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
In Oregon, you'd have to drive to a different state.
That is a fairy tale, the gas is filtered before it even gets to your tank. Leaves..gravel...you believe in the Easter Bunny and Santa too don’t you.
When I was in northern NJ around Thanksgiving the price averaged about $3.15. At the same time, it was about $3.19 in PA, and closer to $3.50 in NY. MD was about $3.30 and at home in Virginia it was around $3.19.
The cheapest I saw on the way to work this morning was $3.15.
see #17
Nope. The underground fuel tanks are sealed. There is at least one sealed cover (many have two) over the the filler neck and the opening itself has a sealed and locked cap.
When the tank truck attaches it is sealed and locked at the fill neck. When the driver is through dropping the load he will "stick" the tank to ensure the proper volume was dropped. On the last foot of the measuring stick the driver places a paste that detects water. If there is any water it is noted and recorded. Water will be pumped out if detected.
On top of that, most underground storage systems have water detection systems that can record as little as 1/2 inch in a 16,000 gallon tank. There are also leak detection systems under the tanks (the tank is not buried directly into the ground). If a leak is detected the contents will be tested for any contamination.
As the gas is pumped to a vehicle, it passes through three filters in the system before reaching the filler neck of the vehicle.
Something similar happened to me in my mid 20s. I went to a Mom and Pops gas station in Winston Salem. I put low grade gas- 11 gallons worth and was charged on my cc for 25 gallons of premium. The fat bastard actually argued with me even though my car only held about 13.5 gallons.
The owner showed up by the time I started screaming. I was eventually given the difference in cash and the owner sided completely with the liar. I went to every car at a pump on their lot and explained to every woman that they were a target for dishonesty by the employees there simply for having breasts. I also went back to the owner and asked him how he could sleep at night knowing how the thief who worked for him had access to his cash drawer.
I never went back and I certainly spread the word. If that jerkstore got disentigrating testicular cancer, I would hardly have felt a molecule of sympathy. Sorry SOB, hiding behind his boss’s apron.
New Jersey has lower gas prices than neighboring states.
Because their taxes are less per gallon.
http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/upload/Gasoline-Tax-Map.pdf
http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/upload/gasoline-diesel-summary.pdf
Their taxes on virtually everything else are incredibly high, but they keep their fuel taxes low.
Thank you for the correction.
It came up under “Latest Articles”. Did FR somehow post it in the wrong place?
In Massachusetts, some towns require that at least one pump per station be full service. My wife never pumped her own gas (that’s probably the only reason she married me) until she and a girlfriend (she says it was a girlfriend) drove up to Maine to shop at the outlets and she needed gas on the way home.
As I recall, Massachusetts was one of the first states to allow self-service, around 1970, when New York and most other states still outlawed it.
I went to fill up at Sam’s last Saturday. The price on the pump was $2.95. After filling up, I went in the store and saw that the price advertised was $2.88. Everyone buying gas was screwed out of seven cents per gallon. A lot of seven cents adds up. I told someone in the store that the pumps needed to reflect the advertised price. Don’t know if it was changed at the pump.
It’s bad enough to be forced to pay $3+ per gallon but when you have a chance to save some money, you feel like you’re being lied to and taken advantage of when a situation like the above occurs.
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