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dont gas up in wilkes

Runkle

Posted 10:12 am, 12/04/2015

Oil Prices plunge as OPEC boosts ceiling
(Everywhere but Wilkes County, that is)

http://www.marketwatch.com/...2015-12-04

betterdays

Posted 8:35 pm, 12/03/2015

Taylorsville 1.97

youlie

Posted 7:12 pm, 12/03/2015

What happened, did a repubican take office in High Point?

smalltownman

Posted 7:08 pm, 12/03/2015

Stations in High Point went from $1.83/84 yesterday to $1.90-$1.93 today!

youlie

Posted 1:35 pm, 12/03/2015

Lenoir is still cheaper and closer for me :)

Runkle

Posted 10:32 am, 12/03/2015

1.81 yesterday at Murphy and Speedway (Formerly Hess) in Ashe County.
Ingles and Quality Plus were still at 1.84.

Hunter, the manager at Hess told me a few months ago that they followed Murphy's lead on gas prices. And that has been my observation also.

betterdays

Posted 10:19 am, 12/03/2015

Yesterday check out gas stations on 18 hwy very little Business 205gal . Eklin 190gal had to wait on pump ,have not filled up in Wilkes in several Years.

Rosestar

Posted 5:11 pm, 12/01/2015

Feel Burger must be the one who accosted me at Food Lion parking lot wanting a few dollars to get back to Boone

redfly

Posted 8:20 pm, 11/30/2015

UUUUlie is probably dumb enough to do it !!!

Feel Burger

Posted 8:10 pm, 11/30/2015

I ran outta gas on Main Street. Anyone willing to drive to Elkin to get me five gallons?

I don't gas up in wilkes.

Rosestar

Posted 6:10 pm, 11/30/2015

Still a few stragglers in wilkes over $2.00

youlie

Posted 9:12 am, 11/27/2015

1.88 at Lenoir yesterday

Rosestar

Posted 2:57 pm, 11/26/2015

Yesterday the Exxon near WCC was $1.99. Finally below $2.00 in Wilkes

cheetah1956

Posted 3:14 pm, 11/24/2015

greedy wilkes co will never be as cheap as elkin or lenoir no wonder retail stores are drying up

youlie

Posted 6:15 pm, 11/23/2015

1.87 in Lenoir

cheetah1956

Posted 11:31 pm, 11/22/2015

oil is down a hundred dollars a barrel from last year and we are still getting screwed some body getting rich yall and its not the consumer lets just cut 25 % out of christmas spending

brushymountains

Posted 5:17 pm, 11/20/2015

FYI Backwater is right about NOT using ethanol containing gas in your lawnmowers, weed eater, generators etc etc-it ruins them as it sits.

george h w b

Posted 4:42 pm, 11/20/2015

$1.95/9 to $1.99/9 in the greater Elkin area today.

youlie

Posted 1:14 pm, 11/20/2015

It was 1.98 in Lenoir last night

Hunter S Thompson

Posted 9:57 am, 11/20/2015

That's what I'm saying. The 50-60 cents a gallon markup is for transportation, taxes, and profit. Sometimes it is as little as 50 cents, but seldom more than 60. Along now the spread is way higher than usual so the retailers must be making abnormally high profit.

Add about 5¢ for transportation from Paw Creek or Friendship, I am thinking that it is about 3¢ for pipeline transportation from the refinery, a profit of a couple of cents for the jobber, and what is left is profit for the retailer. And most don't realize that a tank costs in excess of $50,000 and the insurance that is required to cover spills.

The ones that are controlling the pricing here are Murphy, Hess, and Speedway. They have their own refineries, own stakes in the pipelines and have their own trucking companies to haul it. I know for a fact if you try to undercut Hess/Wilco, they will sell gas below your cost for a few days to remind you who is boss. Lesson learned, do not price your fuel at their price or under, you cannot afford it.

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