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gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)?
#10513600 - 06/15/09 09:19 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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this is an email i recieved. read it.
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I received the following from a friend: This is true. It happened to them three weeks ago somewhere in Lewiston on our way to Augusta. The pump should have totaled @ $38.00 (and change). When the receipt was printed, and she checked it was $ 47.00 (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.
On March 24, 2009, I stopped at a gas station in Lewiston. My truck's gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was priced at $2.21 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 $2.21 9/10 per gallon; my dollar amount for 10 gallons should have been $22.19. 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.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513624 - 06/15/09 09:24 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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fuck.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: elcharrosays]
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513706 - 06/15/09 09:42 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Sounds like a typical bullshit chain mail to me.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/cheating.asp
Yup, looks like variations of it have been going around for at least a year.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513714 - 06/15/09 09:42 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Someone who drives test it out see if it's true.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Glenners]
#10513716 - 06/15/09 09:43 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Glenners said: Someone who drives test it out see if it's true.
If you don't drive, why worry about it?
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513734 - 06/15/09 09:45 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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true, but it's comforting to put things to the test
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: WakeboardrB]
#10513788 - 06/15/09 09:51 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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WakeboardrB said: Sounds like a typical bullshit chain mail to me.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/cheating.asp
Yup, looks like variations of it have been going around for at least a year.
it's not always untrue, I've had it happen twice, pump 25 gallons into a 20 gallon tank, I took the owners manual in and showed the clerk what the tank held, he stuck an out of order sign on the pump and let me go with the gas, second time I had to call the department of agriculture, the came out and calibrated the pumps, fined the store and I got a refund
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: WakeboardrB]
#10513789 - 06/15/09 09:51 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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WakeboardrB said: Sounds like a typical bullshit chain mail to me.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/cheating.asp
Yup, looks like variations of it have been going around for at least a year.
i've noticed some shady shit @ stations in my area. thats why i decided to post it. all i'm saying is: pay attention. better safe than sorry.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513813 - 06/15/09 09:55 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Needless to say, I pay a lot of attention while filling the 32 gallon fuel tank in my Bronco. Mostly to make sure that I can actually afford to fill the damned thing up. I've never noticed any irregularities at all, even while filling up in backwoods hick bumfuck nowhere gas stations in WV.
I'm not saying it is untrue, I was merely pointing out it was a chain mail that's obviously had lots of changes to it over time.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: WakeboardrB]
#10513829 - 06/15/09 09:57 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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man im fucking paying 2.80 a gallon here in ATL its fucking RIDICULOUS!
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: cosmo123]
#10513844 - 06/15/09 10:00 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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cosmo123 said: man im fucking paying 2.80 a gallon here in ATL its fucking RIDICULOUS!
thank god Obama is in office to bring the gas prices down
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513857 - 06/15/09 10:02 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
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.
If they are just recalibrating the pumps to show more gas being pumped than what there actually is, then how would it help to check after 10 gallons whether you are being charged the "right amount" for what you pumped or not? The price will be the right amount for "10 gallons", but if they set it for "8.5 gallons=10 gallons" it will still show a 10 gallon price. I'm confused as to how they claim that works...
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: WakeboardrB]
#10513862 - 06/15/09 10:04 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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WakeboardrB said: I've never noticed any irregularities at all
they can and do happen with the more advanced pumps being required by the EPA it's becoming less common unless it's obvious tampering, there's usually a sticker on the pumps that shows when it was last calibrated, store owners still have keys to access innards and some unscrupulous folks may tinker
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: WakeboardrB]
#10513867 - 06/15/09 10:04 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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agreed. even if it were 100% untrue, its still a good idea to be aware. stores tend to try and get incorrect charges at the register past you all the time. i can go in the same store at each shift, buy the same items, and get different totals from different clerks. alot of them don't expect most people to pay close attention.
alot of people don't realize that you're not supposed to be charged sales tax on motor oil, but some clerks will try and charge you for it. its a pretty common practice.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513872 - 06/15/09 10:05 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've pumped my own gas like three times ever, so I suppose I could be getting fucked, but I doubt it
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513887 - 06/15/09 10:07 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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there was this one station that would not let me buy one single gallon or less of fuel.. I had a motor cycle, I can get far on 50 cents.. I filed a complaint and got a 50 dollar gas card.. Fuck you BP!!
