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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:20:34 EDT

Styvas posted :

said by Styvas:

Still at $1.45 here. Funny though, it's $1.25 in Abbotsford...

I wonder how long it will be before the economy starts flushing down the toilet again?

10c of that is the GVRD "tax", isn't it?

It now sits at 14 cents per liter. :mad: I drive to Alderford (Abbotsford/Aldergrove) to fill up. Costco in Abbotsford is usually the best deal in the lower mainland. Langley Costco just opened their gas station, the savings are pennies as they still pay the transit tax.

I understand that it's worth it again to drive down to Sumas for gas. Perhaps that's driving some of the lower pricing not attributable to the GVRD premium (i.e., that additional 6 cents).

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:34:18 EDT

Juggernaut posted : It's just evolved into a current fuel price thread, that's all. It's good info to have.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:31:05 EDT

zirG posted : This thread started in October 2012...

Can we just let it die?

It ain't gonna happen.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:52:20 EDT

Juggernaut posted : Yep, the Abbotsford Costco is my first stop in the LMA, and the last one out again going home. Way cheaper than any other stations.
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:39:31 EDT

Thingamajig posted :

said by Styvas:

said by Juggernaut:

Still at $1.45 here. Funny though, it's $1.25 in Abbotsford...

I wonder how long it will be before the economy starts flushing down the toilet again?

10c of that is the GVRD "tax", isn't it?

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:15:09 EDT

Mike2009 posted : $1.27 in Ottawa.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:07:12 EDT

Juggernaut posted : Being in Kelowna, I'm not sure what the LMA pays for taxes on fuel. It's higher than here though, and still .20/ liter cheaper.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:03:10 EDT

Styvas posted :

said by Juggernaut:

Still at $1.45 here. Funny though, it's $1.25 in Abbotsford...

I wonder how long it will be before the economy starts flushing down the toilet again?

10c of that is the GVRD "tax", isn't it?

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:05:24 EDT

JCohen posted :

said by elwoodblues:

said by Juggernaut:

Still at $1.45 here. Funny though, it's $1.25 in Abbotsford...

I wonder how long it will be before the economy starts flushing down the toilet again?

It's funny you bing that up gas outside major urban centres always seems to be cheaper. For example Carleton place is 10c/ltr cheaper then toronto last time i checked.

I've noticed that as well, when I drive out to Carleton Place from Ottawa it's usually between 5-10 cents/ltr cheaper out there.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:59:23 EDT

elwoodblues posted :

said by Juggernaut:

Still at $1.45 here. Funny though, it's $1.25 in Abbotsford...

I wonder how long it will be before the economy starts flushing down the toilet again?

It's funny you bing that up gas outside major urban centres always seems to be cheaper. For example Carleton place is 10c/ltr cheaper then toronto last time i checked.
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:34:40 EDT

Juggernaut posted : Still at $1.45 here. Funny though, it's $1.25 in Abbotsford...

I wonder how long it will be before the economy starts flushing down the toilet again?
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:34:25 EDT

fast4ward posted :

said by capdjq:

It cost me $1.69/litre in Vancouver yesterday. I'm referring to 91 grade premium. Plus I drive a BMW 850i. The damn car gets only 6mpg in the city.

that must run nice out on the open road when you can open it up eh ? I mean all though its not a VW it is practically the poor mans Veyron.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:32:29 EDT

peterboro posted :

said by capdjq:

The damn car gets only 6mpg in the city.

Looks like I've got competition for largest carbon footprint from propulsion from a car by DSLR posters.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:42:11 EDT

Mike2009 posted : $1.25 in Ottawa. I paid $1.41 yesterday for premium.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:33:55 EDT

ZZZZZZZ posted : Gas just went to $1.47 here in Kelowna............up from another bump to $1.41 a week ago.

What a crock. :(
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:23:11 EDT

dirtyjeffer posted : a somewhat rare car too...i always liked that model...despite it being about 20 years old, it still looks good (not sure of the year capdjq's model is, but most are early to mid 90s models).

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:21:29 EDT

HiVolt posted :

said by capdjq:

It cost me $1.69/litre in Vancouver yesterday. I'm referring to 91 grade premium. Plus I drive a BMW 850i. The damn car gets only 6mpg in the city.

