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Philly Prices Creep Upward Over The Weekend

Piladelphia Inquirer -- Phila.-area gas prices creeping up

INQUIRER STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS

The average for a gallon of regular no-lead was up 1 cent over the weekend in the five-county Philadelphia area, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

The average there was $2.82. South Jersey's average was unchanged, at $2.62, after slipping up - and then down - 1 cent during the weekend.

The national average was up by 1 cent, to $2.79.

Diesel averages were up 2 cents, to $3.15, in the Philadelphia area; unchanged, at $2.82, in South Jersey; and unchanged, at $2.92, at the national level.

Prices at the pump have been increasing for weeks - up 6 cents in the Philly area, 13 cents in South Jersey and 17 cents in the nation overall.

As AAA noted, prices go up at this time every year, what the auto club refer


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aldog365
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More speculation will take of that.
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DellDude2
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:52:50 PM

Last week we were rocketing up to $2.75, but things have cooled off to $2.62 over the weekend.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:24:17 PM

WE are at $2.73 but last thursday we were at $2.63.
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wizzard1222
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:23:38 PM

Not the only place...St. Louis Mo. from @ $2.23 the last week of Feb....now $2.59 to $2.69 Reg/gallon !!!
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badbonita
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:15:10 PM

Prices are currently stable here in Syracuse, NY at $2.92 so I'd take $2.80.
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preacherjohn
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:06:50 PM

I wish our gas prices were down to that price we are very close to the $3.00.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:04:42 PM

Prices are continuing upward in central NY as well. The average here is above $2.93 a gallon for regular, and that's a bargain.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:04:15 PM

And the average price here is $2.95.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:01:42 PM

I've seen more of a jump with the diesel prices.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:01:16 PM

Agreed, not just Philly
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 5:00:06 PM

Not just Philly.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:59:05 PM

gas around here is around 2.63 but club prices are around 2.57
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:56:58 PM

I find it silly that the diesel prices even compare to gasoline. Today the price of home heating oil was about 16 cents lower than gas. Home heating oil is a distillate fuel just like diesel and we are getting charged 26 cents a gallon more for it. Give me a break. What a scam.
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Common Sense
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:51:24 PM

Indiana central- gas can be had at $2.67 or slightly less.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:51:24 PM

Prices were decent in the Dayton, OH area until a news program stated that we one of the lowest in the country. Prices jumped 20 cents a gallon within 24 hours.
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$2.709 Avg in Dayton, Ohio
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I could never understand why New Jersey always has the lowest fuel prices.
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2.77 for reg, lower Mich.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:36:00 PM

$3.85 here for regular.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:34:47 PM

gas is 2.85 here up another .06 cents
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As summer gets closer the prices will rise. This might be a bad summer.
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Oil is dropping so we should see some relief!

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Price is holding here.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:24:58 PM

prices in the Northeast PA area are remaining the same at 2.83 to 3.09 for a gallon of regular.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:19:25 PM

One cent? Margin of error type numbers.
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Just a brief drop here in central Kentucky until they rise again.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:17:08 PM

Prices for all grades of Gas and Diesel are up 10 cents or more this past week in Southern California.
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Slowly droppin' N KY...
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 4:02:49 PM

Please note that gas in southern NJ is about 20 cents cheaper than in Philly (right across the river).

About a nickel of that is state tax.

Why the other 15 cents?

Simple:

NEW JERSEY is one of only TWO states in the US that DO NOT ALLOW YOU TO PUMP YOUR OWN GAS (the other is Oregon, where gas is also cheaper than in its neighbor states).

I won't belabor your eyes with the rationale behind having the attendant pump your gas and cheaper prices at the pump. Logic would seem to dictate otherwise, but putting it simply, keeping self-serve out of NJ keeps those massive gas station conglomerates from coming in and driving out the multitude of smaller owner-operated gas stations with one or two employees.

It's called COMPETITION.

Huge gas stations, in NJ, cost a bloody fortune in WAGES. You not only need a cashier, you need people to man those pumps and fill those cars.

This equates, in NJ, to smaller, but many more, gas stations - resulting in price competitiveness that you simply do not see in the Universe of SuperWallyWorld, Costco, etc etc, with their 8 zillion pumps and nary an employee in sight...

[Edited by: 1988MR2guy at 3/15/2010 5:03:59 PM EST]
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:57:05 PM

Meanwhile demand continues to be low because of the lack of jobs.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:55:44 PM

why should they be exempt !
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prices here fell over the weekend
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:53:55 PM

Hart to feel bad for Philly.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:53:01 PM

OH NO!! A penny more a gallon. What will I do!!
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Big Deal! Their prices are going up now, soon others will be going up too!
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:50:02 PM

and this is the reason that it should go up more... because its going up now
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:45:08 PM

Piladephia?
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:45:01 PM

It`s cheap now what for the CAP-AND-TRADE to go throw it will be 5 or 6 dollars a gallon we need to STOP OBAMA!
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:40:29 PM

We've been paying over $3.00 per gallon for years on the Kenai peninsula. We are now paying $3.65. I'm hoping that with oil prices "plummeting" (see earlier article) our prices will come down a little.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:38:21 PM

We seem to be steady at 2.75 as well. When will it be going back down..
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:34:02 PM

We're steady at $2.75.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:32:54 PM

3 bucks, here we come.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:25:46 PM

We're up to $2.69 and some stations are as high as $2.89.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:22:46 PM

Gas $2.69-$2.79 here...
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:22:43 PM

this is going to ba a bad year.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:22:10 PM

Getting ready for the summer driving season.
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Just get ready to take it in the shorts! Its going to start rising here pretty shortly.
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Message Posted: Mar 15, 2010 3:19:29 PM

Gas prices have been creeping up all over as we head into summer.
Overly positive speculators have been driving prices higher.
Tendency is to go down much slower than they go up.
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$2.74 in West MI but now I wonder if we are going to see a price increase.
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