Gas, only fill to 10 gallons then

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Please read this!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/cheating.asp



Cheating at the gas pumps

(PRINT OUT YOURRECEIPTS!!!)


This is true. It happened 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, it was $ 77.00 (and change).

We went inside the store, asked for a calculator
and let the man do the math. They refundedus.

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.

On April 24, 2008, 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 pump to see if you are getting the right amount:

Whichever grade you are using, put EXACTLY
10 GALLONS in your tank, then look at the dollar amount. If
the dollar amo unt is not EXACTLY 1 0 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. Please
check the 10 gallon price.

If you do find a station that is cheating, contact the
state Agriculture 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.