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25. Where are all the media stories about the price of gas???

Reply to Beachnutt (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 08:00 PM

Mar 2023

I paid $2.98 a gallon yesterday. Not a peep from the media about how low the gas prices are. I'll bet if it were $.50 a gallon they would still not talk about it because it's more exciting to rile up the public about gas and egg prices!

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The price of eggs is back down here [View all] Beachnutt Mar 2023 OP

Here too, but your prices better than mine, elleng Mar 2023 #1

Here in Fresno CA. ItsjustMe Mar 2023 #2

That picture is in wal mart Arlington Tx Beachnutt Mar 2023 #3

$3.50/doz. At Aldi last week. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #4

I paid around $2.80 at my Aldi Siwsan Mar 2023 #6

Kroger is ridiculous with all their pricing, as is Walmart. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #8

My kitcats DESTROYED their baseball house!! Siwsan Mar 2023 #10

Lol SheltieLover Mar 2023 #12

Carys let me pick her up THREE TIMES today! Siwsan Mar 2023 #16

Awwwwww SheltieLover Mar 2023 #22

awwwwww niyad Mar 2023 #18

Not here. 3.49 dozen is the cheapest that I have seen. And there is something niyad Mar 2023 #5

Walmart prices here are crazy high! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #9

I noticed their higher prices on a number of things. 20# scoopable kitty litter niyad Mar 2023 #13

Everything is super expensive at Walmart here, too. Bagels were just 1 example. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #17

Their business model of running out the competition, and then screwing niyad Mar 2023 #21

Of course! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2023 #32

Welcome to our DU family. I mainly shop at King Soopers, Natural Grocers niyad Mar 2023 #33

There is a Trader Joe's here, but it's 30 mi. each way. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #37

a troll, apparently. Made a snarky comment about Hillary, but I doubt that was niyad Mar 2023 #38

Ooooh. Lol SheltieLover Mar 2023 #39

No. About her picture in my sig line. niyad Mar 2023 #40

Weird. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #41

I had a feeling that poster would not last long. niyad Mar 2023 #44

You have great instincts! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #45

I'm psychic! niyad Mar 2023 #46

I know! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #47

I'm glad I have chickens. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #7

.21 cents an egg here Beachnutt Mar 2023 #11

Lol! BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #26

Several of my friends have chickens. But they are just starting to lay again. Still niyad Mar 2023 #15

Mine will often lay through the winter, but they tend to hide them during the cold months for some BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #28

I buy them by the 18 count. hippywife Mar 2023 #14

"Eggs are complicated" TlalocW Mar 2023 #19

All I can say as a longtime chicken owner, is that they are magnificent birds. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #27

Show girls. Beachnutt Mar 2023 #30

Oh! Every bit of it! BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #36

Makes sense, commodity price peaked two months ago Amishman Mar 2023 #20

prices are continuing to rise. I see it every single time that I am in the stores. niyad Mar 2023 #23

Where are all the media stories about the price of gas??? llmart Mar 2023 #25

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2023 #29

Welcome to DU. n/t GP6971 Mar 2023 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Beachnutt Mar 2023 #35

My bougie eggs are back down to $5.99 SYFROYH Mar 2023 #34

With a couple of local store gimmicks Silver Swan Mar 2023 #42

Soooooo jealous!! niyad Mar 2023 #48

I paid over $5 the last time I bought eggs, kept putting it off Rhiannon12866 Mar 2023 #43