Over the course of the past year, we've heard the complaints.

"20 dollars doesn't even give me a full tank. I fill up on 45 dollars," Lansing resident Samyah Abdulla says.

We've even heard the horror stories.

"A lot of people are choosing between eating and getting to work," Lansing resident Norma Coryell says.

Perhaps,finally, some relief at the pump comes with news of the prices of a barrel of oil dropping to 106 dollars. The thought of relief seems completely valid based on the news...right? Wrong. Prices have gone up this week from last by nearly 15 cents, leaving nearly everyone wondering why.

"If it's down then why are we still paying the high prices?" Abdulla asks.

The President of the Michigan Petroleum Association, Mark Griffin, says he has the answer.

"The primary reason is that while barrels of oil have come down 27, almost 28 percent in cost, the cost big oil retailers are charging gas stations has only come down 11 percent," Griffin says.

Griffin adds that wasn't the case last Spring when a barrel of oil was also going for 106 dollars. At that time though gas prices for motorists were just $3.25, which has a lot of people wondering where to place their blame.

Griffin says you probably shouldn't blame your local gas station for their high prices because they're actually losing money on the gas too.

"They're losing probably a nickel a gallon on gas right now," Griffin says.

But as for the question, who's fault is this? Griffin says the big oil companies.