88 cents a l - we are being screwed!

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February-8th-2003, 09:28 PM

Mr. Protege

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88 cents a l - we are being screwed!

I'm not sure about the price of gasoline in your part of the "east", but in Montreal, it has reached ridiculous levels. Why are these companies allowed to operate as one giant monopoly? This just makes me so freaking mad! These guys just magically raise their prices at the same time to the same level, and we're supposed to think that something ain't fishy about it? They are using the current political climate as an excuse to rip off the consumer once again.

February-8th-2003, 10:51 PM

hiredgoon

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76 cents here...
I work at an Esso station and you don't know how many people blame *ME* for the high price

February-9th-2003, 10:59 AM

nightowl

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its 80 cents here now.....glad i don't own a SUV right now

February-9th-2003, 12:02 PM

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I think whats fishy, is the impending war.

February-9th-2003, 12:09 PM

Mik

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76.9 advertised, 73.4 after permanent discount in Edmonton. You guys are not alone.

Do all the gas stations out east offer a 3.5c "discount" also?

February-9th-2003, 12:58 PM

midnightblue97

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Count your blessings. In europe Gas is WAY more expensive. Yeah I complain too, but we're spoiled in North America.

February-9th-2003, 01:39 PM

90210brandon

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Gas out here in Vancouver is terrible too. 81.9 here. It sucks. I take a gas can every Monday now too take all the cheap gas I can. We don't have the 'Save 3.5cent/litr' as in Alberta. I really don't understand that 3.5cents/litr thing, makes no cents.(scents)

February-9th-2003, 01:43 PM

bigbillsfan

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here in london we are sitting at 79.9 cents, it's a fu*kin' joke!

February-9th-2003, 04:17 PM

Radd92ProSE

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86.9 in Halifax

February-9th-2003, 10:06 PM

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Loundarp

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78.9 in moncton, supose to go up like 88.9 this week

February-9th-2003, 11:44 PM

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I don't know what your complaing about but Im paying $1.40 here in the states. Thats by the gallon, I don't know how you Canadians do it? It hasnt been .80 cents here since I was 16.

February-10th-2003, 12:29 AM

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We go by Litres. Damn haven't you people down there heard of the Metric system? hehehe

1 L => 0.26 Gal

It's hovering in the upper 70's in Toronto right now .. might go down for a while tomorrow morning for the commuting people.

February-10th-2003, 10:37 PM

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RA2OR

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86 cents for regular and 92 for premium. 60-something at the Indian reserve with a gas card.

February-11th-2003, 06:19 AM

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Imagine this

0.80 $CAD / liters * 3.785412 liters/US Gallon = 3.03 $CAD / US gallon

3.03 $CAD/US Gallon * 0.6531 $US / $CAD = 1.97$ US / US Gallon.

So you can imagine why we are complaining.

To pay 1.40US/Gallon in $ Cad/Liters = 56.6 cents a liters.

Last edited by Raptor; February-11th-2003 at 07:19 AM.