Here's a realistic way to get the best gas prices in (at-least) most middle
sized communities:

Make us of www.gasbuddies.com - they have many local sites that provide
local gas prices - so you chose the lowest gas price without driving
everywhere to check it out pump prices. It works because locals report the
prices they encounter in their respective communities.

For example, I go to www.winnipeggasprices.com - and I can find the best gas
price price locally. It's a good free service, and I can often save 4 or 5
bucks by choosing to buy my gas at the best price.

So, if there is a local gasbuddiessite - I encourage you to report and to
view the local gas prices - it's one way we can save some money - and unlike
the "Ronco Food Savers" - it doesn't cost money to save money.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Marshall" <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 09:08 PM
Subject: Re: Gas went up $0.13 a gal overnight what's up?

> It went from 55.9/l to 63.9/l here in Quesnel - I drive a 85 Golf TD for
> most of my driving... a load cheaper!
>
> David Marshall
>
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> 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road
> Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of John Rodgers
> Sent: March 7, 2002 7:57 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Gas went up $0.13 a gal overnight what's up?
>
>
> Spencer Allen wrote:
>
> > Filled up last night at $1.16 and this morning same station it's $1.29.
> > Didn't see or hear about this coming. Figured gas would go up in the
> spring
> > but 13 cents overnight? It looks like some expensive traveling this
> summer.
>
> Fuel here in Birmingham area where I buy mine jumped overnight from 97.9
by
> 6
> cents in some stations and 9 cents in others for a high of $1.09.9.
>
> From what I can tell so far the overnight increase occured all over the
> eastern
> and southeastern US. Gouge, Gouge, Gouge.
>
> Also, recently banks in the Birmingham area have instituted a "service
> charge"
> of $3.00 to cash a check at the teller window. This applies if the check
is
> on
> their bank from one of their account holders to you, but you, the
possessor
> of
> the check,  don't have an account with them. Gouge, gouge, gouge.
>
> Electronic collections between banks still elecit no charges ---- yet.
Just
> a
> matter of time before they find a way, I'm sure.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver