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Re: Getting Ripped Off for New Jersey Gasoline: Inaccurately Calibrated Pumps

dylan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:42:44 -0000

hate to tell you but if your car is overpumped, it is A LAW, you still have to pay!. Law enforcement vieww this as "you eventually would of had to buy more gas" so you have to pay. I work at Getty 56250, and it has happened to me, pumps are machines,THEY HAVE FLAWS! a customer asked for 20 i set the pump, the pump overran to 40, so i told the guy he still had to pay, and he gave an attitude, so i called the police, and he was given 48 hours to bring back the difference in cash.

Re: Getting Ripped Off for New Jersey Gasoline: Inaccurately Calibrated Pumps

Jim — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:50:11 -0000

I recently stopped in Pole Tavern Exxon in woodstown NJ to get gas. I had $10 on me and asked for $10 cash. As i was waiting it seemed like the pump was running longer then ususal for $10, so i looked over and glanced at the pump to find it had just passed $30! I jumped out and shut off the pump, and the attendant comes over, and i said i asked for $10 cash, he processed to yell you said fill up you pay now!! I said i did not say fill up, i told you $10 cash. NO NO NO you said fill up you pay for it now!! Then he proceds to turn the pump back on and put more gas in!!!!!!!!!! I said what are you doing???? i told you $10 stop putting gas in!!! The guy gave me an attitued, and was condesending and almost gloating, i know he did it on purpose, and the fact he added more gas after i had already stopped it just proves it, not to mention really ticked me off.
If i did not catch the pump when i did it would of probably be $80 bucks or more to fill up. I had $10 in my pocket, if i did not have a credit card on me what was i suppsed to do? And the best part is he give me more crap when i handed him a credit card. There was a reason i told the guy i wanted ten bucks cause maybe thats what i had? Im not going there again,

Re: Getting Ripped Off for New Jersey Gasoline: Inaccurately Calibrated Pumps

The Happy Rock — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:58:18 -0000

Thanks for pointing out the map and the link, I had this on my todo list! Now I will just link it! None of my gas stations are on there.

Re: Getting Ripped Off for New Jersey Gasoline: Inaccurately Calibrated Pumps

James — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:30:28 -0000

If you read the report, there were 62 violations out of 1,023 for "meters out of tolerance (more than 6 cubic inches)". Most of the other violations are just dumb.

A gallon is 231 cubic inches. Tolerance is +/- 2.6%, apparently. It doesn't specify if the gas station was accidentally giving you more gas. Perhaps there are a few bargain stations on this list :-)

Re: Getting Ripped Off for New Jersey Gasoline: Inaccurately Calibrated Pumps

Patrick — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:59:45 -0000

I would be very upset if I had frequented a gas station doing this. I understand the margins on gas are extremely small, but the seals on the pumps are there as a guarantee and to instill trust.

I actually have most of my gas receipts going back about a year or so. I write the mileage on the receipt and put it in an envelope to track my gas mileage. Every so often I make sure everything is normal. They would most likely be useless though because I doubt anyone could prove how long this had been going on...