mbernste
Boosted
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
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| reply to TJ_in_IL
Re: Gas Prices
said by TJ_in_IL  :Just don't insure your vehicle.... that's where they get ya! Your information is a little outdated. Under former Governor McGreevy's reforms our auto insurance rates have dropped dramatically and insurers are rushing back into the state. |
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TJ_in_IL
join:2006-06-10
Winthrop Harbor, IL | reply to mbernste
Ah yes.... Jersey... home of the cheap Full Service Gas.
Just don't insure your vehicle.... that's where they get ya!
Really don't miss living there, personally.
No offence to those that do.
TJ |
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Unit649
I B U, Who U B?
Premium
join:2000-01-22
Stockton, CA
·Comcast
| reply to dadkins
Stockton, CA.
Just saw the first $2.99 in years around here-at the station at the end of my street.
Guess where I'll be dropping $20 in at on Monday on the way to work? Everyone else near the freeway is still at least $3.09 to $3.15. Be interesting to see on Monday if they have fallen down to the same level.
The fuel truck was parked there yesterday when I left though, and the new price was up when I came back, so he must have got a real good rate on that delivery to drop down 7 cents. |
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Anonyrat
@comcast.net | reply to Mactron
It worked as sarcasm... |
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MrSpock29
join:2008-02-09
Hammonton, NJ
| reply to ja2007123
said by ja2007123 :In some places around TN, the price is $2.40 and others is $2.98. wow, nice. Here I have seen a 20 cent (or a little more) difference within 10 miles. I expect prices will drop when I check again tomorrow morning, as ours hasn't changed since Friday or Sat. |
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ja2007123
join:2007-10-06 | reply to Phugg
In some places around TN, the price is $2.40 and others is $2.98. |
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MrSpock29
join:2008-02-09
Hammonton, NJ
2 edits | reply to Phugg
said by Phugg :2.70 ?? where the hell can I get that price ?? I just filled up the truck, 2 5 gallon containers (for the weekend of fun, 5 dirtbikes and 6 quads) and paid $3.51 and thought that was great. Now on the price adjustments , look at YOUR own comapny and see if they have raised prices too.. I bet they have. Have you been to the grocery store lately ? What about your fast food ? Ya see the trend ? Mc D's used to have almost all "value meals" for under $5.50 Now the cheapest is $5.99 ... Thats rougly a %10 increase , yet cable is only going up near 4% 2.70 is in NJ. I have DirecTv and Verizon, and DirecTV has not raised prices that I know of, although I'm on a 1 year contract.
Honestly, the prices you mention should be coming down too, but they are not. Look at the charts of various commodities like Corn, soybeans, wheat, etc, that have crashed on average about 50%. The gas excuse from Comcast IMHO is a little lame. If they want to use that as an excuse when it goes up, then they should remember that when prices fall.
And, this is about cable prices, not food prices. Also, the things you mention above HAD a double-whammy of higher fuel AND food costs. Comcast can't claim higher food costs can they?
As far as your gas prices, different (more expensive) blends are required by law in California, and your state taxes are higher too. That's why Cal. is always more expensive than NJ for gas.
Our gov't makes up for that break on gas by having the most expensive of everything else though....... |
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Oedipus
join:2005-05-09
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2 edits | reply to Mactron
said by Mactron :said by Oedipus :California gas is always more expensive than most other places around the country. Remember, we have to pay for the incredibly competent state government and air police. "we have to pay for the incredibly competent incompetent state government and air police." Fixed...  |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
·Comcast
·Patriot Media
| reply to en102
said by en102 :Yup ... that California special blend We didn't run out like some of the south did after the hurricane hit Galveston/Houston, but we always pay at least $0.25 to $0.50/gallon more out here. They need to invent a 50 state blend of gasoline to further bring down prices, or at least 25 state blend. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Mactron
Yup ... that California special blend
We didn't run out like some of the south did after the hurricane hit Galveston/Houston, but we always pay at least $0.25 to $0.50/gallon more out here.
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dadkins
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
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| reply to Phugg
said by Phugg :Yup it was worse when I lived in Concord CA , we where less than 10 miles from the major refineries (Martinez) and paid the highest prices in the state/country Yet we had almost NO transportation costs. That said, going up through Mi Wuk/ Twain Harte it was still almost $4/gal .. again thats up in the mountains though. I'm here in Hercules... 8 miles from Chevron, ~2 miles from Unocal in Rodeo, and about 20 miles from Shell.
$3.50 is about the going price. YAY!
Good thing I don't drive... 
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Mactron
el camino Real
Premium
join:2001-12-16
CM94sv
| reply to Oedipus
said by Oedipus :California gas is always more expensive than most other places around the country. Remember, we have to pay for the incredibly competent state government and air police. "we have to pay for the incredibly competent incompetent state government and air police."
Fixed...
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If only the Verizon CSRs worked this well. |
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mbernste
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join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
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| reply to Phugg
said by Phugg :2.70 ?? where the hell can I get that price ?? New Jersey. |
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Phugg
join:2004-09-30
Riverbank, CA
·Charter Pipeline
| reply to Oedipus
Yup it was worse when I lived in Concord CA , we where less than 10 miles from the major refineries (Martinez) and paid the highest prices in the state/country Yet we had almost NO transportation costs. That said, going up through Mi Wuk/ Twain Harte it was still almost $4/gal .. again thats up in the mountains though. |
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Oedipus
join:2005-05-09
·Comcast
·DSL EXTREME
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to Phugg
said by Phugg :2.70 ?? where the hell can I get that price ?? I just filled up the truck, 2 5 gallon containers (for the weekend of fun, 5 dirtbikes and 6 quads) and paid $3.51 and thought that was great. Now on the price adjustments , look at YOUR own comapny and see if they have raised prices too.. I bet they have. Have you been to the grocery store lately ? What about your fast food ? Ya see the trend ? Mc D's used to have almost all "value meals" for under $5.50 Now the cheapest is $5.99 ... Thats rougly a %10 increase , yet cable is only going up near 4% California gas is always more expensive than most other places around the country. Remember, we have to pay for the incredibly competent state government and air police. |
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Phugg
join:2004-09-30
Riverbank, CA
·Charter Pipeline
| reply to MrSpock29
2.70 ?? where the hell can I get that price ?? I just filled up the truck, 2 5 gallon containers (for the weekend of fun, 5 dirtbikes and 6 quads) and paid $3.51 and thought that was great.
Now on the price adjustments , look at YOUR own comapny and see if they have raised prices too.. I bet they have. Have you been to the grocery store lately ? What about your fast food ? Ya see the trend ? Mc D's used to have almost all "value meals" for under $5.50 Now the cheapest is $5.99 ... Thats rougly a %10 increase , yet cable is only going up near 4% |
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