I have noticed a pricing trend at the local Road Ranger gas stations. When there is an across the board hike in gas prices (especially if it is a bigger one), the Road Ranger gas stations will not raise the first day of the hike. Instead, the Road Ranger will bring their prices down approximately 2 cents for the first day making them cheaper than the other gas stations. The NEXT day, however, they will SPIKE their prices up to 30-35 cents which puts them much higher than . Finally, on the third day of the increase, the Road Ranger stations will bring prices down 10-15 cents which will once again put them in proximity to their competitors.

I'm not sure who is in charge of the pricing at these stations, but I think this is absolutely ridiculous. I'm not a fan of Road Ranger at all. The local Road Rangers all used to be QuickTrips. I liked the QuickTrip. They were consistently 1-2 cents cheaper than the competition (about the same as Wal-Mart), and they never had such wildly variable fluctuations.

So, if you have a Road Ranger gas station near you and you see their price dip 1-2 cents, you might want to fill up. Definitely don't fill up the next day. By the third day, it doesn't really matter as they will be similarly priced to other stations.