CHEATING AT THE PUMP

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CHEATINGat the gas pumps (PRINT OUT YOUR RECEIPTS!!!)

This email was sentbythe 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 pumpto see if you are getting the right amount:

Whichever grade you are using, putEXACTLY 10 GALLONSin your tank, then look at the dollar amount. If the dollar amount is notEXACTLY10 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 pleasecheck the 10gallon price.If you do find a station that is cheating, contact the stateAgriculture 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

ps: received this email from a friend, thought I'd share. Price gouging is definitely going on. About three weeks ago I feeled up at BJs and the price was 3.869 everybody else was a few cents more, than 2 weeks ago BJs was still 3.86, the others were still going up. Last week BJs was still 3.869, and others where at 3.999 and up. The other day BJs was still at 3.869 and the other gas stations all of a sudden started coming down a few cents a day. Right now the gas station, one block from BJS, which was already up to 3.999 has come down to 3879.