Hurricane Ike = Gas Gouging??? - ThinnerTimes

soon2bthin · 09-12-2008, 10:57 AM

So with Ike's impending landfall today, has the price of your gas skyrocketed? Within an hour this morning here in backwoods Kentucky I have watched the price of gas jump from 3.54 to 4.89!!!! OUCH!!! Oh and they are rationing it too!!! Please explain to me how this is not gouging us??? How are you affected in your neck of the woods???

Andie · 09-12-2008, 11:00 AM

Holy batman...that is crazy!!! I dont know what it's like here but gonna go fill up as soon as i'm done with laundry.

BiGMerf · 09-12-2008, 11:17 AM

its called price gauging,, the damm cane hasnt even hit yet and they jack the prices already!

Cinerbelle · 09-12-2008, 11:19 AM

Prices haven't gone up here... yet. Mine was down 4 cents from yesterday this morning when I filled up. I paid $3.65... filled up my tank for $31.00!!

mermiesmom · 09-12-2008, 11:46 AM

I'm in Virginia....our gas is about the same today...no significant price gouging that I can see (yet). I think it is just ridiculous how they can do that ...especially in an area that is not even directly being hit by the storm. There has got to be someone that you can call about that! That is just crazy!

Crie · 09-12-2008, 04:08 PM

ours went up 40 cents overnight.. and of course i was running on fumes this morning. I went ahead and gassed up both vehicles in case it continues to climb. ya never know

nicki · 09-12-2008, 04:12 PM

It's one of those things that I have had a hard time wondering for awhile. When I lived in Colorado it never made sense that a hurricane in Florida would have a big affect on us. But when you look at the path gas takes to get to you across the country when starting place goes down for so much of it so do the rest. The price we usually pay for gas isn't based on what the company paid for that gas, but for what they are going to paying for the gas to replace it.

offstringgirl · 09-12-2008, 04:16 PM

That's not good. My mom commutes 110 miles per day. 5 days per week.

VickiLyn · 09-12-2008, 09:18 PM

I had to run to town tonight to get the little one some tylenol and decided to go ahead and top off my gas tank (mind you when I say run to town, I live 19 miles to the nearest hick town). Anyways, the price as I pulled up was $4.10 for reg unleaded up from 3.45 earlier in the day. COMPLETLY SOLD OUT!! We have 3 gas stations and all them were sold out except for Premium and there was a line and half for that. I was told by the time the weekend is over reg unleaded will be around $5.25 here. DANG DANG DANG... I comute around 80 miles per day.