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Boom]
#10513893 - 06/15/09 10:08 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ive never thought of checking that but i do notice when i start pumping the money meter starts running before the gas even starts coming out.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: orison]
#10513904 - 06/15/09 10:09 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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ahahah yeah thank god for OBAMAS change... raising gas prices!!! wooo only cost me 60 dollars a week to fill up my TANK!
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Boom]
#10513912 - 06/15/09 10:11 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Boom said: I've pumped my own gas like three times ever, so I suppose I could be getting fucked, but I doubt it
Fucking New Jersey.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10513917 - 06/15/09 10:13 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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and why wouldn't we be charged sales tax on a sale of motor oil?
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: makaveli8x8]
#10513954 - 06/15/09 10:17 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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because petrolium products are already taxed. you don't pump $10.00 of gas, and then pay another .80 or .90 cents of tax on top of that, do you?
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: jewunit]
#10513973 - 06/15/09 10:20 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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jewunit said:
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Boom said: I've pumped my own gas like three times ever, so I suppose I could be getting fucked, but I doubt it
Fucking New Jersey.
I'm embarrassed when I drive anywhere else, and need to figure out what to do with the gas pump...plus your hands smell like gas after
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Boom]
#10514065 - 06/15/09 10:33 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah, we used to get complaints like this all the time back when I was working in a gas station years ago as a teenager. People would come in with the pump saying they had pumped more gas than their entire tank would hold.
I've had a clerk try and tell me that I pumped 5 gallons into a 3 gallon scooter tank before.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10514082 - 06/15/09 10:35 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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moe.phan said: because petrolium products are already taxed. you don't pump $10.00 of gas, and then pay another .80 or .90 cents of tax on top of that, do you?
so are cigarettes, even says 'all taxes paid' on most of the tax stamps but they charge sales tax anyway
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#10514095 - 06/15/09 10:37 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah, taxes are paid on all products, but there's still going to be a sales tax. The sale is getting taxed, not the product.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: jewunit]
#10514115 - 06/15/09 10:40 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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are you guys telling me that you have to pay sales tax on petrolium products(oil) in your area? thats fucked.
edit: if a qt of oil costs $2.89, then you're supposed to pay $2.89.
Edited by moe.phan (06/15/09 10:41 PM)
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10514142 - 06/15/09 10:45 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I mean I always just assumed so. I figure the price advertised includes tax.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: jewunit]
#10514149 - 06/15/09 10:47 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Additionally by the logic you follow there isn't sales tax on anything since any producer has to pay a tax on the goods they use to make a product.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: jewunit]
#10514205 - 06/15/09 10:56 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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jewunit said: Additionally by the logic you follow there isn't sales tax on anything since any producer has to pay a tax on the goods they use to make a product.
all i'm saying is, a $3.00 qt of oil is the same as buying $3.00 of gas. its still $3.00. not $3.00+.8%(or whatever your sales tax is).
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10514340 - 06/15/09 11:23 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/245.html
You're obviously wrong, and I don't know where you got that idea from. Like I said, it's the same as any other product you buy. Except unprepared food.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: jewunit]
#10514377 - 06/15/09 11:30 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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dude, i'm not saying its not taxed. everything is. what i'm saying is, is you pay whatever the sticker price is. oil or gas. $3 for a gallon of gas is $3 for a gallon of gas. same with oil. if the sticker says $3.50, thats what you're supposed to have to pay. not a penny more.
ofcourse its pre-taxed. there isn't a damn thing in the world that isn't. afaik.
as far as unprepared food, that depends on your state laws. not everywhere is like that.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10514393 - 06/15/09 11:33 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Right, like I said the advertised price includes tax. There's still sales tax on gasoline at the pump.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: jewunit]
#10514411 - 06/15/09 11:35 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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absolutely. like i said before: if your qt of oil says $3.00 on the bottle, you're not supposed to be charged $3.00+.8% at the register. you pay $3.00.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10514439 - 06/15/09 11:38 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I see what you're saying, but this statement is still wrong.
