getting ripped off at the pumps

[hershy314]

Normally I wouldn't post this but I do find it to be true, I have noticed this a couple times but always was in a hurry so I never thought about it. Has anyone else noticed this?

CHEATING at 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, put EXACTLY 10 GALLONS in your tank, then

look at the dollar amount. If the dollar amount is not EXACTLY 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 please check the 10 gallon 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

[n8ball2013]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/cheating.asp

[Bmike]

lol that shiz happened in 2008.

[Bump4life]

hahahha n8. always on top of things on the web

[Trey_Dog650]

lol april 2008

this story has been getting around like a cheap hooker!

[hershy314]

funny how its been around for 4 years and yet this is the first I've heard of it.

[Blue]

Funny thing is I used to live next to Pomona and can see this happening. Shady town.

[Maxim]

funny how its been around for 4 years and yet this is the first I've heard of it.

You probably don't have too many friends who send chain e-mails.

Stuff like this is a prime example of why people need to do their own research on stuff. They hear something on TV or read something online and take it for fact.

[Baydestrian]

LOL even more so @ "pumped exactly one gallon and the price was higher!", lulz everybody knows the price isn't per gall, its 9/10 of a gallon. Sneaky bastards!

[HypnotizedMind 91666]

its the price per gallon.. 3.71 and 9/10 means youre basically paying 3.72 but its for one gallon