# how high are your gasoline prices?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-are-your-gasoline-prices/80952>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-are-your-gasoline-prices/80952 "2001-09-11T23:12:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-are-your-gasoline-prices/80952/1 "2001-09-11T23:12:20Z")

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I was warned ahead of time and bought gas at 1.69 a gallon at 4:30 this afternoon.  
I’m told that in a small town on a major highway east of us prices have gone to $8.00 a gallon. Quad city tv 90 miles away says some places have raised prices to $4.00 a gallon.  
We are assured it is just price gouging but what can a guy do???

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**Author:** ![AndyUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AndyUK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyUK)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-are-your-gasoline-prices/80952/2 "2001-09-11T23:21:25Z")

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I’m in the UK and despite being one of the worlds biggest exporters compared to domestic consumption it still costs roughly $6 a gallon all the time. Count yourself lucky that at least your prices will go back down.

Andy

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**Author:** ![AndyUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AndyUK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyUK)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-are-your-gasoline-prices/80952/3 "2001-09-11T23:26:34Z")

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I’m in the UK and despite being one of the worlds biggest exporters compared to domestic consumption it still costs roughly $6 a gallon all the time. Count yourself lucky that at least your prices will go back down.

Andy

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-are-your-gasoline-prices/80952/4 "2001-09-11T23:34:46Z")

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This is more of an IMHO than a GQ. You can restart the thread over there if you want.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