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Posted on 08/29/2014 11:40:23 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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An old friend called me immediately after receiving my email on this topic to tell me that HE could have written this email as the EXACT same thing had happened to him a few days ago.
Now here's the really interesting added wrinkle to this SCAM: He indicated that he's convinced that these crooks have not only jiggered the pump monetary calculation mechanism but HAVE ALSO TAMPERED WITH THE VOLUMETRIC MECHANISM, CAUSING THE CUSTOMER TO GET FEWER GALLONS THAN THE AMOUNT INDICATED ON THE PUMP!!
The impact of that is, of course, that reading the $ amount on the pump for the first gallon -- EVEN IF IT DOES MATCH THE ADVERTISED PRICE -- WILL NOT SAVE ONE FROM THIS OUTRAGEOUS SCAM!
I suspect this is a nationwide situation and it is time to get the state folks who police these devices to get out there and do their jobs!
PS: We'll be carrying a precisely measured and approved 1 gallon gas can in the car and the first gallon of periodic fill-ups at even our REGULAR station will go into that can, which can will then either be emptied into the vehicle tank or brought home to fill the lawn tractor tank! If we find we're being shorted, we'll IMMEDIATELY be in touch with the state agency tasked with keeping these crooks honest!
To: Dick Bachert
“That particular SHELL station was being operated by 2 men from India.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if Muslims would do this and not have one lick of conscience about it. But these were Indians, eh?
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:42:47 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Dick Bachert
Why isn’t this in breaking news?
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:43:39 AM PDT
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
To: Dick Bachert
thx for the heads up....I’m going to keep my eyes open....
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:44:28 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: Dick Bachert
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:45:41 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
To: Dick Bachert
I called the local Department of Agriculture (weights and measures division) from my cell phone immediately waiting for them to show up. They did, some 20 minutes later. Yeah, right.
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:47:55 AM PDT
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: MrB
Though I know you already know this, Indians can be muslims too.
To: MrB
I wouldnt be surprised if Muslims would do this and not have one lick of conscience about it. But these were Indians, eh?There are about 140 million mooselimbs in India.
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:49:36 AM PDT
by
Captainpaintball
(Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation)
To: Dick Bachert
Just a guess, but the stations that are most likely to do this would be the independent ones; the stations that have surprisingly low prices (relative to nearby gas stations) I would think.
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:50:00 AM PDT
by
Paulie
(Get off the grid.)
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To: RoosterRedux; Captainpaintball
I was “envisaging” (Rush ref) my fellow freepers carefully explaining that these were “Indians” and not necessarily “Muslims” if I jumped to that conclusion,
which I did, BTW.
It’s OK to cheat the infidel - they have absolutely no guilt about it.
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:51:33 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: FoxInSocks
If I called the Dept. of Ag. in Michigan or Illinois, I’d be overjoyed if I only had to hold for twenty minutes.
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:53:32 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: MrB
I wouldnt be surprised if Muslims would do this and not have one lick of conscience about it.
I don't think the lack of conscience would be assignable by race, color, religion, ethnicity, country of origin or whatever. Crooks are crooks.
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:53:46 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: MrB
But these were Indians, eh?Curry or Casino?
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:53:53 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: FatherofFive
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:54:27 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Dick Bachert
Good catch. The other night at Chevron I noticed that the final fill mark on my odometer readout was far less than the amount that the pump says I pumped. In effect, I paid more and got less.
Do some stations rig the metering on the pump to overstate the actual amount of gas pumped into the car?
I saw the state weights-and-measures truck at a local gas station last week checking calibrations.
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:58:36 AM PDT
by
Rio
(Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
To: Dick Bachert
I called the local Department of Agriculture (weights and measures division) from my cell phone immediately waiting for them to show up. They did, some 20 minutes later.
I think they meant “20 days” later...
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posted on
08/29/2014 11:59:14 AM PDT
by
Currentriverrat
(People are calling our President the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, that's not allowed is it?)
To: Dick Bachert
Check the all beef hot dogs also. It could be someone’s mother.
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:00:28 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: Dick Bachert
If you know the amount within ONE TENTH of a gallon and the price is $3.50 a gallon, you’re getting screwed out of 35 cents.
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posted on
08/29/2014 12:01:28 PM PDT
by
VerySadAmerican
(Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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