's a whopping $0.50 less than the national average!
Most of the other stations are struggling to keep up. We have a history of price gouging for gas here - after Hurricane Ike, regular unleaded was $5.99 per gallon in parts of the county.
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Oh....Not the type of gas war I was thinking.
As you were.
As you were.
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Don't pass a torch anywhere near that thread.
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Or a baton, for that matter.
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Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
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Tell me if she laughs or cries
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I've got to believe that passing a baton would be incredibly painful.
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I don't know why anyone would want to do either of those things. . . nor am I going to think about it at length. 
Gas is $2.79 this morning in my midwestern town, and looks as though it may fall further today. Yesterday it fell ten cents. I've got a 1/3 of a tank of gas in my car, and I'm going to wait to see how far it falls before I have to fill my tank.
Gas is $2.79 this morning in my midwestern town, and looks as though it may fall further today. Yesterday it fell ten cents. I've got a 1/3 of a tank of gas in my car, and I'm going to wait to see how far it falls before I have to fill my tank.
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I can't believe there's a dollar difference or more difference across the mainland US.
AAA lists the average price at $3.48. Oaklahoma shows the lowest average, $3.09. Tenesee shows $3.56, Florida $3.56 too.
Is Wal-Mart dumping?
Or did you mistype a 2 for a 3 in the dollars digit?
Probably most areas are clinging to their high prices a little too long on their way down...
AAA lists the average price at $3.48. Oaklahoma shows the lowest average, $3.09. Tenesee shows $3.56, Florida $3.56 too.
Is Wal-Mart dumping?
Or did you mistype a 2 for a 3 in the dollars digit?
Probably most areas are clinging to their high prices a little too long on their way down...
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dlbpharmd:
We have Murphy stations around here also and yes, it seems that they are attached to a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Although there are some "stand-alone" Murphy stations around too.
Lowest prices (usually) for gasoline.
We have Murphy stations around here also and yes, it seems that they are attached to a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Although there are some "stand-alone" Murphy stations around too.
Lowest prices (usually) for gasoline.
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Does Murphy's tend to drive the area prices down where you live?Cheval wrote:dlbpharmd:
We have Murphy stations around here also and yes, it seems that they are attached to a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Although there are some "stand-alone" Murphy stations around too.
Lowest prices (usually) for gasoline.
Not sure about anywhere else, but Maryland has a price limit on gasoline (and cigarettes too). IOW, by law you can't sell gas for less than what the state minimum is.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Heh, another reason to keep living in Virginia, I guess.
Cheap gas in Manassas is about $3.39/gal. Or at least that's what it was yesterday. That's *very* low for the DC metro area -- in my old neighborhood, it's at least 10 cents a gallon more.
We don't have a gas station attached to a Wal-Mart here, but we do have one at Costco. They are typically among the cheapest deals (but of course, you have to be a member to buy gas from them). The sweetest deal hereabouts is Safeway, which was giving a 20-cent-a-gallon discount at their gas pumps for buying at least $50 worth of groceries.
Cheap gas in Manassas is about $3.39/gal. Or at least that's what it was yesterday. That's *very* low for the DC metro area -- in my old neighborhood, it's at least 10 cents a gallon more.
We don't have a gas station attached to a Wal-Mart here, but we do have one at Costco. They are typically among the cheapest deals (but of course, you have to be a member to buy gas from them). The sweetest deal hereabouts is Safeway, which was giving a 20-cent-a-gallon discount at their gas pumps for buying at least $50 worth of groceries.
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In Edgewater yesterday it was $3.15, in Millersville (20 miles away) it was $3.35, in Bethesda (home, 45 miles away) it was $3.64.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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