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BayFly Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 02 Sep 2014 Posts: 1710 Location: Austin/Flour Bluff
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:09 am Post subject: Gasoline prices |
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Although not directly a fishing post, it's certainly applicable. Corpus Christi
gasoline prices are being held much higher than almost anywhere else in the state, although the manufacturing is in Corpus Christi. Regular is as low as $2.04 a gallon near Austin, whereas it is at least $.50 higher per gallon in Corpus Christi. It's generally caused by the local distributors are very greedy.
San Antonio has much lower prices, as well. |
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TexasJim Horse Mullet

Joined: 13 Jan 2020 Posts: 169 Location: Rockport
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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I'm convinced it's a greedy scam. Especially before a holiday weekend. I was just in Rockport, and the lowest prices are $2.48. Non-ethanol is $3.24! Gee, we can leave out the 10% corn juice, and charge almost double! Regular goes up and down $0.50, and non-ethanol goes up and down a nickel! Why? Because they can. Apparently, Consumer Protection is non-functional, or maybe in on it. TexasJim _________________ TexasJim
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awesum Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 1042 Location: El Rancho Jones
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 6:51 am Post subject: |
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This is something that's bugged me for years. We're right here where it's refined but constantly pay 10˘ - 15˘ more per gallon. What gets me is you might fill up here then see gas 12˘ less in some podunk hill country town with a population of 524.
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Johninaustin Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1105
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Please tell me where I can get gas near 2.04 around Austin. The cheapest gas I know of is at QT, $2.48.
Corpus prices are almost always lower than anything I can find around here.
(Keep in mind, Corpus may have a city gas sales tax) |
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Central Scrutinizer Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Posts: 3572 Location: Flour Bluff
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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My biggest beef with gas prices -
They go up and down, in unison!!!!!!! City-Wide. Based on the Law of Competition, this is IMPOSSIBLE.
Doesn't matter if it's Stripes, HEB, Exxon-Mobile, Chevron, Circle-K, 7-11, they all go up and down in price, in concert, every Monday morning.  |
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BayFly Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 02 Sep 2014 Posts: 1710 Location: Austin/Flour Bluff
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| Hi Johninaustin, the day I posted the thread regular at the Costco in Kyle was $2.04 a gallon, but today it's $2.45 a gallon. In addition, Costco rebates 5% cash on their gas sales, thus the price difference is greater then what is on the pump. Traveling to and from Austin and Corpus Christi I normally stop at the Kyle or Selma Costco for gas. If I'm careful I don't usually need to accommodate the CC gas thieves. Go to gasbuddy.com to see the various gas prices all over the U.S. You can look at prices in any city, and at specific locations within. |
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TexasJim Horse Mullet

Joined: 13 Jan 2020 Posts: 169 Location: Rockport
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Glory be! The non-ethanol gas in Rockport went down $.30 to $3.15! When I moved to the Coastal Bend ten years ago, I was told that ALL gas in this area comes from the Valero refinery on 281. If so, that's how the whole market can be dictated to go up en masse. Maybe not true. Probably someone here should know. We're still better off than Commifornia. TexasJim _________________ TexasJim
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CopanoCruisin Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 1055 Location: West shore of Copano Bay
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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TexasJim, you are close on where our local gas comes from, absolutely Valero (where I retired). Although Flint Hills and Citgo both are also major producers of local gasoline. Each fuel supplier to the local area has their own recipe of specifications and additives for their brand of gasoline. Just saying…..Smokey
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