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TxJeans Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,517 Points:366,280 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 28, 2012 4:32:20 AM Ignore TxJeans Report Abuse This would be easier than full history of pricing for a station as suggested by Gaspricepasser. How about a icon next to the price for a station. If the new price for a station were higher there would be a flag/icon with a ? and if the price was lower ? and if same ?. It could be right next to the price.

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This would be easier than full history of pricing for a station as suggested by Gaspricepasser. How about a icon next to the price for a station. If the new price for a station were higher there would be a flag/icon with a ? and if the price was lower ? and if same ?. It could be right next to the price.

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gaspricepasser Champion Author Miami Posts:3,904 Points:503,365 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 7:22:43 AM Ignore gaspricepasser Report Abuse My suggestion of having a historical graph of a station's prices, would be similar to the way that the website tracks overall national and area-by-area gas prices, e.g. prices rising, falling, holding steady. There is already a daily average price for every area, and graphs that show its changes. I would just like to be able to see the data for a particular station on a graph overlaid with the area pricing, to see which stations are clearly gouging customers.
TxJeans Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,517 Points:366,280 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 3:31:39 PM Ignore TxJeans Report Abuse "I am not clear on what practical reason the indicator would serve. Knowing that the current price is higher lower or the same as a previously reported price really will not influence whether I buy or not. If my car needs gas I buy at the best current price, not the price it was in the past. "Actually, I tend to watch prices and trending in different areas of my route and time my fillups. Yeah - I know - market timing is wishful thinking. Just read Gaspricepasser's suggestion which would be harder to implement and thought that an indicator just like we have the regional indicator of steady, rising or falling.
TxJeans Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,517 Points:366,280 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 3:27:49 PM Ignore TxJeans Report Abuse Would you please explain why you would have the same icon for three different situations? Or by the use of "?" do you mean different icons that you haven't specified, e.g. ?, ? and ?. Hmm - when I looked it showed as the arrows - not sure how they ended up as "?" rather than the arrows I intended, but I think you picked up what I was trying to type in this limited format. I thought I used the right alt codes. Oh well. Hmm, again my arrows don't show. I give up. [Edited by: TXJEANS at 4/29/2012 6:28:31 PM EST]
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,177 Points:3,249,945 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 3:43:34 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse I agree with maxstar. If I'm looking for gas today I could care less what the price was yesterday.
maxstar Champion Author Chicago Posts:18,465 Points:806,620 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Apr 28, 2012 6:14:43 PM Ignore maxstar Report Abuse I am not clear on what practical reason the indicator would serve. Knowing that the current price is higher lower or the same as a previously reported price really will not influence whether I buy or not. If my car needs gas I buy at the best current price, not the price it was in the past.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,948 Points:3,030,065 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Apr 28, 2012 11:37:57 AM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse So you're suggesting that in conjunction with every gas price post, there be an indication that the price of gas - at that particular gas station - has gone remained the same, lowered, or raised. Correct? And what happens if there was no posted price being updated? That is, what if a station hasn't been listed recently and a member posts a price as a new posting, or posts a price from his/her favorites' list? That means that there is no same-higher-lower icon? But, realistically, why does it matter if a gas price is higher or lower than what it was before? Forgetting that I can generally determine if prices are changing by my normal passing gas stations and observing, I'm buying for today, not buying based on what a gas station had before. Just because a gas station's prices today are different than previous, a station's price staying the same, rising, or lowering isn't going to determine if I should buy fuel at that station; the price of fuel at the current time is what determines if I should buy at that station at this time. Not changing icons (or dancing gas pumps or oil cans, or animated full-service attendants, etc.).
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,444 Points:1,561,975 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Apr 28, 2012 10:26:15 AM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse You suggestion has been added to the Suggestion Tracking List as a new subject. Would you please explain why you would have the same icon for three different situations? Or by the use of "?" do you mean different icons that you haven't specified, e.g. →, ↓ and ↑.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,177 Points:3,249,945 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Apr 28, 2012 4:33:52 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Does it really matter?