Gas prices falling.

[Lakesrider]

Well, not in North Conway or Wolfeboro, but I guess everywhere else.....

LOL.

Too bad this didn't happen in the summer when I was filling up the boat.

I figure I am saving a whopping $9.00 filling up my truck at 30 gallons over a few months ago. Yep $9.00 whole dollars. Enough for a a burger, fries and coke at fatlazyless' favorite spot, McDonalds.


http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gas-...aylist=1363340

[GTO]

Originally Posted by Lakesrider

Well, not in North Conway or Wolfeboro, but I guess everywhere else.....

LOL.

Too bad this didn't happen in the summer when I was filling up the boat.

I figure I am saving a whopping $9.00 filling up my truck at 30 gallons over a few months ago. Yep $9.00 whole dollars. Enough for a a burger, fries and coke at fatlazyless' favorite spot, McDonalds.


http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gas-...aylist=1363340

The Irving station at the bottom of the hill (rte 25) in Meredith, 2 weekends ago, the price dropped 8 cents over night. Still cheaper than the stations located at the ramps at exit 23

[hilltopper]

Originally Posted by GTO

The Irving station at the bottom of the hill (rte 25) in Meredith, 2 weekends ago, the price dropped 8 cents over night. Still cheaper than the stations located at the ramps at exit 23

Longest stretch of time I've seen the Irving in Meredith cheaper that the Exit 23 stations. For one three or so day stretch it was 17 cents cheaper.

[GTO]

Originally Posted by hilltopper

Longest stretch of time I've seen the Irving in Meredith cheaper that the Exit 23 stations. For one three or so day stretch it was 17 cents cheaper.

We used to always wait till we got to the highway to fill up but even this past weekend, it was 13 cents cheaper at the bottom of the hill

[Greene's Basin Girl]

I just paid $329.9 in Florida. I will be back at the lake next week. What is the going price?

[glennsteely]

If you paid three hundred, twenty nine dollars a gallon!! LOL!!

[dpg]

Originally Posted by Lakesrider

Well, not in North Conway or Wolfeboro, but I guess everywhere else.....

LOL.

Too bad this didn't happen in the summer when I was filling up the boat.

I figure I am saving a whopping $9.00 filling up my truck at 30 gallons over a few months ago. Yep $9.00 whole dollars. Enough for a a burger, fries and coke at fatlazyless' favorite spot, McDonalds.


http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gas-...aylist=1363340

Do you have an issue with saving 9.00? If you do mail it to me.

[Meredith AK]

Cumberland Farms has a Smart-Pay card that reduces the going published price by $.10/gallon. No cost to get a card, just a quick on-line application. The way it works is you use the card to pay at the pump just as you would a credit or debit card (there's a mobile phone app you can use as well) and they deduct the amount from your checking account.
Easy-peasy and you save $.10/gallon each time.

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

Originally Posted by Meredith AK

Cumberland Farms has a Smart-Pay card that reduces the going published price by $.10/gallon. No cost to get a card, just a quick on-line application. The way it works is you use the card to pay at the pump just as you would a credit or debit card (there's a mobile phone app you can use as well) and they deduct the amount from your checking account.
Easy-peasy and you save $.10/gallon each time.

I've been using the app for a few months and it's been great. I use the phone app. When I pull up to the pump and activate the app it simply asks me to enter the pump number. The pump turns on! Then you select the fuel grade. You see the price per gallon drop .10 on the pump display and you fuel up. The moment you hang up the pump handle the app displays your total cost, amount of gallons and how much you saved with the .10 discount. You can also use it inside the store to make purchases. The money is deducted from your checking account 2-3 days later. You receive an instant email alert with a receipt from the transaction too.

[gtxrider]

Enjoy it while it lasts! I still remember filling up my '65 VW for $3.00 which was lower than the price of a gallon today. $.29/gallon in the old days.

[RLW]

Originally Posted by Meredith AK

Cumberland Farms has a Smart-Pay card that reduces the going published price by $.10/gallon. No cost to get a card, just a quick on-line application. The way it works is you use the card to pay at the pump just as you would a credit or debit card (there's a mobile phone app you can use as well) and they deduct the amount from your checking account.
Easy-peasy and you save $.10/gallon each time.

Meredith AK, I just noticed that you are fairly new to posting on the forum and glad you have joined us. Have fun and enjoy the Winni Forum while making many new friends.

Good info. When I was a kid in Waldoboro ME we had lots of gas wars between stations across from each other and prices went down to 19¢ and stayed there weeks if not months (in the upper 1940's). Do you think we will ever see those prices again???

[upthesaukee]

The last week in Sept, we went down to NC to visit with friends, and gas along the interstates, and in regular towns, in both VA and NC was in the $2.90's to about $3.03. Wanted to get one of the gas tankers to drive up to NH, park the trailer in my driveway, and pick it up again in the spring.

