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2 comments Thursday 02 Oct 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

As prices continue to fall here in the Midwest, the South has not yet forgotten the sting and pain that Hurricane Ike brought, roughly 3 weeks ago. Atlanta, GA is still suffering from periodic gas shortages and high prices. The same is occurring in other locations in the South. Here in Michigan it is relatively [...]

0 comments Tuesday 09 Sep 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

We’ve been fortunate here at TheGasGame.com to have overwhelming help from the local media in helping consumers better understand "The Gas Game" and how to fill-up for less. Our predictions can frequently be heard on local media outlets as well as out-of-state outlets. A short list of stations that have used [...]

2 comments Monday 18 Aug 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Status Update

We enjoy working to predict and further understand the “game” behind Grand Rapids gas prices. Further discussion of the Gas Game at GrandRapidsGasPrices.
Ed A. and Patrick D. have been writing and analyzing gas prices since 2001. Ed A. has kept a much more detailed log, while Patrick D. spent most of his time researching and [...]

4 comments Friday 01 Aug 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Commentary

BP has generally been my station of choice for quite some time, but things have slowly been starting to frustrate me with many of the local BP stations (look at GRGP tonight! ALL the high priced stations are BP! ELEVEN!). For one- while they had been typically running 9-cents more for a higher grade, they [...]

3 comments Friday 09 May 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Commentary

As you may or may not know, last night a Citgo station in Kentwood (52nd and Kalamazoo) was priced at $3.87 on the street. However, once at the pump, customers noticed the $2.87 and greedily filled up without saying one word to the station’s employees.
It is appalling to me that this went on for nearly [...]

3 comments Wednesday 23 Apr 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Commentary

My Indiana benchmark has dropped four cents since my last writing, down to $3.69. Is there some reason their wholesale costs are that much higher than Grand Rapids? The station in question in Indiana is definitely a high volume station, so their wholesale costs would be more appropriate to benchmark against compared to a smaller [...]