12-02-2005, 08:25 PM | #1 | ||
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What, if anything, should I do about this?
This afternoon I go to a shell station to put gas in my car. I take a tenner to the cashier and say 'ten dollars from pump 8'. I go pump the gas ... the price is $2.49 a gallon. So for ten dollars I should get a tick more than 4 gallons. Instead, the pump stops at $10.00 and 3.98 gallons. That's 2.51 a gallon ...
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12-02-2005, 08:28 PM | #2 |
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Was the price $2.499 a gallon? If so, it should barely be a tick over 4 gallons. Weird that you only got 3.98 though.
Edit--To me it wouldn't be worth it, but you may want to report it to the gas company (i.e. Exxon or whatever) since it's not a lot of money to you, but it could be a Superman III/Office Space thing where somebody's trying to get rich. Last edited by Raiders Army : 12-02-2005 at 08:29 PM. |
12-02-2005, 08:29 PM | #3 | |
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I think you can report that to your state's dept of weights and measures. The gas station will get heavily fined.
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12-02-2005, 08:39 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, I think that's a scam that some stations run, and I agree with CraigSca - weights & measures would probably like to hear about that.
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12-02-2005, 10:12 PM | #5 | |
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12-03-2005, 02:46 AM | #6 |
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Neat stuff, sort of. I'd be curious to see what it says when you report it, particularly if you have a receipt to back it up.
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12-03-2005, 03:03 AM | #7 |
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I've known for quite sometime that shell stations run up their gas gauges. sure 2-3 cents more doesn't seem like much.. but take that x the 100k+ who fill up their daily.. thats alot o cash
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12-03-2005, 09:30 AM | #8 | |
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My first thought was 'ha, ha it would be so silly to go back to the cashier and demand .08 cents back' but then I realized that if it was another penny or two per gallon sold that they were ripping off the public for a minor fortune. If I had paid with a credit card, or if the price had been 2.59 or 2.39 I would not have noticed this. I will look into weights and measures. |
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12-03-2005, 09:50 AM | #9 |
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Freakin' New Mexicans...
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12-03-2005, 10:29 AM | #10 |
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I never thought about it. I'm a have to carry a calculator with me... ain't no shame in it St. C. I'm a start doin' it too. Those dang theives
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12-04-2005, 05:03 AM | #11 |
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Man, i cant believe you are still paying 2.49(or 2.51) a gallon.
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12-04-2005, 05:06 AM | #12 |
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Id go back to the same station, and take your digital camera. That way you'd have more solid proof to report them with. Some places charge a couple cents more per gallon when you pay with credit cards, perhaps she had you on that rate as well?
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12-04-2005, 09:55 AM | #13 | |
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No kidding, it's down to $1.92 out here...
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12-04-2005, 09:59 AM | #14 | |
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Really? I wasn't aware of that. |
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12-04-2005, 10:02 AM | #15 |
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I paid with cash; had I paid with a credit card I wouldn't have noticed a discrepancy.
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12-04-2005, 11:36 AM | #16 | |
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It's about that inb New Jersey now, too. |
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12-04-2005, 11:57 AM | #17 | |
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Yeah, i know you paid with cash, what im saying is that some places charge a slightly higher rate if you pay with a card.....perhaps the cashier rang in your prepay incorrectly. Most likely, yeah, they're ripping people off. |
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12-04-2005, 12:08 PM | #18 |
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I've never heard of "Weights and Measures" before. Is it a local govt office?
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12-04-2005, 12:13 PM | #19 | |
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12-04-2005, 12:13 PM | #20 |
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