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PD Moderator	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:04:25 AM Ignore PD Report Abuse Just a brief note to all of our followers, gasoline prices are rising in the Great Lakes today- something we monitor continuously. The FTC refers to this behavior as "price cycling" and that's what we're seeing today. Many stations will be jumping to $3.45 in Michigan, $3.45 in Ohio, $3.45 in Indiana, and $3.45 in Kentucky. Watch out for price increases in Missouri, Minnesota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Illinois as well. The increase comes as retail prices have fallen very quickly- in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, gasoline prices fell an average of 14-cents per gallon in the last week even while the national average rose. This was due to a supply condition in the Great Lakes, likely combined with news that Obama temporarily... Visit GasBuddy Blog for full article

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Just a brief note to all of our followers, gasoline prices are rising in the Great Lakes today- something we monitor continuously. The FTC refers to this behavior as "price cycling" and that's what we're seeing today.

Many stations will be jumping to $3.45 in Michigan, $3.45 in Ohio, $3.45 in Indiana, and $3.45 in Kentucky. Watch out for price increases in Missouri, Minnesota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Illinois as well.

The increase comes as retail prices have fallen very quickly- in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, gasoline prices fell an average of 14-cents per gallon in the last week even while the national average rose. This was due to a supply condition in the Great Lakes, likely combined with news that Obama temporarily...

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tdimotor Rookie Author Montreal Posts:21 Points:7,520 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Jan 31, 2012 2:14:38 PM Ignore tdimotor Report Abuse welcome to the glogal mayhem. this is not the whole story. the quality of the north american gas and diesel is way lower than the one in europe. the octane and cetane rating in many grades lower. 87 oct doesn`t exist in europe it starts at 92 octanes the cheapest. and you can not even compare the fuel of the same octane rating because even octane ratings are different in n. america, much lower. so where is the famous cheap gas and the promissed cheap gas after iraq invasion. it`s the opposit!
Sisu58 Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,274 Points:355,280 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jan 30, 2012 3:40:20 PM Ignore Sisu58 Report Abuse Another lame excuse to raise prices, again.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,623 Points:1,609,520 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jan 30, 2012 5:51:18 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse we jumped from 3.23 to 3.36 now it's 3.46 - in two weeks. NO excuse, other than just Pig Oil greed.
Edpap Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:4,330 Points:506,925 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 5:40:50 PM Ignore Edpap Report Abuse Price jumped to an average of $3.59 in the Somerset,Pa area today...was $3.49 yesterday.
ejbuckeyes Veteran Author Columbus Posts:316 Points:64,845 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 4:09:46 PM Ignore ejbuckeyes Report Abuse Same old story
kzrooster Champion Author Kalamazoo Posts:2,385 Points:516,750 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 12:51:29 PM Ignore kzrooster Report Abuse I do not understand the eb and flow of gas prices. One day the cost of oil is less than $100 and there isn't a change in price a few days later it goes to $102 and we see a $0.25 hike, the gas that was in the tank yesterday is still there . . . but now work 0.25 more? please!
kzrooster Champion Author Kalamazoo Posts:2,385 Points:516,750 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 12:50:50 PM Ignore kzrooster Report Abuse I do not understand the eb and flow of gas prices. One day the cost of oil is less than $100 and there isn't a change in price a few days later it goes to $102 and we see a $0.25 hike, the gas that was in the tank yesterday is still there . . . but now work 0.25 more? please!
Pete12 Champion Author Albany Posts:4,876 Points:1,645,065 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 10:44:42 AM Ignore Pete12 Report Abuse This is all inexplicable . It makes no sense.
cicio2000 Sophomore Author Chicago Posts:214 Points:374,255 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 9:36:43 AM Ignore cicio2000 Report Abuse WTF does Obama have to do with this? Pure speculation. I heard that gas prices were rising because Gingrich molested a small boy. I also heard that gas prices likely rose because Romney murdered a woman. Seriously, all of you Obama haters need to really get off it. Prices go up (or anything happens), must be Obamas fault. Prices go down, hmmm...I'll just go over and check the latest celebrity news over here...la di da...
lcleveland Champion Author San Antonio Posts:2,661 Points:651,050 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 9:02:47 AM Ignore lcleveland Report Abuse keeps going up
Yooperheart Champion Author Michigan Posts:3,416 Points:527,025 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 6:37:21 AM Ignore Yooperheart Report Abuse Wonder if Berry will notice that the increase happened while he's visiting the campus in Ann Arbor, home of the Wolverines :- }
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:33,014 Points:2,345,510 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 5:40:00 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse With the current administration in power, fuel prices will go up and we can’t do anything about it. Fuel prices seem to be going up everywhere. Thanks Barry! Big oil and refineries export fuel and natural gas to other countries for additional profits. US natural resources that belong to the citizens of this country and are to be used by those same citizens! Speculators, manipulators and the banks continue to unfairly and unjustly make the driving public pay higher prices at the pump. The price of fuel at the pump is too high! 12/22/2012!
