[StBernard] Fuel Cost
Westley Annis
Westley at da-parish.com
Mon May 12 13:01:36 EDT 2008
BOYCOTT CITGO/EXXON AND IF IT AIN'T MADE IN AMERICA BY AMERICANS THEN IT
AIN'T SQUAT
Ben
----- Original Message -----
> With the cost of fuel I thought you all should know about this. I
> received
> it today and just had to share it with ya'll.
>
> This is a true story, so read it carefully. On April 24, 2008, I stopped
> at
> a Kangaroo BP gas station, located at 1325 Main Street, Cartersville, 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 gallon's 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 had been pumped. It stopped at almost
> 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, and
> 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 $3.719 per gallon, my dollar
> amount for 10 gallons should have been $37.19. If I had only check 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 Georgia
> Agriculture Department, and direct your comments to Tommy Irvin,
> Commissioner. In other states contact proper authorities, as shown on
> the gas pump.
>
> 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. The gas companies are making enough profits at honest rates.
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