Letting my car run down to fumes is not something I do very often, but it happened to me this week in Shreveport.

Erin McCarty
Erin McCarty
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My maintenance light came on Thursday (time for oil change) and then Friday morning my low fuel light came on. Those lights were dueling with each other. I ignored the fuel light on the way to work because it's so dang early when I go to work each morning.

So as I leave work (near Pines and I-20), I plan to pull into Murphy Oil at Walmart and filler up. But that was not meant to be. There were long lines at each pump. So I pull up to Pines Road and decide to go to the Circle K right next to Wendy's, but it is roped off and completely closed for renovations. The only other option nearby is the Pines Road Exxon.

So I pull out onto Pines and make the U-turn to go over to the Exxon. I pull up to the pump and put my credit card in the pump. I didn't even notice the price at that point.

Some Shreveport Gas Stations Are Charging Crazy High Prices for Gas

But then as I began to fuel my car I notice the price on my "regular unleaded" gas said $3.66. I did a double-take and looked back to see if I saw it wrong and it really said $2.66. Nope, it really was $3.66. At that point I'm shocked and wondered if I missed something. Did prices just spike up dramatically since my last fill up?

Erin McCarty
Erin McCarty
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Nope. It's just what they are charging at that station. So I put a couple of gallons in the tank and drove off. I will fill up somewhere else.

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Have you found some local stations charging crazy high prices in Shreveport Bossier? I wonder why this is happening. It's not like this is a neighborhood station. This is right on I-20. What motorist would pull in and pay $3.66 when the price at Walmart is under $3.00 a gallon? What am I missing here? I guess maybe they really don't want to sell gas at that station. But perhaps they are running low. Who knows.

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