Cheating at the Gas Pump?
- From: "US 71" <us71@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:24:44 -0500
Received this in my e-mail over the weekend. Anyone have confirmation of
this?
Subject: Watch it at the gas pump
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:37:05 -0500
Not everyone I am sending this to lives in Missouri but I have heard of
ithappening all over. Keep an eye out! Dear Friends: Yesterday I learned
from a fellow Freemason of two instances where gas station owners are
setting their pumps to start at $1.25 instead of $0.00 when you buy fuel
at their stations. The first instance happened to my fraternity brother
himself at the Phillips 66 station in Harrisonville, MO, across from the
Cass Medical Center. When my friend lifted handle out of it's holder and
pushed the 87 octane button he happened to glance at the screen which
shows how much you've been charged and how much you've pumped prior to
pumping any fuel at all. The amount pumped was zeroed out, but the price
screen read $1.25. He attempted to clear this and the amount charged
always remained at $1.25. A gentleman pulled up on the opposite side of the
pump and started to fuel his vehicle when my friend warned him about what
had just occurred on his side of the pump. The same exact thing happened
on the other gentleman's side of the pump. They both shut off their
respective pumps and went in demanding to see the owner. The owner
pretended that he didn't understand what was happening and spoke to them
in broken English as he was obviously Middle Eastern. Both men left him
and his station without purchasing any fuel. My friend was relating this
story to one of his customers at his place of business when the customer
stated that the exact same thing had happened to him at the Valero gas
station located at Highway 7 & Walnut in Blue Springs, MO. The pump
simply went to $1.25 before any fuel was pumped at all. When the man
attempting to fuel his car went into the station to report the problem
there was another Middle Eastern man in charge of the station who
pretended to be busy on the phone and refused to speak with the man
attempting to report the problem. He, also, left without purchasing any
fuel. The next weekend my Masonic brother was returning from a fishing
trip to the Lake of the Ozarks when he stopped for fuel in Warrensburg.
There was a man wearing a state of Missouri uniform checking the pump
next to the one my friend was using. My friend approached the official
from the state and relayed his stories about the two gas stations with the
pumps that wouldn't zero out for amount charged when first turned on. The
state official took down the locations of the two stations, stating he was
very familiar with the one in Harrisonville doing this as they'd had to
fine him before for overcharging. It seems it's a common practice among
some station owners to assume that most Americans who use fuel cards don't
look at the pump screens before they fuel their vehicles. The refore, the
station owners will receive an additional $1.25 per purchase 24 /7/365 to
put in their own pocket as profit. The official stated that he would
report the instances to his supervisor. The following Friday the same
state official came to my friend's place of business and reported that
they had busted BOTH gas stations for charging too much on purchases made
at their stations and that they would both receive hefty fines. He told
my friend that there is supposed to be a 1-800 number on each side of a
pump where people can report fraud to the state if they believe a station
is overcharging. I am sending you this not to spread rumors about Middle
Eastern gas station owners, but to warn you to be very vigilant when buying
fuel. Always LOOK to see that both the amount of fuel pumped and the
amount charged have zeroed out prior to pumping your fuel. None of you
receiving this are millionaires, so I know you don't want to spend an
additional $1.25 each time you purchase fuel. Stay alert and don't get
taken at the pump.
.
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