That was 25-33 cents per gallon less than what we have been paying up here recently.

[RLW]

I would have chipped in with ya at that price and the town would let us store that much in YOUR driveway.

[Lakesrider]

Maybe Wolfeboro was watching as their prices went down this afternoon to $2.39 Now if Moultonborough would drop below $2.45....Tedeschi was $2.35.

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by Lakesrider

Maybe Wolfeboro was watching as their prices went down this afternoon to $2.39 Now if Moultonborough would drop below $2.45....Tedeschi was $2.35.

That is about $1 lower than any prices I have seen! Great deal? Or, mistake?

[Lakesrider]

Oops....$3.29. Thanks for pointing that out. I might have caused a rush to that station.....Wishful thinking I guess.....

[glennsteely]

I was on my way back up to save that buck a gallon!!

[dpg]

Consistent cheapest or one of the cheapest prices I've seen is the Cumberland Farms beside the Weirs and that's before the discount. The Mobil out in front of the Wine'ing Butcher is usually right there pretty competitive also (meredith.) Mobil at home (Mass) is always very high along with Shell.

[Winnisquamguy]

Bj's in Tilton was $3.16 on Wednesday.

[nhboat61]

on our way up today, paid $3.89 in Connecticut

[Pineedles]

Originally Posted by nhboat61

on our way up today, paid $3.89 in Connecticut

You overpaid. Prices are running at $3.53 per gallon for 87 octane.

[Greene's Basin Girl]

I paid $3.19 a gallon today in Pompano Beach. Back to the lake on Tuesday.

[ghfromaltonbay]

Most stations are charging under $3.10/gallon for cash and 5 or 6 cents more if using a credit card. My Valero station is now $3.059 using cash or a Valero card. Just wish they would let us pump our own gas.

[nhboat61]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

You overpaid. Prices are running at $3.53 per gallon for 87 octane.

Depends where in CT...

[brk-lnt]

I've never understood the obsession with gas prices.

For most people a fill-up is 18 gallons or less (yes, I am aware that there are vehicles with larger tanks). A 30 cent price difference (which is pretty extreme) comes out to $5.40, not exactly a change-your-life amount or something worth going out of your way over.

Most of the time you're talking about a nickel per gallon here and there, less than a dollar difference.

Who cares?

[Pineedles]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

I've never understood the obsession with gas prices.

For most people a fill-up is 18 gallons or less (yes, I am aware that there are vehicles with larger tanks). A 30 cent price difference (which is pretty extreme) comes out to $5.40, not exactly a change-your-life amount or something worth going out of your way over.

Most of the time you're talking about a nickel per gallon here and there, less than a dollar difference.

Who cares?

"Take care of the pennies, and the dollars will take care of themselves" An old, but true adage.

[Billy Bob]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

"Take care of the pennies, and the dollars will take care of themselves" An old, but true adage.

Brk -int has a point here make a lot more money paying attention to the big stuff and don't sweat the small stuff. think big

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

"Take care of the pennies, and the dollars will take care of themselves" An old, but true adage.

Over time, I've found just the opposite to be true. The people who spend their time chasing pennies don't tend to see the long term payoff. It's like the saying "you can't save yourself rich". You should certainly be responsible about your finances, but I'll guarantee you nobody ever had a retirement plan based around the price of gas.

Spend your time and effort on the things that MAKE you money and you'll do better off than concentrating on the little things that save you a few cents.

[Pineedles]

Not rich true, but over a normal working career of 45 years saving $5.40 per week adds up to $47,000.00 at a 5% interest rate. But, if you don't care send me the $5.40 per week.

I also started brown bagging my lunch earlier this year. If I had employed this technique when I started my career I would have accumulated over $437,000.00. But why sweat the small stuff.

[Happy Gourmand]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

Not rich true, but over a normal working career of 45 years saving $5.40 per week adds up to $47,000.00 at a 5% interest rate. But, if you don't care send me the $5.40 per week.

I also started brown bagging my lunch earlier this year. If I had employed this technique when I started my career I would have accumulated over $437,000.00. But why sweat the small stuff.

The "secret" to this is to actually put that money aside in a program that will return 5%. But it's small potatoes, so who bothers.....

[Lakesrider]

32 gallons in my truck. I fill up once a week. I fill up twice a week in my car.

I usually put about 25-26 gallons in the truck at one time. So at .30 x 26 = 7.80 x 52 weeks = $405.60

Car is 14 gallons I put about 12 twice a week in it. so 24 x .30 = $8.10 x 52 weeks = $421.20 + $405.60 = $826.80. Some people would not call that small. Roughly my DirecTv Satellite bill for the year. I'm lucky though as I do get mileage reimbursement. I wasn't whining I was just pointing out how much the gas prices have gone down lately. Still up in Moultonborough at Skelly's, and the Home town market, it is still $3.45 I got it in Nashua on Saturday for $3.25.

