Gas prices, gas taxes and FL vs GA

Took a trip to J-ville this afternoon. Aside from the usual idiots on
the road - such as the woman at the T-intersection making a Florida Left
Turn (get out into the intersection and wait for the light to turn red
to stop oncomming traffic and then make your turn) who decides to freeze
in the intersection like a deer in the headlights, I had a relatively
interesting observation on gas prices and the notion that gas is
"cheaper," in GA because of its "low," gas taxes: I gassed up here in
Brunswick before leaving and the price was in the $2.83 to 2.87 range at
most stations around here. In the area of J-ville where I went to (the
Phillips Highway area; note: Phillips Highway = US 1) I noted the gas
prices in J-ville to be in the $2.83 or so range also. And this is with
FL's nortoriously high taxes.

Can't help but think that there is a little gouging going on here in GA,
especially as I see many of the gas stations here being given rather
expensive facelifts and/or receiving new LED price signs to replace the
manual signs they have used for years.

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necromancer

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necromancer wrote:

> Can't help but think that there is a little gouging going on here in GA,
> especially as I see many of the gas stations here being given rather
> expensive facelifts and/or receiving new LED price signs to replace the
> manual signs they have used for years.

My experience, living near the VA/WV border leads me to believe that
border stations in lower gas tax states raise their prices relative to
gas stations further from the border, while gas stations in the higher
gas tax state lower their prices relative to gas stations further from
the border. I can't say if the same situation exists near the GA/FL
border though.

Arif Khokar:
> necromancer wrote:
>
> > Can't help but think that there is a little gouging going on here in GA,
> > especially as I see many of the gas stations here being given rather
> > expensive facelifts and/or receiving new LED price signs to replace the
> > manual signs they have used for years.
>
> My experience, living near the VA/WV border leads me to believe that
> border stations in lower gas tax states raise their prices relative to
> gas stations further from the border, while gas stations in the higher
> gas tax state lower their prices relative to gas stations further from
> the border. I can't say if the same situation exists near the GA/FL
> border though.

I noted the gas prices at Exits 3 and 1 on I-95 just before entering FL
and the prices were about $0.07 - $0.10 less than in Brunswick (FWIW, I
gassed up at Exit 38 on I-95). Go across the line to Exit 380 in Yulee,
FL and the two gas stations there tend to have significantly higher
prices - even by FL's standards.

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