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(vanity) A reminder when purchasing gasoline....
me | 12/13/11 | me

Posted on 12/13/2011 4:32:16 AM PST by Doogle

..for those of us who must let gas attendants pump the gas in stations, watch for this ripoff. When you ask the attendant to pump a certain amount of gas you expect to get what you pay for...the ripoff works like this You ask for $30 regular, and then go about digging out the cash, retuning the radio, taking a sip of the morning coffee The attendant programs the pump for $28, the pump clicks off when programmed amount is reached, you hand the guy the $30 as requested, and drive off...UNLESS YOU CHECK THE PUMP FOR AMOUNT PUMPED you lose! Try to make it a habit of looking over your shoulder to be sure you got what you requested


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To: rightwingextremist1776
That is why I pump my own gas....and if they won’t let me I go to a different station.

It's not a different gas station, it's a different state, New Jersey.

You have no choice in this demonRAT state and you will notice, that even Mr. Conservative fat boy Christie, hasn't said a word changing this travesty that forces the citizens to have to pay for forced labor.

21 posted on 12/13/2011 5:06:25 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke The Terrorist Savages)
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To: USS Alaska
you will notice, that even Mr. Conservative fat boy Christie, hasn't said a word changing this travesty that forces the citizens to have to pay for forced labor.

Hey, mistah Christie;

Nice little guvnuh's mansion youse got heah. Be too bad if sumpin was ta happen to it.

Ya know what I mean?

22 posted on 12/13/2011 5:10:33 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: BuffaloJack
Also, never buy gasoline when the tanker truck is pumping gasoline into the underground holding tank. You do not want the dirt, leaves, bits of gravel, water and other stuff that is normally resting peacefully on the bottom of the tank to get in your gas tank and plug your filter or worse.

Was there supposed to be a </sarc> tag there?

Look at the the point where the delivery hose attaches to the pump, you will see an expensive fuel filter attached there. Then you have another [inexpensive] fuel filter that should be inline on your car's fuel line.

The biggest enemy to the fuel isn't this alleged "dirt, leaves, bits of gravel" but that damned ethanol - and that is a far greater danger.

Besides, aren't all tanks pumped from the bottom where all of the precipitants are waiting to be drawn in? One would think that the act of filling the tank would stir up and disperse the "dirt, leaves and bits of gravel" not consolidate it provide a concentrated mix of evil.

23 posted on 12/13/2011 5:11:52 AM PST by The Theophilus (Obama's Key to win 2012: Ban Haloperidol)
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To: USS Alaska
I live in Jersey...trust me, you can find the lazy attendants. Just look for one with a phone attached to their ear.
24 posted on 12/13/2011 5:12:10 AM PST by rightwingextremist1776
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To: Doogle
The state I live in allows you to pump your own gas, instead of being nanny a$$ control freaks that force you to have somebody pump your gas. I know some states still have this, but it's still one of the most irritating Big-government stupidities out there.

CC

25 posted on 12/13/2011 5:13:25 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from a lack of wisdom.)
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To: conservativehusker
To me the most intriguing part of New Jersey's gasoline pumping laws/policies is that despite the need for station owners to pay employees to pump fuel, and despite high fuel taxes, New Jersey has lower gas prices than neighboring states.
26 posted on 12/13/2011 5:13:25 AM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25 percent more sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: Doogle

What’s the point of not filling up? You just have to stop for gas again that much sooner.


27 posted on 12/13/2011 5:13:30 AM PST by Turbopilot (iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
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To: BuffaloJack
You do not want the dirt, leaves, bits of gravel, water and other stuff that is normally resting peacefully on the bottom of the tank to get in your gas tank and plug your filter

There isn't a filter before the gas pump? You'd thing they'd want to protect their equipment.

28 posted on 12/13/2011 5:13:33 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: rightwingextremist1776
That is why I pump my own gas....and if they won’t let me I go to a different station

That would be VERY difficult to do in New Jersey.

29 posted on 12/13/2011 5:14:35 AM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25 percent more sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: Doogle

You don’t get a receipt?


30 posted on 12/13/2011 5:15:26 AM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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To: iowamark

There are two.

One is New Jersey and the other is... ...not New Jersey.

Washington, maybe? or Oregon?


31 posted on 12/13/2011 5:15:36 AM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25 percent more sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: Turbopilot

..that is a fill up for me..($30)


32 posted on 12/13/2011 5:18:32 AM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

There is; and they do.


33 posted on 12/13/2011 5:19:07 AM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25 percent more sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: Doogle

Check to make sure you get what you pay for?

Is this really newsworthy?

Could you also post an “article” in Latest *Articles* about counting your change? Giving the wrong change is a much more common scam, and it’s not limited to customers in SUVs or minivans.


34 posted on 12/13/2011 5:21:05 AM PST by edwinland
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To: conservativehusker
What is the reason the state requires someone else to pump your gas?

Creates jobs, don'cha know.

35 posted on 12/13/2011 5:25:40 AM PST by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: edwinland

..under chit chat and posted as vanity....a problem?


36 posted on 12/13/2011 5:26:56 AM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: ItsForTheChildren

you must ask......


37 posted on 12/13/2011 5:30:52 AM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: WayneS

See number 24.....


38 posted on 12/13/2011 5:31:40 AM PST by rightwingextremist1776
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To: WayneS

What is the per gallon price in N.J.? I just filled up in Miss. and it was 2.98/gal. First time it has been below $3.00 in a very long time.


39 posted on 12/13/2011 5:32:15 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: iowamark

Oregon for one. It keeps a few thousand high school drop-outs out of the bread line.


40 posted on 12/13/2011 5:32:33 AM PST by Portcall24
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