Cheapest Gas in Raleigh...

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...But you can't have any.

So the story is, I stop for gas on Western Blvd. in Raleigh, near Mission Valley.
I take the gas pump, stick it in my Jeep, begin pumping, and walk inside the station to get a drink. When I come back out I see that it has stopped on $5.53. Assuming that I had gotten another pump that likes to cut out while I pump, I squeeze it again, bang- it stops. squeeze, bang, stops. Over and over until I get to $6.00 worth. I figure that the next pump will work fine so I close out this pump, and wait for the girl at the pump in front of me to finish.

Then I see she is stuck at around $4.00, trying to get it to work. Without either of us thinking to check the gallons pumped, I walk inside to tell the guy his pumps don't work.

He then proceeds to look at his computer, say, "OH NO!" and shuts off all the pumps, including the ones running on two more customers who pulled up. Somehow he had the pumps priced at THIRTY THREE CENTS A GALLON!

Sure enough, I look at both my pump and receipt, and they confirmed that I got 17.696 Gallons of gas for $6.00!

The girl was paying in cash, so she got her price corrected. I had already charged a card though. $0.339 Cents per gallon makes my jeep happy.:driver:
 
CAS22 said:
The girl was paying in cash, so she got her price corrected. I had already charged a card though, so I win. $0.339 Cents per gallon makes my jeep happy.:driver:
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I would have argued that point - the gas was pumped at the price listed on the pump - 33 cents. No one should have been charged more after the fact.

Think of it this way - if you pumped gas at $3.30 per gallon - would you want to walk inside and be told that the price went up to 5.00 during the time you started and finished?
 
lol, several of my friends got in on the cheap gas mistake over at the crown as well.
 
junkman said:
Oh yea, when somebody makes a mistake steal em blind.
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didnt know i was till i was done. Also, under N.C. law you are entering a contract with the station when you start pumping. That girl should have paid the price as advertised when she started pumping.

i didnt try to take advantage of anyone, but im happy that i was the recipient of the mistake.

awheelterd said:
lol, several of my friends got in on the cheap gas mistake over at the crown as well.
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im surprised that it went on for along time. I figured it happened just before i got there. It seems like word of mouth would have had lines down the street in a matter of minutes
 
CAS22 said:
im surprised that it went on for along time. I figured it happened just before i got there. It seems like word of mouth would have had lines down the street in a matter of minutes
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yeah, my buddies cousin called him while he was filling up and he made time gettin there, he filled up his yota for $5 an his cousin filled up his z71 for $7.25.
 
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