WalRus49 Champion Author Boston Posts:4,075 Points:868,865 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 3:49:51 AM Ignore WalRus49 Report Abuse More organized mayhem and pillage........
GasRJT Champion Author Kansas Posts:5,474 Points:1,035,835 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 2:22:42 AM Ignore GasRJT Report Abuse $2.98 a gallon in Kansas. Has not gone up yet.
gatekeepertwo Veteran Author Wilmington Posts:389 Points:187,120 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 1:31:42 AM Ignore gatekeepertwo Report Abuse delware is going up too.
SparkieMi Champion Author Kalamazoo Posts:3,258 Points:588,325 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 1:25:21 AM Ignore SparkieMi Report Abuse Surprise, surprise....
el_fr Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,337 Points:744,700 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 12:28:45 AM Ignore el_fr Report Abuse It's everywhere
grandamgt1 Champion Author Illinois Posts:2,346 Points:1,240,325 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 12:17:44 AM Ignore grandamgt1 Report Abuse Ridiculous.
TXGasPriceSpy Champion Author Fort Worth Posts:7,810 Points:1,472,275 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 12:09:45 AM Ignore TXGasPriceSpy Report Abuse You'll never forget the coming 2012 record breaking gas prices.
gatekeepertwo Veteran Author Wilmington Posts:389 Points:187,120 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 12:03:19 AM Ignore gatekeepertwo Report Abuse delware is going up too.
bdlewis Champion Author Colorado Posts:1,384 Points:382,905 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 12:03:05 AM Ignore bdlewis Report Abuse R U surprised
mpg611 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:2,334 Points:569,845 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jan 27, 2012 12:00:41 AM Ignore mpg611 Report Abuse Pardon me as I wipe the shock look off my face.
Beaveronparade Champion Author Hartford Posts:2,105 Points:635,050 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:59:55 PM Ignore Beaveronparade Report Abuse Prices up at my pumps today! : (
cheap59 Champion Author Michigan Posts:4,240 Points:962,270 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:58:39 PM Ignore cheap59 Report Abuse Nothing new.
AUREOLAE Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,364 Points:801,165 Joined:Jan 2004	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:58:02 PM Ignore AUREOLAE Report Abuse umm, just the midwest? Bay Area CA just saw prices jump at some stations by a dime. R u kidding, Sammy? One of the neocons in the House? Won't happen. They're too far right, too rich, too privileged to appeal to Joe Lunchbucket. (not that Obama isn't any better, but as a choice, he won't do anything stupid that the "hawks" would. In one case you say, "put one of them in" and in another, you say, "get rid of them all" Make up your mind.
tidalwave3 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:1,304 Points:1,463,725 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:55:08 PM Ignore tidalwave3 Report Abuse If U were a terrorist and wanted to take down the USA from the inside, what would you do?
Holly123 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:3,202 Points:790,210 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:54:35 PM Ignore Holly123 Report Abuse That's not the only states folks!
SammyAdams Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:3,054 Points:792,745 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:52:31 PM Ignore SammyAdams Report Abuse Let's just get rid of BO and NOT elect one of the Republican neocons in November. There is every reason to believe that BO is out of touch with reality or DELIBERATELY attempting to sack our economy. His State of the Union speech was hogwash! If he wanted to do something about the plight of the unemployed, it would have cost NOTHING to create thousands of jobs by just approving the Keystone XL pipeline as said by Kentucky's Junior Senator Rand Paul after the debate. The Establishment Republicans (Santorum, Romney and Gingrich) will not offer anything better for the short or long haul, because they have given US the very problems that they are now offering a cure. Get rid of them ALL. Their campaign rhetoric is just that, something that is said to get elected.
