RW> RW>> Last few weeks gas has been $2.95 per/gal. Price was because a new
RW> RW>> Buckee's super store has opened on the north side of town. Both
RW> RW>> truck stops had to match Buckee's price, and so a gas war ensued.
RW> RW>> This week I passed WalMart's Murphy station at $3.19 while on my
RW> RW>> way to the car wash and on the way back, the price had dropped to
RW> RW>> $2.95 again. The two majors on that corner couldn't afford to drop
RW> RW>> their prices that low and remained at their lowest of
RW> RW>> $3.09...Sheez, and all of this with oil dropping like a glass of
RW> RW>> beer to $80/bbl...fortunately, my BP stock remains steady.

RW> RN> I don't remember the last time I saw gas under $3.

RW>It's been a while, hasn't it...gas prices should be lower, since oil has
RW>been $20 cheaper a barrel, but gasoline suppliers aren't going to budge
RW>off of their profits without an incentive to lower prices. It is summer,
RW>so I don't expect gas prices to get any lower until September, after
RW>school starts.

Some years back the ARCO Rep put it plainly like it is. Gasoline Prices
have NORE to do with what the Traffic wil bear then the Price fo a Ba
rell of Oil. and of course it goes up at a blink of an Eye but weeks
weeks to come down when the Barrel prices change.

Also here the Arco Stations are computer monitered and the price
goes down at a particular station when it's sales fall a bit and go up
as sales rise to follow the "Whatever the Traffic Will Bear" system.

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