Old Fashioned Gas War in Ohio Brings Old Fashioned Prices - Cost Hits a Dime a Gallon

AP ^ | AP-ES-12-01-01 0543EST | AP

[TheOtherOne]

Ah, the sweet smell of capitalism.

I love America.

[lowbridge]

bump

[pocat]

Our free market is the envy of the world.

Capitalism rocks!

[B4Ranch]

I recall gas at 14 cents and they gave you a six pack of Pepsi for a fill-up down in Florida in the mid 60's.

[snodog]

As lines grew longer, patience was short. Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies kept an eye out to break up fights and try to maintain traffic flow.

I'm sure there were fights if not complete lawlessness and mayhem. How many children were killed? Women raped? Do we have any number of casualities?

Were any fights reported or is this just another example of media hype?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I recall gas at 14 cents

Of course 14 cents then is about like 70 cents now, and we may get to 70.

[blondee123]

Must be nice in ohio, we in the chicago area are still being ripped off on gas prices, they just rose by 10 to 12 cents in the last 3 days. thanks a lot ILLINOIS for nothing!

[Deadeye Division]

Customers win as gas stations duel (10 cent gas!)

[ken5050]

Some years ago, there was a similar gas war in Long Island...the price had dropped to some ridiculous amoint, like 15 cents a gallon......a gas station owner in PA sent a tanker truck over..he bought 8000 gallons...said it was cheaper than he could buy it for from his distributor.....after that, they limited it to 30 gallons per fill up....

[B4Ranch]

Where's the Pepsi? LOL

[Brian Allen]

TheOtherOne I recall gas at 14 cents and they gave you a six pack of Pepsi for a fill-up down in Florida in the mid 60's.

Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ..........

[Fiddlstix]

I bought gas back in the '50's for 10 cents a gallon. Lots of it lol
They'd give away cokes, cigarettes, plates, towels, etc. to get you to buy at their station.
(ah, those were the days)

[B4Ranch]

It's $1.29 9/10 in Reno today. Diesel is $1.19 9/10. No Pepsi, tho.

[B Knotts]

I'd hate to tell you what the first thing that popped into my head was when I read "Old Fashioned Gas War."

[MissBaby]

Take a picture of the sign showing the price and mail it to the OPEC ministers

[Rodney King]

Where are all the freepers who say that gas prices are arbitrarily set by "big oil" companies?

[Brian Allen]

It was $0.82¢ in Atlanta the other day.

I LOVE AMERICA!

FReegards, Friend

Brian

[B4Ranch]

Those were the days. Yes Sir! I was young and dumb and having a great time!

[GuillermoX]

This is just another evil ploy (Backed by Oilmen Bush and Cheney) to get people hooked on cheap gas. Next time they come to the station, it won't be 10 cents, thus allowing the Oil Companies to make a huge profit.

[Tijeras_Slim]

This will really get the liberal euro-suckups in a knot. Gotta love it!