CHEATINGat the gas pumps (PRINT OUT YOUR
RECEIPTS!!!)
This email was sent by the LA fire
captain.
This is true. It happened to them three weeks ago
somewhere in Pomona on our way to Pechanga. The pump should have totaled @
$68.00 (and change). When the receipt was printed, and she checked it was $
77.00 (and change).
She got mad, went inside the store,
asked for a calculator and let them do the math. They refunded her. she told
them that if they cheat, they had better make it right. Normally, her husband
would skip printing the receipt. Not her
We saw on the news the
other night that this is
happening everywhere.
Brian
pumped exactly one gallon of gas. The price did not match the cost of one
gallon. It was higher.. He went inside and complained, got a refund.
There is also a number on each pump that you can call and
complain.
This is a true story, so read it
carefully.
I stopped at a BP gas station in GA. My truck's gas
gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was priced at $3.71 per
gallon. When my tank is at this point, it takes somewhere around 14 gallons to
fill it up.
When the pump showed 14 gallons had been pumped, I
began to slow it down. Then, to my surprise, it went to 15, then 16. I even
looked under my truck to see if it was being spilled. It was
not.
Then it showed 17 gallons on the pump.
It stopped at 18 gallons. This was very strange to me, since my truck has only
an 18 gallon tank. I went on my way a little confused, then on the evening news
I heard a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations had calibrated
their pumps to show more gas had been pumped than a person actually
got.
Here is how to
check a
pump to see if you
are getting the right amount:
Whichever grade you are using,
putEXACTLY 10
GALLONS in
your tank, then look at the dollar amount. If the dollar amount is notEXACTLY 10 times the price of the fuel you have
chosen, then the pumps are rigged.
In my case, as I said, the mid-grade was
$3.71 9/10 per gallon; my dollar amount for 10 gallons should have been $37.19.
I wish I had checked the pump. It doesn't matter where you pump gas pleasecheck the 10gallon price. If you do find a station that is
cheating, contact the state Agriculture
Department, and
direct your comments to the Commissioner the info is on the gas
pumps.
Please don't delete this until you have
sent it to all people in your address book. We need to put a stop to this
outrageous cheating of customers. The gas companies are making enough profits at
honest rates.
This is the same thing as the butcher
with his finger on the scale the company has nothing to do with the station
owner's practices. Yes the big oil is making big bucks but the dishonest guy
will still be
dishonest
Course I still have around 10 gallons in the tank when I stop lol