# Are gas prices down for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119 "2014-10-31T13:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/1 "2014-10-31T13:21:15Z")
Gasoline around me has dropped pretty significantly recently. All this year I’ve rarely seen it under $3.40, sometimes as high as the low $3.60s, but recently they’ve suddenly dropped under $3.00. Last week I paid $2.97/gallon, and yesterday I paid $2.84. Not that I’m complaining. Are gas prices down where you are? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/2 "2014-10-31T13:33:22Z")
Down a little but they were still over $3 a gallon at the start of the week. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/3 "2014-10-31T13:33:19Z")
Yep. Georgia here, we’ve gone under $3 also. The place near my house is at 2.86. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/4 "2014-10-31T13:38:58Z")
No change in the Caribbean. Equivalent to about US$5.88 per US gallon here. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/5 "2014-10-31T13:39:20Z")
North Carolina, Raleigh area, around $2.90. Virginia is generally cheaper. Right now you can buy gas for less than 2.50 all over Virginia. Try ‘Gasbuddy’ as a resource to see prices all over the country. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/6 "2014-10-31T14:27:49Z")
Prices have definitely been dropping here. I paid $2.69 a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/7 "2014-10-31T14:57:12Z")
Saw $2.99 for the first time this morning. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/8 "2014-10-31T15:23:29Z")
I just paid $3.17, but a buddy told me somewhere locally was $2.99. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/9 "2014-10-31T15:51:04Z")
Were down to $2.99 about ten days ago, jumped up briefly to $3.25 and have since settled back to $2.99, give or take a few pennies depending n the station. This is on the outer edges of Chicago suburbia. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/10 "2014-10-31T15:54:40Z")
Around $2.69 here in St. Louis, too. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/11 "2014-10-31T16:26:05Z")
They’ve gone down to a few pennies above 3 dollars in the last week or two. This morning, I did see one sign for unleaded under 3 (2.99.9). ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/12 "2014-10-31T16:28:50Z")
They other day I paid $2.28 with my Kroger discount. I don’t think I filled up for that cheap in nearly ten years. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/13 "2014-10-31T17:05:56Z")
Equivalent of $7.31 - about a 15% drop from the peak a couple of years ago - here in the UK. Of course over here the price is mostly tax and so less sensitive to the underlying crude price than you guys. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/14 "2014-10-31T17:08:04Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Saw $2.99 for the first time this morning. That’s good news, I’m hoping to see that when I go out later today. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/15 "2014-10-31T17:45:40Z")
Down, but there’s a huge range of variation in the stations in my area - I’ve seen $2.85 and $3.55 at stations within a few blocks of each other, on the same drive. Seems like right now, the stations attached to grocery stores, AM/PM, and the unmanned stations that truckers and fleet drivers fuel up at have lower prices by an order of magnitude than most of the big chains do. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/16 "2014-10-31T17:49:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > the unmanned stations that truckers and fleet drivers fuel up at have **lower prices by an order of magnitude** than most of the big chains do. :dubious::dubious::dubious: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/17 "2014-10-31T18:05:14Z")
Hardly seems worth shutting my car down while I am at work! ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/18 "2014-10-31T18:29:21Z")
They’re way down here, and can somebody explain to me why? I can think of no compelling reason why they should have dropped so far and so fast. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/19 "2014-10-31T19:02:09Z")
> [@Sal\_Ammoniac](#): > > They’re way down here, and can somebody explain to me why? I can think of no compelling reason why they should have dropped so far and so fast. [Fracking](http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/10/30/analysts-gas-prices-to-drop-below-3), as well as other factors. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/20 "2014-10-31T19:03:01Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > :dubious::dubious::dubious: Not sure what you’re dubious about. Here’s the Gasbuddy figures for my [zip code](http://www.washingtongasprices.com/GasPriceSearch.aspx) - the second-cheapest station in the immediate vicinity is an unmanned station primarily used by the state motor pool but open to the public, and the truck stop outside town is also below $3. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119.md?page=2)