[upthesaukee]

That being said, if we are heading to Lochmere in Tilton to play golf, and need gas in one car or the other, we will take that car and gas up in Laconia, Gilford, or Tilton.

If we are heading down to Manchester, Nashua, or heading to Mass., we will stop at Sam's in Concord.

We will not drive 20 or 25 miles to save $2.70 cents in gas...we would use more than that in gas just getting there. But if we are going in that direction, we certainly will save the $.20 cents difference or more in the cost of gas. It does add up.

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by Pineedles

Not rich true, but over a normal working career of 45 years saving $5.40 per week adds up to $47,000.00 at a 5% interest rate. But, if you don't care send me the $5.40 per week.

I also started brown bagging my lunch earlier this year. If I had employed this technique when I started my career I would have accumulated over $437,000.00. But why sweat the small stuff.

$5.40 was the *extreme* case example, it's usually less than $1.

If you can earn a reliable 5% return in the current market then you need to quit whatever your day job is and become a financial planner.

[Legionnaire70]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

That being said, if we are heading to Lochmere in Tilton to play golf, and need gas in one car or the other, we will take that car and gas up in Laconia, Gilford, or Tilton.

If we are heading down to Manchester, Nashua, or heading to Mass., we will stop at Sam's in Concord.

We will not drive 20 or 25 miles to save $2.70 cents in gas...we would use more than that in gas just getting there. But if we are going in that direction, we certainly will save the $.20 cents difference or more in the cost of gas. It does add up.

Yah, thanks to stafford oil... Look at any gas station they own or supply, highest prices around. Main reason I no longer give them any of my business. $3.18 in Hooksett right now.

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by Legionnaire70

Yah, thanks to stafford oil... Look at any gas station they own or supply, highest prices around. Main reason I no longer give them any of my business. $3.18 in Hooksett right now.

Followed one of their trucks pulling out of the Circle in Alton, after filling the tanks there. I was on my way to Laconia, and they went to the Airport Deli station. Alton was 5 cents a gallon more than the Airport Deli. Seems strange that the further they get from the refinery, the cheaper the gas. It is always that way with them.

[Happy Gourmand]

Originally Posted by Legionnaire70

Yah, thanks to stafford oil... Look at any gas station they own or supply, highest prices around. Main reason I no longer give them any of my business. $3.18 in Hooksett right now.

Isn't the price at the pump determined by the station operator/owner? I don't think Stafford has anything to do with the final pricing.

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by The Phantom Gourmand

Isn't the price at the pump determined by the station operator/owner? I don't think Stafford has anything to do with the final pricing.

...in this case, the Alton Circle and Airport Deli stations (as well as a few others) are owned by...get ready for the guesses...you get three...and the first two don't count...yep...good job...uh huh...the gig is up...answer #3 is correct: Stafford Oil!!!!!

[Happy Gourmand]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

...in this case, the Alton Circle and Airport Deli stations (as well as a few others) are owned by...get ready for the guesses...you get three...and the first two don't count...yep...good job...uh huh...the gig is up...answer #3 is correct: Stafford Oil!!!!!

Yup, as i mentioned, the prices at the pump are set by the owner/operator. They set them according to what the market will bear, as it should be in a free enterprise society. If you don't like the price, don't buy your gas there, it's simple. They will get the message and either lower them or go out of business.
We were at the lake last weekend, putting the boat away and closing up the cottage...we noticed that gas prices on Rt 104 were actually higher than they were in Nashua. It was not uncommon to see them regularly 15 cents or sometimes more like 20 cents cheaper than the Nashua prices. The previous time we were there, I seem to recall that the prices were the same as Nashua. Are the days of "cheap" gas prices at the lake a thing of the past?

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

I've never understood the obsession with gas prices.

For most people a fill-up is 18 gallons or less (yes, I am aware that there are vehicles with larger tanks). A 30 cent price difference (which is pretty extreme) comes out to $5.40, not exactly a change-your-life amount or something worth going out of your way over.

Most of the time you're talking about a nickel per gallon here and there, less than a dollar difference.

Who cares?

As someone who drives close to 35,000 miles a year commuting, I care.

If I can save even a few cents a gallon without going out of my way, I am all for it. That adds up for me over the course of a year.
For example, on my way to work, I drive by 2 gas stations. They are on the same road, about 5 miles apart. One is usually 10 cents cheaper than the other. Here is my math:
There are 260 work days in a year. Take away vacation time, holidays etc, and I work 227 days a year.
I use 5.7 gallons/day. That 10 cents will save me 57 cents/day. Over the course of 1 year, that 57 cents/day saves me about $129/year. That pays for my XM radio.