JimmyUnlimit3d Sophomore Author Phoenix Posts:185 Points:41,575 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:52:29 PM Ignore JimmyUnlimit3d Report Abuse nooo fml
postcard9 All-Star Author Massachusetts Posts:883 Points:515,445 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:51:41 PM Ignore postcard9 Report Abuse $3.45 here.
nvwarped All-Star Author Corpus Christi Posts:893 Points:454,500 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:49:39 PM Ignore nvwarped Report Abuse ok
Rotorboy Rookie Author Tucson Posts:18 Points:25,410 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:48:48 PM Ignore Rotorboy Report Abuse "What a bunch of B.S. Two stations raised their prices 30 cents in one hour! What about the gas still in their tanks? Time for big profits." It is the type of accounting they use. They have to either price by stock on hand or price by stock available. Accounting laws require that they use one or the other and not switch back and forth between the two. Because they cannot separate their old stock from their new they are forced to use the second method. Therefor if there cost goes up, our cost go up at the same time. Not after their tanks go empty. It sucks but it's just the way it is. It also works the other way when gas does go down.
paulydel Champion Author Delaware Posts:8,789 Points:847,900 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:42:48 PM Ignore paulydel Report Abuse Iguess the forgot about the other 46 states unless you live in Obuma country then it would be 53 states.
camaro_man Champion Author Kitchener-Waterloo Posts:2,231 Points:611,025 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:42:42 PM Ignore camaro_man Report Abuse k
Vette1967 Champion Author Albany Posts:5,962 Points:1,275,475 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:34:05 PM Ignore Vette1967 Report Abuse Going up here too.
sammy518 Champion Author Austin Posts:2,589 Points:539,790 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:33:30 PM Ignore sammy518 Report Abuse ok
Old Timer Champion Author Akron Posts:3,742 Points:1,263,015 Joined:Sep 2003	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:29:26 PM Ignore Old Timer Report Abuse Here we go again
ACBL Sophomore Author Wilmington Posts:210 Points:219,655 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:25:34 PM Ignore ACBL Report Abuse ok
69Bonne Champion Author Gary Posts:1,155 Points:474,125 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:25:08 PM Ignore 69Bonne Report Abuse What a bunch of B.S. Two stations raised their prices 30 cents in one hour! What about the gas still in their tanks? Time for big profits.
gasaholicMO Champion Author Missouri Posts:2,621 Points:510,940 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:24:17 PM Ignore gasaholicMO Report Abuse Can't wait.
viperND Champion Author South Bend Posts:3,310 Points:735,940 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:23:43 PM Ignore viperND Report Abuse yep, up from $3.12-$3.19 to $3.45 today. Good thing I gassed up yesterday. !@#$%
roadrunnin Champion Author Richmond Posts:1,754 Points:565,135 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:22:47 PM Ignore roadrunnin Report Abuse Hopefully people filled up last week.
ReginalUT Rookie Author Ogden Posts:95 Points:108,085 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:17:17 PM Ignore ReginalUT Report Abuse Exactly why we need to stop giving oil companies incentives. They will continue to rob us blind until we stand up to them.
jcpatriots Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,898 Points:599,345 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:16:26 PM Ignore jcpatriots Report Abuse WHY?!?!?!?!?!?! WHAT IS THE REASON NOW?!
Enstein Champion Author Lansing Posts:1,133 Points:56,305 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:16:15 PM Ignore Enstein Report Abuse Keep voting for republicans and democrats, dummies. Republicans and democrats are both responcible for this mess. Throw out all the radical conservatives and radical liberals and elect all moderates and independents. Conservatives and liberals suck. [Edited by: Enstein at 1/26/2012 11:18:07 PM EST]
tommiegIN Sophomore Author Indiana Posts:221 Points:66,370 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:15:04 PM Ignore tommiegIN Report Abuse Whats new.
boborobot All-Star Author Michigan Posts:501 Points:417,550 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:13:59 PM Ignore boborobot Report Abuse Some didn't go up yet.
abcdMA Champion Author Worcester Posts:7,922 Points:1,574,980 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:13:18 PM Ignore abcdMA Report Abuse prices are rising in the east
goodbuy Champion Author Michigan Posts:7,668 Points:1,422,580 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:12:35 PM Ignore goodbuy Report Abuse yep, it went up.
tippybuddy Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,523 Points:207,740 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2012 11:08:45 PM Ignore tippybuddy Report Abuse I found our town prices went down from 121.9 to 116.9 so that was nice hope it goes down more in days to come...but likely not