Gas Prices

Did you notice a difference in the price at the pump this morning? Tell WTOP where, how much it was yesterday and how much it is today.

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Here are some of your responses:

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Tuesday evening, when I drove home from a local commuter lot in Woodbridge, I passed the BP station near the corner of Smoketown and Old Bridge. The price for regular was $2.75. Less than an hour earlier, my wife had filled up at the same station, and the price then was only $2.49. She thought I had misread the numbers as I passed by! Wednesday morning, there was a Sunoco at the corner of Smoketown and Minnieville in Woodbridge that was "only" $2.59 . There was a mini-traffic jam. I agree with all the other listeners who've mentioned how gas seems to shoot up quickly, but trickle down slowly. These price increases are anticipatory; there is no way that these stations can be passing on any increases they themselves have experienced, as it is too soon for that.

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I got gas at the Chevron EuroMarket Wednesday morning for $2.59. The station is located right at 7 Corners. I'm sure it won't last long.

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I filled up in Prince Frederick, Md. Monday evening. The price at the Mobil station was $2.64 a gallon. I drive a Ford Expedition into D.C. every day and the fill-up was $73. The price at that same station Tuesday night had jumped 31 cents a gallon to $2.95. That same fill-up will now cost me $80! The cost of gas for my 98-mile round trip commute each day is now about $20. I guess I need to start thinking about riding the bus in again.

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At the Sheetz at Routes 50 and 340 out in Clarke County. It was $2.49 in the morning, $2.59 at the end of the work day, $2.79 by 8:45 p.m. Tuesday nightb -- a 30-cent difference in less than 24 hours!

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A WTOP listener who gases up in Baltimore says regular is $3.55 Wednesday at a Crown station at Park Heights and Rogers Road. Sunday it was $2.59 and Monday it was $2.85.

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Prices in Manassas, Va., went up in certain areas by 30 cents. Stations on Route 234 near 66 were still at $2.56 to $2.69 for regular, but as you went farther down Route 234 they went up dramatically. We saw one Sonoco tanker pulling in at Balls Ford and Sudley, so we are sure that price of $2.56 will go up by the time we return in the evening.

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On Route 193 between Lottsford & 450, there is a no name station. Tuesday it was $2.71. Wednesday it's $2.89. This is supposed to be cheap gas?

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At the Warrenton BP Station at the corner of Route 29 North and Cedar Run Drive, it has risen from $2.48 to $2.76 in one day. And you know that the oil is the tanks is the same -- at least some of it is.

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In LaPlata, Md. the Wawa and Safeway prices overnight went from $2.65 to $3.03 for regular. Oil company stations haven't moved their prices yet but I'm sure they will after seeing this jump.

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The Getty station on Connecticut Avenue in Kensington, Md., raised its price 40 cents overnight. I checked my reciept from yesterday to confirm.

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Aren't we forgetting something here? When my husband and I were in a Third World country, we had to wait in line for eight hours just to buy the rationed 5 liters that we were allowed by the government! Let's encourage people to be thankful that gas is still readily available. Most of us can easily afford the extra few bucks it is costing us, and we can be thankful for that. We need to encourage people to keep things in perspective. I'm sure the people effected by Katrina wish that higher gas prices were their main problem. Think of it as our small sacrifice for that area of the country which is suffering so much.

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In Manassas, Va., at the Mobile on Route 28, gas was $2.49 Tuesday. Wednesday it's $2.89.

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Yes, even before Katrina hit. I was in Michigan last Wednesday. Regular gas there was $2.7. Their unemployment rate is 7.2 percent while the national average is somewhere around 5 percent . On Friday I was in Harrisonburg, Va. and the gas was $2.39. That's 38 cents different per gallon! I don't even want to think what it might be in Michigan now. I cannot believe that the everyday working people are not being gouged. I certainly don't understand why states with high unemployment rates should have to pay more per gallon for gas, it just does not make any sense. How will people survive this winter?

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Shell station at 495 and Route 1 went up 14 cents in 24 hours. I believe the gas stations are playing the "futures." They are making a killing on gas they paid less for and are charging based on what they think it will cost them in the months ahead. All it is is greed and price gouging. I was informed the old average of 12 cents a gallon profit for the a station was more than adequate. Now it hovers at 30 and 35 cents a gallon. In addition price gouging, I am of the strong belief many "ethnic" gas retailers have gone in to price fixing within various area neighborhoods.

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On Monday, prices in our area increased from $2.49 to $2.59, and Wednesday went up to $2.79 on the same gas station that I use every week. Other gas stations have went up to more than $2.89 in the area. That's simply just crazy -- 20 cents overnight.

