# Gas prices and Thursday **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933 "2012-01-18T20:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933/21 "2012-01-19T04:19:25Z")
Forget gas prices. When is the government finally going to do something about Thursday? When??? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933/22 "2012-01-19T04:23:29Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > So yes, gas pricing does work that way. No, it’s not a conspiracy. It’s gas station owners figuring out how to make a profit. If you won’t want to put up with it, do as suggested above and buy gas the day before it typically jumps. > > For those of you that doubt that jumps happen, check out [this chart](http://www.minnesotagasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx)for MN gas prices. Sure, but it’s look also at [your graph with the price of crude oil added](http://www.MinnesotaGasPrices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx?city1=Minnesota&city2=&city3=&crude=y&tme=1&units=us). Probably goes some way towards explaining the jumps, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933/23 "2012-01-19T05:10:11Z")
> [@Igrapeape](#): > > I’m guessing you didn’t put in the right terms, you were too busy trying to be snide with me. > > [http://gasbuddy.com/](http://gasbuddy.com/) > > put in your zipcode and along the top graph out the trends for your area. It tells you the best gas prices in real time, but it will also show you back years the prices. Guess every city I put in just is an anomaly. I put in my zip code, and I got this: > [@](#): > > No current gas prices reported. Your cite is underwhelming. But if you think this is a real phenomenon, then engage in a little arbitrage. You could get rich! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933/24 "2012-01-19T11:17:11Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > I never could get the hang of Thursday. Have you tried lying down in front of the bulldozers? ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933/25 "2012-01-19T21:28:49Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Sure, but it’s look also at [your graph with the price of crude oil added](http://www.MinnesotaGasPrices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx?city1=Minnesota&city2=&city3=&crude=y&tme=1&units=us). > > Probably goes some way towards explaining the jumps, don’t you think? Yes, except other locations don’t see the same correlation, or the weekly pattern. [Iowa](http://www.iowastategasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx) [Wisconsin](http://www.wisconsingasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx) [New Hampshire](http://www.newhampshiregasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx) I never claimed there is a conspiracy", only that the trend the OP sees does occur in some places. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933/26 "2012-01-19T22:22:03Z")
Spam reported. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933/27 "2012-01-19T22:36:57Z")
It’s not that they jack the price up on Thursdays, it’s that it’s on sale the other 6 days of the week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-prices-and-thursday/609933.md?page=1)