WARNING ~~~~RIP OFF AT THE PUMPS

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[Dick Bachert]

An old friend called me immediately after receiving my email on this topic to tell me that HE could have written this email as the EXACT same thing had happened to him a few days ago.

Now here's the really interesting added wrinkle to this SCAM: He indicated that he's convinced that these crooks have not only jiggered the pump monetary calculation mechanism but HAVE ALSO TAMPERED WITH THE VOLUMETRIC MECHANISM, CAUSING THE CUSTOMER TO GET FEWER GALLONS THAN THE AMOUNT INDICATED ON THE PUMP!!

The impact of that is, of course, that reading the $ amount on the pump for the first gallon -- EVEN IF IT DOES MATCH THE ADVERTISED PRICE -- WILL NOT SAVE ONE FROM THIS OUTRAGEOUS SCAM!

I suspect this is a nationwide situation and it is time to get the state folks who police these devices to get out there and do their jobs!

PS: We'll be carrying a precisely measured and approved 1 gallon gas can in the car and the first gallon of periodic fill-ups at even our REGULAR station will go into that can, which can will then either be emptied into the vehicle tank or brought home to fill the lawn tractor tank! If we find we're being shorted, we'll IMMEDIATELY be in touch with the state agency tasked with keeping these crooks honest!

[MrB]

“That particular SHELL station was being operated by 2 men from India.”

I wouldn’t be surprised if Muslims would do this and not have one lick of conscience about it. But these were Indians, eh?

[Dog]

Why isn’t this in breaking news?

[cherry]

thx for the heads up....I’m going to keep my eyes open....

[thackney]

This email claim has been going around since 2008.

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/Cheating-At-The-Pumps.htm#.VADKQPldV8E

[FoxInSocks]

I called the local Department of Agriculture (weights and measures division) from my cell phone immediately – waiting for them to show up. They did, some 20 minutes later.

Yeah, right.

[RoosterRedux]

Though I know you already know this, Indians can be muslims too.

[Captainpaintball]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Muslims would do this and not have one lick of conscience about it. But these were Indians, eh?

There are about 140 million mooselimbs in India.

[Paulie]

Just a guess, but the stations that are most likely to do this would be the independent ones; the stations that have surprisingly low prices (relative to nearby gas stations) I would think.

[MrB]

I was “envisaging” (Rush ref) my fellow freepers carefully explaining that these were “Indians” and not necessarily “Muslims” if I jumped to that conclusion,

which I did, BTW.

It’s OK to cheat the infidel - they have absolutely no guilt about it.

[1rudeboy]

If I called the Dept. of Ag. in Michigan or Illinois, I’d be overjoyed if I only had to hold for twenty minutes.

[oh8eleven]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Muslims would do this and not have one lick of conscience about it.
I don't think the lack of conscience would be assignable by race, color, religion, ethnicity, country of origin or whatever. Crooks are crooks.

[FatherofFive]

But these were Indians, eh?

Curry or Casino?

[MrB]

Dot or Feather?

[CivilWarBrewing]

Good catch. The other night at Chevron I noticed that the final fill mark on my odometer readout was far less than the amount that the pump says I pumped. In effect, I paid more and got less.

Do some stations rig the metering on the pump to overstate the actual amount of gas pumped into the car?

[Rio]

I saw the state weights-and-measures truck at a local gas station last week checking calibrations.

[Currentriverrat]

I called the local Department of Agriculture (weights and measures division) from my cell phone immediately – waiting for them to show up. They did, some 20 minutes later.
I think they meant “20 days” later...

[bmwcyle]

Check the all beef hot dogs also. It could be someone’s mother.

[VerySadAmerican]

If you know the amount within ONE TENTH of a gallon and the price is $3.50 a gallon, you’re getting screwed out of 35 cents.