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Old 07-12-2023, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MrFlorida View Post
Have you been to the gas station or the food store recently ?
Yup. Gas was $2.94 this morning at BJ's, which is where I get my gas. That's 4 cents lower than it was a week ago. It was $2.98 for around a month. It was consistently over $3.00 before that.

As I posted in response to MichaelG, the *price* that you pay as a customer, when inflation rates drop, is up to the seller. They're getting things cheaper, it's up to them to decide whether or not to reduce their retail price keep the higher margins.

Last edited by OrangeBlossomBaby; 07-13-2023 at 06:53 AM. Reason: It was MichaelG, not Michael61. Auto-type always puts numeric before alphabetical. Didn't catch it. Sorry.