Ok, no need for tin foil hats, but am I the only one who thinks that there's now a new set of rules that gas prices creep down for holidays and go up inbetween (and that this is the opposite of what it used to be- and the opposite of we've always been told?)It seems like sometime last year ...labor day or Thanksgiving.... prices dropped....Christmas time, spring break, Memorial Day, 4th of July- it seems there's a consistent trend- prices drop and even get "almost nice"....then rude, sudden, big increases!Yeah, there's some external things they can point to and I don't want to say it's total price fixing, but I sure don't think it's happening to give folks a break for vacation....(That and it also seems that anytime the media says something, the opposite promptly happens with respect to gas prices)Anyone else have similar questions?

I think fuel prices are all over charts. I still think fuel companies push the limit to see how much we (the American public) can tolerate until we fuss. Then they back off for a token amount, and we're dupped into thinking we're getting such a wonderful price again, then they push the limits again, and again, and again. Each time de-sensitizing us what use to be considered a "horrid" price, which we think now is a "bargain!" I don't think it has anything to do with holidays.

Here when the media says prices are going to go up, they do. Our last round of increases were a 30 cent jump followed before a week was up by a 25 cent jump. prices go up by quarters and fall by pennies.

When I was a kid we had gas wars...the price would be $0.30, there would be a gas war and the price would drop to $0.20 until the gas war was over then it would go up to $0.33 for a while, then another gas war and it would drop to $0.25 then go up to $0.38 etc. It was nothing but manipulation by the gas companines to raise the price. I think the same thing is going on just on a bit grander scale.

I think a lot of people drive less during the holidays as they aren't commuting to work ! I for one stay home during the holidays. In california i think we have longer commutes then some parts of the country. some times 100 miles plus one way!

I try not to think about it. I use the philosophy in the Serenity prayer;...accept the things I cannot change...change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.In other words, nothing I can do about it so I don't concern myself with the fluctuations.

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mustangglp
Explorer
Jul 22, 2013
I think a lot of people drive less during the holidays as they aren't commuting to work ! I for one stay home during the holidays.
In california i think we have longer commutes then some parts of the country. some times 100 miles plus one way!
shenandoahvalle
Explorer
Jul 22, 2013
When I was a kid we had gas wars...the price would be $0.30, there would be a gas war and the price would drop to $0.20 until the gas war was over then it would go up to $0.33 for a while, then another gas war and it would drop to $0.25 then go up to $0.38 etc. It was nothing but manipulation by the gas companines to raise the price. I think the same thing is going on just on a bit grander scale.
Peg_Leg
Explorer
Jul 22, 2013
Here when the media says prices are going to go up, they do. Our last round of increases were a 30 cent jump followed before a week was up by a 25 cent jump. prices go up by quarters and fall by pennies.
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Jul 22, 2013
I think fuel prices are all over charts. I still think fuel companies push the limit to see how much we (the American public) can tolerate until we fuss. Then they back off for a token amount, and we're dupped into thinking we're getting such a wonderful price again, then they push the limits again, and again, and again. Each time de-sensitizing us what use to be considered a "horrid" price, which we think now is a "bargain!"

I don't think it has anything to do with holidays.

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