Hello All!

The worse the economy, the worse is the proliferation of crooks out there!
See below for some good advice.

Not a bad idea to use the 10 gallon rule.

CHEATING at the gas pumps (PRINT OUT YOUR RECEIPTS!)

This is true. It happened to them three weeks ago somewhere in Pomona on
their way to Pechanga. The pump should have totaled {at} $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 also 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 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 amount is not EXACTLY 10
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 - 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.

It's very easy to do just stop the pump at 10 gallons and see if the
price shown is 10x the price being shown per gallon.  I know that most
of us would not miss the few cents or even the few dollars that might
disappear that way, but it is the principal of the thing that we are
being cheated by unscrupulous individuals.  If they are cheating you,
then think how much extra they are receiving from the thousands of folks
that stop there on a monthly basis.  Nice little retirement fund for
them and an unnecessary extra expense for us.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+