Fw: CHEATING AT THE GAS PUMP

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      CHEATING at the gas pumps (PRINT OUT YOUR RECEIPTS!!!)


      This email was sent by a female LA fire captain.

      This is true. It happened to her three weeks ago somewhere in Pomona on
the 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 the difference. She told them that if they
cheat, they had better make it right. Normally, her husband would skip
printing the receipt, but 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. Take
the number and DO IT (CALL AND COMPLAIN)!!

      This is a true story, so read it carefully.

      The writer stopped at a BP gas station in GA. His truck's gas gauge was
on 1/4 of a tank. He used the mid-grade, which was priced at $3.71 per gallon.
When his tank is at this point, it takes somewhere around 14 gallons to fill
it up.

      When the pump showed 14 gallons had been pumped, he began to slow it
down. Then, to his surprise, it went to 15, then 16. He even looked under his
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 since his truck has only an 18 gallon tank. He went on his
way a little confused but then on the evening news he 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, carefully 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 the writer's case, as he said, the mid-grade was $3.71 9/10 per
gallon and his dollar amount for 10 gallons should have been $37.19. He now
wishes that he 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 information on how to do that is printed on the gas pumps.

      Please don't delete this until you have sent it to all the 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.






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