Gas in parts of Houston $15.00 a gallon!

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Old 09-26-2005, 06:58 AM
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Default Gas in parts of Houston $15.00 a gallon!

and I hear that bottled water is going cheap either... What is it with these crooks???

To these gas stations that are using this situation to gouge customers..
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NO WAY! Post pics of that sign please. I cant imagine anyone going to a place to pay 15 bucks for a gallon of gas...
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if you see it, or get real pictures of it, report it to the Texas Attorney General... go to www.oag.state.tx.us and you should be able to find contact information or an email address that you can send it to... price gouging is against the law and the TX OAG has said that it will not tolerate excessive price increases in the wake of Katrina and Rita.
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Originally Posted by SilverTurtle
if you see it, or get real pictures of it, report it to the Texas Attorney General... go to www.oag.state.tx.us and you should be able to find contact information or an email address that you can send it to... price gouging is against the law and the TX OAG has said that it will not tolerate excessive price increases in the wake of Katrina and Rita.
From what I heard on the news this morning, they are aware of it and plan on jumping their sh$t once this is all over.
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Shut them dooooooooown!
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where was that?? prices by my place haven't changed
Old 09-26-2005, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by white man
where was that?? prices by my place haven't changed
I heard it was "in some places", whatever that means, I haven't seen anything more about it so it must not be very widespread.
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The gas stations here have gone up about 15 cents a gallon on their gas.

If I saw a station selling gas for $15/gallon, I'd stop, walk in the store, ask for the manager, and punch him in the face.
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They will be getting shut down, price gouging is illegal. I remember on 9/11 some place near my town go shut down because of it.
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Gas on this side of town is between 2.63 and 2.99 a gallon, haven't seen anything over 3.00 yet...
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i call that is not legal, didnt happen
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Not much TECH in this thread. Should be posted in the lounge.
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Originally Posted by Patrick G
Not much TECH in this thread. Should be posted in the lounge.

At 15 bucks a gallon, does that increase the octane levels? There, is that better? lol
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Originally Posted by Patrick G
Not much TECH in this thread. Should be posted in the lounge.
When did the Texas Members forum become a TECH forum?

On another note - Saturday Night, the station at Jones/Cypress North Houston was selling gas for $2.88 a gallon... For PREMIUM!! They were out of Reg and Nid, but they had a line of thankful customers.
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Gas is oddly enough cheaper than it was by me.
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Originally Posted by Patrick G
Not much TECH in this thread. Should be posted in the lounge.
if you think this one is bad, read 90% of the posts in this section, hardly any have car related content..just the people who drive them have things in common




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