Thanksgiving gas prices fall to lowest levels since pandemic, with nearly 30 states below $3 a gallon

We had a short run of $2.49 a gallon a couple weeks ago, $2.39 if you paid for the store's discount card.  Now back up to $2.59/ $2.69.

Question:  What is the downside of buying that discount card?  It goes against my nature to do so, but if it wouldn't have a downside???  Appreciate any non-Trump, non-MEGA replies to this.  Just in general, do you purchase the discounts?

Candy

Most gas stations have those points type systems now. The one I use a lot nets me 2 - 3 free large pizzas a year. I also use upside primarily on food now and have $35 in my account. 

We get most of our gas at the Kroger backed grocerey store.  Always 3 cents off and the more you spend on food the more you can save on gas. 30 cents a gallon is not uncommon an have gotten as high as 60 cents for us.  The wife and I often fill up together.  30 gallons a fill up at 30 cents off seems like real money and it's free to sign up

I do the same thing.  When I drive down to Nevada, I always stop at a Smith's store in either Utah or Nevada.  Usually Utah prices are a little lower.  For my next trip, I have enough points to get $1 off a gallon going to and from my home state.  Take care

Nice Robert.   We use Smiths as well in Nevada.  Otherwise we go to Costco.   Always cheaper than other gas here in So. Cal.  

Well, the downside would be if you don't purchase enough gas to save enough money to justify the purchase of the card. 10 cents a gallon is somewhere between $1.50 and $2.00, so you wouldn't recoup the cost in a hurry. 

I'm kind of surprised to see those cards offered for purchase. The discount cards offered up here are free. Fred Meyer, a large PNW grocery and other goods retailer, has a free card and an escalating gas discount depending on how much you spend. If they're your primary store, your spending can get you 10 cents a gallon off. Not bad. But you get .03/gal just for having the card.

All that is kind of negated, though, by the existence of Pilot and Flying J, which are always much cheaper, and Space Age and Astro. There's often as much as a 25 cent savings. I'm baffled by the variance, given that they all purchase their gas from the same wholesalers.

Thanks, guys.  I think I'll do it.  

Candy

Yep, gas was cheap during the pandemic....and after the 2008 financial crisis too.  
cheap gas is an attribute of a shitty economy.

congratulations

It comes down to how much actual benefit the discount card offers. In Portland, the cheapo gas stations and the interstate truck stops offer much better prices than any other retailers that offer discounts. That said, grocery chains that sell gas (and offer discounts for loyal customers) are the next cheapest option.

Your mileage may vary (rim shot).

But seriously, folks...the website Gas Buddy is the best way to locate the cheapest gas in a given area.

By Miller logic (which of course slavishly follows that of the Turd), if no one can afford food, that's the sign of a bigly economy.

Millerscum is celebrating the drop in gas prices that happens every year in the fall when travel slackens. And it's happening even more this year because people who can't afford food aren't likely to be doing much traveling.

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