The V12 one? ouch
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:24 EDT

capdjq posted : It cost me $1.69/litre in Vancouver yesterday. I'm referring to 91 grade premium. Plus I drive a BMW 850i. The damn car gets only 6mpg in the city.
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:38:11 EDT

ekster posted : Yeah, we were hovering at 1.40+, then suddenly go way down to 1.19 and now we're back to 1.44... sounds like someone made a mistake somewhere ~~while colluding for the island of Montreal~~ and everyone price-matched the mistake.. Also a quarter of the tank left for me... Hopefully it'll go down a bit before the weekend.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:33:06 EDT

Bender2000 posted : and now for the last 24 hours at least, Montreal has been enjoying a 1.44/L price. Too bad I've got a 1/4 tank left from when I filled up at 1.19. That's an insane difference over the course of a week and a bit.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:49:30 EDT

peterboro posted : $1.23 or one side of of our huge metropolis and $1.15 on the other.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:39 EDT

Juggernaut posted : Still at $1.42 here.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:12:11 EDT

ekster posted : Yeah, Montreal got back to normal to a nice 1.35 over the weekend... it was fun while it lasted. :(

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:09:44 EDT

Bender2000 posted : I managed to fill up at 1.19, but funny thing, gas station across the street at the time was 1.23, and then as of the next morning, they all sky rocketed to 1.35! a 16 cent/L hike in less than 24 hours is rather astounding.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:34:38 EDT

Mike2009 posted : Why are gas prices the same in Montreal as Ottawa? I have never seen that before. Usually the gap is at least 10 cents cheaper in Ottawa.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:28:38 EDT

urbanriot posted : I grabbed 1.12 at one location here in Niagara.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:25:13 EDT

ekster posted : Okay, this is really weird... now that the long weekend has started, prices dropped even further.

1.19 in Montreal now... and we're supposed to have some of the worst prices usually.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:47:04 EDT

Mike2009 posted : $1.25 in Ottawa today.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:16:05 EDT

ekster posted : Surprisingly, gas went way down the last few days.
Jumped from 1.37 to 1.27 yesterday, and is at 1.25 today.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:34:28 EDT

Juggernaut posted : Gas is sitting at $1.42 as of yesterday. The long-weekend screw over.

Of course, the last jump a week and a half ago from $1.26 to $1.34 just pisses me off more. The greedy bastards!
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:58:53 EDT

dirtyjeffer posted :

said by loosedobbs:

"These findings differ significantly from those of John Stackhouse, a journalist who briefly lived on the street in Toronto working as a panhandler and who reported that panhandlers can earn more than $200 per day and typically spend “almost all their begging money on their addictions” and very little on food. "

there was a story about this recently here too...they work 1-2 hours during morning rush hour, and the same during the 4-6pm window as well...making about $200 for 3-4 hours work a day, tax free and cash...of course, almost all of them are also on social assistance (of some sort) and many will have plenty of benefits provided that most of us don't have or have to pay for...while panhandling on the islands of busy intersections is illegal here, it still happens and they simply take off when they see a cop, only to return a few minutes later...the same people can be seen at the same times on pretty much every day.
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:51:09 EDT

loosedobbs posted :

said by dirtyjeffer:

said by J E F F:

He'd be panhandling on the weekends if he lived in Toronto....

many panhandlers make more money than most of us. :p

High income earner declined to participate in survey.
I think its the same John Stackhouse Editor G&M.

"These findings differ significantly from those of John Stackhouse, a journalist who briefly lived on the street in Toronto working as a panhandler and who reported that panhandlers can earn more than $200 per day and typically spend “almost all their begging money on their addictions” and very little on food. "

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:40:21 EDT

dirtyjeffer posted :

said by J E F F:

He'd be panhandling on the weekends if he lived in Toronto....

many panhandlers make more money than most of us. :p

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:55:55 EDT

J E F F posted :

said by Gone:

Not really. If you're making minimum wage in Mississauga you're going to hurt a whole hell of a lot more than you would making minimum wage here. While you may feel like you're going to starve on minimum wage in Fort Erie, you actually would be starving, and living in a box, in Mississauga.

