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Got a question... Can you use a Discover Card gift card on Paypal? Thanks for any comment. My other question... +$0.21 HERE IN THE PAST FEW DAYS (SINCE 12/31/2009). |
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Ye, however you might wanna make sure and wait for someone else to confirm my answer as I am on the fence. Better yet, why don't you give a call to the Discover Card guys because they can give you an answer better...
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YES IT DID!!!!!!!! I work in the oilfield industry and there is absolutley NO REASON for the prices today, there is enough oil in reserves at the refineries that they can't hold anymore therefore cannot produce anymore..
We are actually sending our reserves OVER SEAS!!!!!!!!!!!.. |
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It has gone up in my area as well, when comparing premium gas. It was between 2.60-270 and now it's 2.79-2.89...
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I'm guessing this was supposed to be a thread in General Discussion?.
Http://www.gasbuddy....art.aspx?time=1.. |
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That is a really cool chart!!!!! You can compare up to three different areas and adjust the time period. Thanks for posting that link...
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Good thing I got gas last week...no I didn't use cash.
NO CASH BACK/POINTS or MILES FOR USING CASH.. |
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Yes, oil prices went up as well.
Http://www.oil-price.net/. And we're probably looking at more increases in 2010. Rising gas prices is a reasonable price to pay for a recovery, at least the investments have done better. Remember when back in mid-2008 oil hit 140s and there was fearmongering that it would end the year at 200?. By comparison oil/gas is still cheap now.. |
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I no longer see the correlation..
A couple years ago grocery prices went way up because of increased transportation costs, among other things related. These costs eventually went back down, yet my grocery prices stayed up. Just one example.. I believe that "supply-and-demand" is less relevant than it used to be, and that our economy is now more simply "demand"-based. I've become jaded and skeptical, I guess... |
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I always wonder.
"IF". Their next load of gas will actually cost $0.21/gallon more than their last load of gas.. |
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I know what you mean about rising grocery prices, at least for the quality items I can't do without (fresh produce, dairy).
Yet somehow. BLS CPI numbers. Show a decrease between Nov 2008 and Nov 2009:. Seasonally adjusted changes from. Preceding month. Un-. Adjusted. 12-mos.. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.. Ended. 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009. Nov.2009. Food...................... -.2 .0 -.3 .1 -.1 .1 .1 -.7. Food at home............. -.5 .0 -.5 .0 -.3 .0 .0 [b]-2.9. ETA: can't get the formatting right, the source is the link above. This post has been edited by. Nothingtolose. : 03 January 2010 - 01:50 PM.. |
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Gas price will always go up. Everything else will too....
Cashback cards like PenFed gas card and Schwab 2% card are must nowadays!.. |
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Premium is + $3.40 over here. Way better than $5 it was during summer of 08...
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Yep, now that the public is desensitized, why ruin a good profit margin?.
Prices here range from $2.33 to $2.59.. This post has been edited by. Elizabeth_Speaking. : 03 January 2010 - 02:04 PM.. |
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Yeah, the $0.42 you saved will pay for a cup of coffee and the rewards might get you and extra sugar packet...
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I didn't notice much of an uptick lately. But, I don't think the price of gas has gone down as much in my neighborhood when I've heard everyone else in other cities were celebrating the plummet...
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A $40 fill grants $2 cash back using penfed.
This post has been edited by. TrevorHere. : 03 January 2010 - 05:28 PM.. |
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It has to do with something political that we can't post about..
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How much is the difference in rewards the $0.21 a gallon made? $0.21 on 20 gallons. I doubt his Kia hoolds 20 gallons..
I was speaking about who glad he was that he filled up at the lower price. I know that $0.21 is $4.20 on a $20 gallon fill, it's just that in the grand scheme of things I can't see making a whole post about it in the credit forum and using it as a reason to tell us how you'd pay for it.. I used to worry about a $0.21 increase and think it was news when I owned 5 over the road trucks and used 3500 gallons of fuel a week, but since gas is down from $4 a gallon I don't get too excited about a little jump.. This post has been edited by. 2fast. : 03 January 2010 - 07:08 PM.. |
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Thats actually a part of the reason gas prices go up..
More rewards to Discover credit card users = More Discover card fees to businesses = more expensive products to consumers.. Hmm..... |
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Bite your tongue! Rewards are gifts from Heaven that nobody in this earthly world pays for...
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Only $40.
Somebody is. REALLY. Confused when they think one could only save $0.42. Do they drive a lawnmower???.. |
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So by your own admission a merchant builds in the cost of doing business into price.. So it's wrong to think they build in the cost of your rewards? Oh wait, this is Georgeworld, it's a different reality...
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These recent gas spikes have nothing to do with rewards cards. Merchant fee recovery is a whole other area. And, since this topic really isn't about those and we're headed into the wrong direction here, I think it's done...
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