RW> RW>> Last few weeks gas has been $2.95 per/gal. Price was because a new   
   RW> RW>> Buckee's super store has opened on the north side of town. Both   
   RW> RW>> truck stops had to match Buckee's price, and so a gas war ensued.   
   RW> RW>> This week I passed WalMart's Murphy station at $3.19 while on my   
   RW> RW>> way to the car wash and on the way back, the price had dropped to   
   RW> RW>> $2.95 again. The two majors on that corner couldn't afford to drop   
   RW> RW>> their prices that low and remained at their lowest of   
   RW> RW>> $3.09...Sheez, and all of this with oil dropping like a glass of   
   RW> RW>> beer to $80/bbl...fortunately, my BP stock remains steady.   
      
   RW> RN> I don't remember the last time I saw gas under $3.   
      
   RW>It's been a while, hasn't it...gas prices should be lower, since oil has   
   RW>been $20 cheaper a barrel, but gasoline suppliers aren't going to budge   
   RW>off of their profits without an incentive to lower prices. It is summer,   
   RW>so I don't expect gas prices to get any lower until September, after   
   RW>school starts.   
      
   Some years back the ARCO Rep put it plainly like it is. Gasoline Prices   
   have NORE to do with what the Traffic wil bear then the Price fo a Ba   
   rell of Oil. and of course it goes up at a blink of an Eye but weeks   
   weeks to come down when the Barrel prices change.   
      
   Also here the Arco Stations are computer monitered and the price   
   goes down at a particular station when it's sales fall a bit and go up   
   as sales rise to follow the "Whatever the Traffic Will Bear" system.   
      
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