$2.59 here in FBG yesterday now $2.89 today.

$2.879 at 7-11 in Austin

Canyon99 said:

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$2.59 here in FBG yesterday now $2.89 today.

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Gas just jumped up twenty cents throughout Lubbock putting it just a dime shy of you.

So much for $1.98 a gallon gas.

$3.49 Gilbert, Arizona.

I was pulling up to a Sunoco one night last year and it dropped right as I was approaching. Asked the clerk if it really just dropped or if it was a mistake on the sign, and he said no it really just dropped.

I was like, Sweet!

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-energy-chief-seek-20-billion-refill-oil-reserve-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-03-07/

4.99 here in LA

$2.999 at HEB close to me. Only made it "down" to $2.659 this time.

Keeps creeping up every time it shoots back up.

$2.499 at HEB in Jersey Village (suburb of Houston) yesterday.

BonfireNerd04 said:

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$2.499 at HEB in Jersey Village (suburb of Houston) yesterday.

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Are you seeing the same bouncing around as I am?

Where it goes up 45 to 50 cents almost over an hour/overnight and then slowly comes back down, only to shoot back up again....rinse and repeat?

I keep seeing people post "zOMG! Gas is going down bigly!" and it's not apparent in real life. At least not here. And while gas has always been "bouncy" as to pricing. I don't recall massive jumps like it's been doing for months and months, now.

BigRobSA said:

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BonfireNerd04 said:

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$2.499 at HEB in Jersey Village (suburb of Houston) yesterday.

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Are you seeing the same bouncing around as I am?

Where it goes up 45 to 50 cents almost over an hour/overnight and then slowly comes back down, only to shoot back up again....rinse and repeat?

I keep seeing people post "zOMG! Gas is going down bigly!" and it's not apparent in real life. At least not here. And while gas has always been "bouncy" as to pricing. I don't recall massive jumps like it's been doing for months and months, now.

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It just went up twenty cents two days ago and then down a dime where I'm at, in just three days.

Can anyone explain this level of bipolar price jumps?

BigRobSA said:

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BonfireNerd04 said:

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$2.499 at HEB in Jersey Village (suburb of Houston) yesterday.

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Are you seeing the same bouncing around as I am?

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$2.49 a couple of days ago and noticed it as $3.09 everywhere this morning. I thought a war had broken out.

No Spin Ag said:

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Canyon99 said:

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$2.59 here in FBG yesterday now $2.89 today.

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Gas just jumped up twenty cents throughout Lubbock putting it just a dime shy of you.

So much for $1.98 a gallon gas.

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Where was it $1.98?

Gas station price controller when he see's the Mexihonky melting down at the pumps again this week, screaming about Pepe SIlva.

Charpie said:

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No Spin Ag said:

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Canyon99 said:

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$2.59 here in FBG yesterday now $2.89 today.

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Gas just jumped up twenty cents throughout Lubbock putting it just a dime shy of you.

So much for $1.98 a gallon gas.

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Where was it $1.98?

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That's what I'm wanting to know.

Trump said it was but I've yet to see him, or any of his maga, provide proof of this.

No Spin Ag said:

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Charpie said:

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No Spin Ag said:

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Canyon99 said:

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$2.59 here in FBG yesterday now $2.89 today.

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Gas just jumped up twenty cents throughout Lubbock putting it just a dime shy of you.

So much for $1.98 a gallon gas.

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Where was it $1.98?

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That's what I'm wanting to know.

Trump said it was but I've yet to see him, or any of his maga, provide proof of this.

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He was quoting the RBOB Gasoline price. Essentially the cost to producers. Misleading but that is where the number came from. Not at any pump.

BigRobSA said:

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$2.999 at HEB close to me. Only made it "down" to $2.659 this time.

Keeps creeping up every time it shoots back up.

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lol, poors

The nat avg is down from 3.60 last year!

In addition to global influences, prices are dictated by local demand, local infrastructure, and local supply. You need to realize profit is the $0.01s / gal for everyone in the supply chain. Each metro and rural area is different within the region. There is correlation between index crude pricing and gasoline blend component pricing but none of it is the simple supply / demand market that people learned about in ECON101.

There is global collusion to keep the $/bbl > $65 100% of the time. New production and exploration will likely lag behind global demand until we develop a new effective energy technology. The boom/bust cycles that created low prices aren't likely to ever happen again after COVID. All the big corps are much more cautious with their capital now.

If you live in Texas or on the US Gulf Coast gas prices are a decent indicator of over all economic health. $1/gal gas today would not be a good thing.

BigRobSA said:

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BonfireNerd04 said:

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$2.499 at HEB in Jersey Village (suburb of Houston) yesterday.

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Are you seeing the same bouncing around as I am?

Where it goes up 45 to 50 cents almost over an hour/overnight and then slowly comes back down, only to shoot back up again....rinse and repeat?

I keep seeing people post "zOMG! Gas is going down bigly!" and it's not apparent in real life. At least not here. And while gas has always been "bouncy" as to pricing. I don't recall massive jumps like it's been doing for months and months, now.

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NW side and I've noticed this same trend as well over the past year or so. It'll immediately go up to $2.79-$2.99 and then slowly work it's way back down to $2.39-$2.59 over 2-4 weeks, then an immediate jump back up 40-50 cents a gallon for a couple of weeks. Biggest jump I've seen at an individual gas station has been about 55 cents between driving past in the morning and driving past after work. If I see one go up, I immediately fill up at the next cheap one I see.

ABATTBQ11 said:

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BigRobSA said:

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BonfireNerd04 said:

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$2.499 at HEB in Jersey Village (suburb of Houston) yesterday.