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If you own any real estate you are now considered wealthy. You can afford $3 gas. The value of your home has increased, so why complain about expensive gas. Get used to paying $3 a gallon. It's all relative.

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Tuesday evening gas at the Safeway in Dunkirk, Maryland increased approximately 15 cents per gallon. How can they increase the price of gas that is already in the ground at the gas station?

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I drive a Corolla so gas prices don't really affect my budget much. However, I think the real effect of rising gas prices will be on interest rates, the stock market and on all the products requiring oil or oil products. For example, I expect a big change in food prices due to increased transportation costs. That will affect me.

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Everyone should pick one day a week and not drive or operate any gas operated equipment that day. This should drop the demand and then let's hear about gas prices going down because of lower demand. Everyone could use a day of rest with your family. Just look to the south, your life could be worse.

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Here's a switch for you - at the 7-Eleven at the corner of Balls Ford and Wellington Rd in Prince William, the price went from $2.62 on Monday night, to $2.55 on Tuesday morning. I guess they didn't get the memo!

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The Safeway Station on St. Charles Parkway in Waldorf, Md., raised regular gas to $2.91 Tuesday night. This is over $.20 more per gallon than every other station around Waldorf. They are taking advantage of the public and hurricane situation.

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Tuesday morning at the Sheetz on Route 50 in Winchester, Va., gas prices were $2.49. On the way home they where $2.59 and Wednesday morning it was $2.79.

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I got gas at the BP Station on North 29 in Warrenton, Va., Tuesday morning at the price of $2.47 per gallon. Wednesday morning it was $2.89 for regular (blue), $2.99 for silver and $3.09 for gold. Shocking, huh.

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I commute from Upper Marlboro, Md., to Fairfax, Va., each day. I left Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. and the price at Citgo on Route 301 and Marlboro Pike was $2.67. Returning at 4:30 p.m., it was up to $2.78.

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I live in Manassas, Va., and commute to Leesburg, Va. Leesburg went up to $2.69 Tuesday, but Manassas was still unchanged Wednesday morning at $2.55. Don't everyone rush out there, save some for me this afternoon!

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I drive in from Dahlgren (near 301 bridge) to close by the Spotsylvania Courthouse. Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, I have seen an average jump of about 10 cents. Gas at the 7-Eleven/Citgo on Courthouse Road near the Courthouse is at $2.49 for regular. I stopped and fueled even though I didn't need it.

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I commute from King George, Va. to D.C. Gas is cheaper here, but has jumped significantly. At the Valero station on Route 3, it was $2.45 Tuesday and $2.75 Wednesday morning.

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At the Sheetz on 211/29 in Warrenton, Va., gas went from $2.45 to $2.79 in 16 hours.

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Wawa on at Route 1 and Cardinal Drive raised prices $0.34 overnight, but 7-Eleven just 100 yards up Route1 did not change prices. 7-Eleven is still selling for $2.55.

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I went to a meeting Tuesday night and gas was $2.69. When I left meeting two hours later it was $2.99.

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$2.77 Tuesday. $2.97 Wednesday morning at the Exxon on Route 1 in Woodbridge,Va.

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At the Safeway on St. Charles Parkway in Waldorf, Md., Tuesday it was $ 1.62. Wednesday it's $1.91.

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I live in Locust Grove, Va. Tuesday when I went to work the price for regular was $2.45. When I went home at the same station it was $2.55 and Wednesday morning $2.79.

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How is it that gas prices spike immediately whenever possible, yet when/if conditions change so that oil/gas becomes more readily available, the prices stay high for weeks or months, with the oil companies' excuse that "it takes awhile" for new prices to seep down to the pump? Why don't prices go down immediately, just as they go up immediately? No amount of administration spin and lies can tell me the multinational oil corporations like Exxon aren't price gouging.

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At two Wawa stations in Woodbridge -- one at Route 1 and Neabsco, the other on Opitz -- it was $2.55 Tuesday and $2.89 Wednesday morning. Ridiculous!

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Tuesday night I got gas for my wife and it was $2.59. Wednesday morning at the same station it was $2.79. The four stations in this proximity all went up to $2.79. It was clearly coordinated and orchestrated. All four stations did not receive fuel deliveries Tuesday night. Someone needs to look into this, it is plain and simple profiteering and price gouging.

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Regular gas at the Wawa Station in La Plata, Md., went from $2.65 Tuesday to $2.93 Wednesday morning. Someone's making a killing off these high prices while we average Joes are paying through the nose.

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At the Shell Station on Rolling Road and Old Keene Mill Road in Springfield, Va., it was $2.69 Tuesday and $2.81 Wednesday.

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In Orange County, Va., at the Sheetz at intersection of Routes 3 and 20, regular unleaded Tuesday was $2.45. Wednesday it was $2.79. Ouch!

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