[Lakegeezer]

It amazes me that the gas stations in Moultonborough can survive by being so much more than the Irving in Meredith and Cumby in Weirs. Yesterday, got it for $3.19 at the Cumberland Farms while Murphy's, at the top of M'boro neck, was 26 cents per gallon more at $3.45. Is that just a profit hunger or do they just get a bad deal on their gas?

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by chipj29

As someone who drives close to 35,000 miles a year commuting, I care.

If I can save even a few cents a gallon without going out of my way, I am all for it. That adds up for me over the course of a year.
For example, on my way to work, I drive by 2 gas stations. They are on the same road, about 5 miles apart. One is usually 10 cents cheaper than the other. Here is my math:
There are 260 work days in a year. Take away vacation time, holidays etc, and I work 227 days a year.
I use 5.7 gallons/day. That 10 cents will save me 57 cents/day. Over the course of 1 year, that 57 cents/day saves me about $129/year. That pays for my XM radio.

And you're also the exception case with that amount of commuting. And of course, if you don't have to go out of your way to save money, it's worth it. I'm "aware" of gas prices on the street by my house. I'll go to the cheapest station, unless that station is over-crowded at the moment, and then I'll go on to the next one without over-thinking it too much.

So, you're saving a little over $10/mo. I know "it all adds up", but my guess is that you don't really *see* that savings in any measurable way. Be logical about your finances in general, and the price of gas won't be your biggest concern.

[SIKSUKR]

I didn't listen to a lot my father told me that I should have, but I have this one drilled in my head...
"It's not what you make, it's what you keep."

You can apply that to taxes or fuel prices or anything else.

I need to listen to myself more.

[LIforrelaxin]

Originally Posted by Lakegeezer

It amazes me that the gas stations in Moultonborough can survive by being so much more than the Irving in Meredith and Cumby in Weirs. Yesterday, got it for $3.19 at the Cumberland Farms while Murphy's, at the top of M'boro neck, was 26 cents per gallon more at $3.45. Is that just a profit hunger or do they just get a bad deal on their gas?

Mostly just an owner operator trying to see where they can set the price and not lose business....

I see it down here in Ma. All the time... We have a Mobil station just off the highway , and less then a mile down the road are two other stations... The guy right by the highway, is always 10 cents more....then the other two stations... which are also high, generally 5-10 cents off of the general average of the area. But because they are convenient locations they get away with the higher prices.

[upthesaukee]

Played golf over at Lochmere in Tilton. After golf, we checked Gas Buddy, and BJ's was $3.14. Closest in Laconia and Gilford was around $3.22 to $3.24. Some were in the low $3.30's. Got back to Alton and stopped at Hannaford for a few items. Alton Circle (Stafford Oil) was $3.36.

And Phantom, the owners don't care. They get the tourists coming through (convenient in and out) or locals who don't go out of town much. They also have the quick mart, again convenient, and some takeout food, even as they are also overpriced. Oh well.The other gas station in town is always priced the same...too small to get into a price war, which I do believe they would lose.

Several of my friends in town do not buy gas local, or if they do, they don't do a fill up, only putting in a few gallons to tide them over to when they will be travelling to a less expensive community like Gilford, Laconia, Tilton, or even the Farmington / Rochester area.

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

And you're also the exception case with that amount of commuting. And of course, if you don't have to go out of your way to save money, it's worth it. I'm "aware" of gas prices on the street by my house. I'll go to the cheapest station, unless that station is over-crowded at the moment, and then I'll go on to the next one without over-thinking it too much.

So, you're saving a little over $10/mo. I know "it all adds up", but my guess is that you don't really *see* that savings in any measurable way. Be logical about your finances in general, and the price of gas won't be your biggest concern.

Well, I prefer to save a buck or two wherever I can. May not add up to much, but in my mind, I am paying less for something that I need. It's not a huge concern for me, but it is something I think about.

I am a guy who picks up pennies (and all coins) that I find on the ground. Maybe I am cheap, but I like money too much than to leave it around for someone else.

[salty dog]

Originally Posted by chipj29

Well, I prefer to save a buck or two wherever I can. May not add up to much, but in my mind, I am paying less for something that I need. It's not a huge concern for me, but it is something I think about.

I am a guy who picks up pennies (and all coins) that I find on the ground. Maybe I am cheap, but I like money too much than to leave it around for someone else.

I'm the same way and I try to teach my kids the same. I save all my pocket change in a big container. Last summer before one trip to the lake I took it to the change machine at the bank. Took home $125! Enough for a few meals on the vacation!