# Gas prices- wtf?

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [October 22, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices-wtf/247796 "2009-10-22T18:39:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices-wtf/247796/16 "2009-10-22T19:17:42Z")

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> [@Couple catches cop speeding](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/couple-catches-cop-speeding/24818/3):
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> That’s because the price is reflecting the costs of producing the oil that’s sitting in the tank.
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> Everybody wants things for as little money as possible and the highest quality possible. :lol Nobody stops to think for a minute about the true costs of producing and marketing something…

The oil in the tanks (actually gas at that point) was already paid for though.

I know the station up the road went up twice today and know for sure they didnt get two deliveries.

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