Gas War Pushes Prices Below $2 A Gallon In One Texas City
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Gas War Pushes Prices Below $2 A Gallon In One Texas City
A gas war has pushed the price of a gallon of gas to less than $2 a gallon in one Texas city.
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(October 23, 2008)—A gas war in Harlingen has pushed the price of a gallon of gas to less than $2.

The gas war started when an H-E-B grocery store in Harlingen lowered its prices to $1.99 a gallon, a nearby Stripes convenience store went a penny lower.

Christina Machado was among the happy customers, saying she can't remember the last time gas cost less than $2 a gallon.

An H-E-B gas station manager wouldn't comment about the gas prices.

Texasgasprices.com Thursday listed four stations in Harlingen selling gas for $1.98 a gallon and identified others in the city where gas was selling for just a few cents more.

The highest prices in the state Thursday were in West Texas, where gas is still selling for close to $3 a gallon, the Web site said.

Texasgasprices.com

Latest Comments

Posted by: Nana on Oct 24, 2008 at 08:44 AM

Gas is 1.98 a gallon in Burleson at the Racetrack.
Posted by: me Location: here..now on Oct 23, 2008 at 11:03 PM

How far is Harlingen again????? I'm happy to see it under $2.50
Posted by: roy Location: copperas cove on Oct 23, 2008 at 01:14 PM

What this means is that the reason the price is higher other places is that the dealers want to hang on their inflated profits like they have been doing for a long time,NOT because of the price of oil which is what OPEC has been saying for a long time!
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