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moe.phan said: alot of people don't realize that you're not supposed to be charged sales tax on motor oil, but some clerks will try and charge you for it. its a pretty common practice.
Don't lead people to believe there isn't sales tax on gas when there is.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: jewunit]
#10514482 - 06/15/09 11:46 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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you just took that the wrong way. thats why i said "some clerks will try to charge you for it." every other one of my posts has said $3.00 is $3.00. not $3.00+ADDITIONAL TAX. wait. maybe i should have said that. additional tax, instead of sales tax. either way, you get it now, right?
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: jewunit]
#10514504 - 06/15/09 11:50 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I like living in Oregon, sales tax can suck a fat nut.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Entropymancer]
#10514548 - 06/16/09 12:00 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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California is going bankrupt, thats why I bought a bike.
lolwtf?
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Entropymancer]
#10514647 - 06/16/09 12:20 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Entropymancer said: I like living in Oregon, sales tax can suck a fat nut.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: psilyguy]
#10515642 - 06/16/09 07:53 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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yah but don't you guys still use wagons down there in oregon
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: WakeboardrB]
#10515647 - 06/16/09 07:58 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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WakeboardrB said: Sounds like a typical bullshit chain mail to me.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/cheating.asp
Yup, looks like variations of it have been going around for at least a year.
In my state, gas pumps are certified and verified by the state-anybody doing anything like this would be in serious trouble PDQ.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Glenners]
#10515679 - 06/16/09 08:15 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Glenners said: true, but it's comforting to put things to the test
Says the person not testing ;p
This would enter the realms of serious fraud.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10515690 - 06/16/09 08:19 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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wow,when ever i get gas i always get a dollar amount like i put in $20 worth and go by that,the dollar thing ticking up to $20...
im gonna start going by the litre to see if they have been calibrated or rigged to rip us off here
i have suspected this before because sometimes 20 dollars fills in about 30 seconds and sometimes it takes longer but i assumed it was pump pressure or something and when it gets to the last 10 cents it slows right down
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: filthee]
#10516100 - 06/16/09 10:10 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Did no one read my post? Or the OP? The way they say to test for it wouldn't work if they are ripping us off in the way that letter says they are...
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: Ima Trooper]
#10516114 - 06/16/09 10:12 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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it depends on how they rig the machine.
the best test is to take a one gallon jug, that has an accurate 1 gallon fill mark. fill it up and see if it matches the price advertized.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: makaveli8x8]
#10516138 - 06/16/09 10:15 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah that would work. You have to have something that you can see into though, they way they were describing it with the gas tank wouldn't work very well, unless you knew your tank was COMPLETELY empty
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: makaveli8x8]
#10516146 - 06/16/09 10:17 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Trooper, I realized that exact thing when reading the article as well. It is fake. This isn't a common occurance. But of course, whenever something is "fucking" over the American public, it has already happened to Pris at LEAST once or twice.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: suburbanned]
#10516147 - 06/16/09 10:18 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: makaveli8x8]
#10516204 - 06/16/09 10:26 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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i'll use a 4litre tin i always fill for the lawnmower
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: moe.phan]
#10516250 - 06/16/09 10:35 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've pumped "13 gallons" into my 10 gallon tank on several occassions, I just thought maybe I was wrong about how many gallons my tank held. I didn't even think about checking to make sure in the manual until I read this post, and sure enough, my tank only holds 10 gallons. I'll have sum wurd ta say next time!
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: RipVanWinkle]
#10516299 - 06/16/09 10:50 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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I got a brand new prepaid gas card as a present once, to make a long story short it had already been used in a completely different state then I live in, and when I called head quarters they just called me a liar and told me I already used it.
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Re: gas stations fucking you over @ the pump(more than usual)? [Re: danielx]
#10516314 - 06/16/09 10:55 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
danielx said: I got a brand new prepaid gas card as a present once, to make a long story short it had already been used in a completely different state then I live in, and when I called head quarters they just called me a liar and told me I already used it.
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