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Are you seeing the same bouncing around as I am?

Where it goes up 45 to 50 cents almost over an hour/overnight and then slowly comes back down, only to shoot back up again....rinse and repeat?

I keep seeing people post "zOMG! Gas is going down bigly!" and it's not apparent in real life. At least not here. And while gas has always been "bouncy" as to pricing. I don't recall massive jumps like it's been doing for months and months, now.

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NW side and I've noticed this same trend as well over the past year or so. It'll immediately go up to $2.79-$2.99 and then slowly work it's way back down to $2.39-$2.59 over 2-4 weeks, then an immediate jump back up 40-50 cents a gallon for a couple of weeks. Biggest jump I've seen at an individual gas station has been about 55 cents between driving past in the morning and driving past after work. If I see one go up, I immediately fill up at the next cheap one I see.

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Sounds like their price manipulation is working on you making you fill up when you weren't intending.

I think a lot of that is understood, but it's the weird sawtooth pattern of pump pricing that seems like a mystery. Gas buddy shows this as the average for San Antonio versus the US and Houston. You can see the spike, gradual decline, spike pattern there that didn't exist in the national average or the Houston market.

BoydCrowder13 said:

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No Spin Ag said:

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Charpie said:

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No Spin Ag said:

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Canyon99 said:

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$2.59 here in FBG yesterday now $2.89 today.

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Gas just jumped up twenty cents throughout Lubbock putting it just a dime shy of you.

So much for $1.98 a gallon gas.

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Where was it $1.98?

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That's what I'm wanting to know.

Trump said it was but I've yet to see him, or any of his maga, provide proof of this.

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He was quoting the RBOB Gasoline price. Essentially the cost to producers. Misleading but that is where the number came from. Not at any pump.

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Okay, now that makes sense.

BadMoonRisin said:

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Gas station price controller when he see's the Mexihonky melting down at the pumps again this week, screaming about Pepe SIlva.

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Who is "melting down"?

Simply noticing a weird trend isn't "melting down". It is just weird how, without any major kerfluffles or big news items, it'll shoot up 50 to 60 cents, basically overnight, and then backs down over a week or two only to repeat the same thing only to a newer high.

And has been since about the time Trump took over. Still lower than President HousePlant, but not by as much as is being claimed.

ABATTBQ11 said:

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I think a lot of that is understood, but it's the weird sawtooth pattern of pump pricing that seems like a mystery. Gas buddy shows this as the average for San Antonio versus the US and Houston. You can see the spike, gradual decline, spike pattern there that didn't exist in the national average or the Houston market.

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Interesting to see it graphically. And I didn't recall it as wonky back in 2024 or maybe I just expected dumbassery like this with Biden ****ing us over. Can't argue with the facts, though.

Probably refineries output and production contracts..
"Who gets what"

BigRobSA said:

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BadMoonRisin said:

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Gas station price controller when he see's the Mexihonky melting down at the pumps again this week, screaming about Pepe SIlva.

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Who is "melting down"?

Simply noticing a weird trend isn't "melting down". It is just weird how, without any major kerfluffles or big news items, it'll shoot up 50 to 60 cents, basically overnight, and then backs down over a week or two only to repeat the same thing only to a newer high.

And has been since about the time Trump took over. Still lower than President HousePlant, but not by as much as is being claimed.

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It has nothing to do with Trump. This is the last 12 months (last 18 months looks the same, but gets very compressed):



It's weird that it happens here, in Austin, and in DFW, but not not in Houston or a lot of other major cities.

You can go to https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts and play with the data yourself of you want to make comparisons.

I'm just messing with you

KerrAg76 said:

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Probably refineries output and production contracts..
"Who gets what"

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I don't think that makes sense because it is market specific and has nothing to do with distance to refineries. You can look at cities across the US, from the East Coast to the Midwest to the West Coast and they didn't have the same pricing pattern.

BadMoonRisin said:

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I'm just messing with you

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Yooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuu! </shakes fist>

ABATTBQ11 said:

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It has nothing to do with Trump. This is the last 12 months (last 18 months looks the same, but gets very compressed):

It's weird that it happens here, in Austin, and in DFW, but not not in Houston or a lot of other major cities.

You can go to https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts and play with the data yourself of you want to make comparisons.

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Yes, I noticed that when you posted the graph. I didn't really pay attention back then, as much, because I expected to get screwed during his admin. I really just started noticing in January because I was hoping El Jefe Grande would fix things and **** would get cheaper, with gas as a part of said "****".

BigRobSA said:

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ABATTBQ11 said:

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It has nothing to do with Trump. This is the last 12 months (last 18 months looks the same, but gets very compressed):

It's weird that it happens here, in Austin, and in DFW, but not not in Houston or a lot of other major cities.

You can go to https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts and play with the data yourself of you want to make comparisons.

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Yes, I noticed that when you posted the graph. I didn't really pay attention back then, as much, because I expected to get screwed during his admin. I really just started noticing in January because I was hoping El Jefe Grande would fix things and **** would get cheaper, with gas as a part of said "****".

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Gotcha. Yeah I noticed it a long time ago. It started around February-March of 2023 by looking at the charts. That's when you start to see the sawtooth in both SA and Austin. Dallas looks like maybe a couple months earlier, but it's a little subjective because there were some longer term price drops without any spikes.

$2.49 in Fulshear/Katy today.

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I better see this at the pumps soon in north Dallas, it's getting ridiculous.

2.41 at CStat Sam's last fillup.

I drove from Young County to Denton for an eye exam on Wednesday. The Brookshires in Bridgeport has gas for $2.63 and I told my wife that we should gas up on way back. When we returned, it was 3.08! How do they justify that?