CHEATING AT THE GAS PUMPS?!!

[snowflower]

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

This email was sent to me by a friend whose cousin is the Ridgetown, Ont. Fire Captain.

This is true. It happened to them three weeks ago somewhere in Ridgetown on
our way to Kingston. 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 liter of gas. The price did not match the cost of
one liter. 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  Chatham. My truck's gas
gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the regular grade, which was priced at $0.885 per liter.
When my tank is at this point, it takes somewhere around 45 liters to fill it up.

When the pump showed 45 liters had been pumped, I began to slow it down. Then, to my surprise,
it went to 50, then 55. I even looked under my truck to see if it was being spilled. It was not.

Then it showed 60 liters on the pump. It stopped at 62 liters. This was very strange to me,
since my truck has only a 65 liter tank. I went on my way a little confused,
then on the evening news I heard a report that 1 out of 10 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 LITERS (recalculate for gallons if in USA)
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 $0.885 per liter; my dollar amount for 10 liters
should have been $8.85. I wish I had checked the pump. It doesn't matter where you pump gas,
please check the 10 liter price (or 10 gallon price). If you do find a station that is cheating, contact the MTO,
(or if in USA - that directorate) and direct your comments to the Commissioner, the info is on the gas pumps.

We need to put a stop to this outrageous cheating of customers.
The gas companies are making enough profits at honest rates.

[disneyland lady]

This same email is posted on Snopes saying it has some true info and some false. The amounts were different in the one on snopes.

[Hocky]

I dunno about charging me MORE...but I have seen on our local news stations where gas stations have messed up and charged LESS, thereby causing mass hysteria from people lining up for a mile and clogging up the gas station trying to fill up their tanks for the cheap price. ( I dont remember the price).

Most people know how many gallons or liters that it takes to fill up their vehicles, so I find it hard to believe that someone would let it go over and NOT complain about it.  The pumps around here are supposedly inspected every year for their accuracy.  I suppose someone could go and alter that if they really wanted to cheat someone.