He'd be panhandling on the weekends if he lived in Toronto....
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:56:16 EDT

Gone posted : The only people who've gotten job modification letters in Niagara are the Commercial CRs. Traffic CR, all AS and all FB so far are safe.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:51:43 EDT

TLS2000 posted : I'm going to say that I may have a plan exactly like that in the works. ;)

edit: That said, it may take a few years as rumour has it that CBSA is going to be going through cuts. Take that with the 2 year long hiring process..

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:38:47 EDT

Gone posted : Fair enough, but all I'm going to say is that if you worked for the CBSA down here in Fort Erie, you'd be making more money while also paying a lot less to live within walking distance of work, too. :D

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:32:28 EDT

TLS2000 posted : Other than that little bout of unemployment I'm not struggling now. I'm planning on buying a place, probably in Hamilton, next year. I see Hamilton as a compromise. It lets me get a relatively cheap place to live but I'm within commuting distance of a decent paying job.

Again, COL is important, but so is income.
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:48:17 EDT

Gone posted :

said by Styvas:

I hear ya! Our rent, parking, insurance, and hydro in Oakville in a 1 bedroom apartment (no storage) was only $50 less than what we're paying in Hamilton for mortgage, property tax, gas, hydro, and insurance for a 3 bedroom, two storey house, full yard, driveway for two cars, full basement for storage. Cost of living makes an enormous difference.

Yup! Our mortgage, property tax, hydro, gas and water costs the same each month as many people in St. Catharines pay just to rent an apartment with no utilities, and even St. Cats is cheap compared to the GTA (I think, now, they're similar to Hamilton as far as costs go). It makes a massive difference. We're very blessed to have the income with jobs so close to home in a town with such a low cost of living. A lot of people in this town do struggle, but it's a struggle that would be infinitely harder if the cost of living wasn't as low as it is.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:37:37 EDT

Styvas posted : I hear ya! Our rent, parking, insurance, and hydro in Oakville in a 1 bedroom apartment (no storage) was only $50 less than what we're paying in Hamilton for mortgage, property tax, gas, hydro, and insurance for a 3 bedroom, two storey house, full yard, driveway for two cars, full basement for storage. Cost of living makes an enormous difference.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:45:25 EDT

mr weather posted : We were in Windsor for the Easter weekend and gas was a full ten cents per litre cheaper there than here. What a scam. :p
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:35:30 EDT

Gone posted :

said by TLS2000:

The difference being, I'm well above minimum wage here. I'm not so sure that I would be in Fort Erie.

My wife and I are both well above minimum wage with a household income just shy of six figures. The difference, of course, is that one can buy a house here for 250K that would cost over 600 in Mississauga, which goes back to my entire point about wages meaning nothing and cost of living meaning everything.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:29:11 EDT

TLS2000 posted :

said by Gone:

The difference being, I'm well above minimum wage here. I'm not so sure that I would be in Fort Erie.
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:25:29 EDT

DanteX posted : its amazing we are a energy super power but prices are not cheap, Everyday new sources of oil are found but prices keep going up and up and up. Some where there are executives suffocating under all that cash.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:22:37 EDT

Gone posted : Not really. If you're making minimum wage in Mississauga you're going to hurt a whole hell of a lot more than you would making minimum wage here. While you may feel like you're going to starve on minimum wage in Fort Erie, you actually would be starving, and living in a box, in Mississauga.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:00:43 EDT

TLS2000 posted : It's actually a combination of the two. I could have a dirt cheap COL living there, but if I'm making minimum wage I'm still going to feel like I'm going to starve.
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:28:05 EDT

Gone posted :

said by TLS2000:

That almost makes me want to move to your neck of the woods. Sadly I can't though. I need a job that pays decently.

It's not your salary that determines whether you're being paid decently. It's the cost of living that does.

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:06:51 EDT

fast4ward posted :

said by elwoodblues:

And our goverment wants us to become an "Energy Superpower". In otherwords, the rest of the world can get it cheap, as long as we get it up the ASS

yes we will subsidise them just like we pay south of the border to take our excess electricity :huh:

Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:41:39 EDT

TLS2000 posted : That almost makes me want to move to your neck of the woods. Sadly I can't though. I need a job that pays decently.
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Re: Gasoline Prices Below 99 Cents/Litre By Christmas

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:27:23 EDT

Gone posted : I paid 92 cents/litre for 87 in Irving, NY on Saturday.