Dishonest people at the Z gas station, Mt. Wellington

[Street Gerbil]

Heya folks,
guess who is back.
Ran into a really unpleasant situation last week.
Was fueling my cage at Mt.Wellington Z (Ellerslie-Panmure Hwy). Checked the meter - $79. Went in to pay - the cashier asks for $88. Went out to check - sure enough the meter now reads $88.
My wife was in the car and she saw the meter reading jump while I was inside. Apparently that's what the dishonest attendants do to protect themselves from having
to pay out of pocket if someone drives off without paying. They simply key in extra 5-10%.
My suggestion, snap the meter with a cameraphone before walking in. If they will pull that trick on you, the police station is right around the corner.

[MIXONE]

There is no way the attendant can alter the figures on the meter from inside.

[Headbanger]

Pfffttt.

Fucks sake.

[Madness]

You're not supposed to operate electronic devices on petrol station forecourts.

[Virago]

I'd be happy to have confirmation from someone who works in a servo, but I'm also pretty sure it couldn't happen as suggested.

Edit - or can they add two consecutive transactions together? Seems odd to be able to change the pump display remotely though.

[GingerMidget]

I'd like to know how that could happen as well. Have you contacted the head office? This was not policy when I worked at a gas station many moons ago, and there was no way we could change the price from inside either.

[FJRider]

Never heard of it being possible ... or ever happening as you describe.

[MIXONE]

I'd be happy to have confirmation from someone who works in a servo, but I'm also pretty sure it couldn't happen as suggested.

Edit - or can they add two consecutive transactions together? Seems odd to be able to change the pump display remotely though.

It's easy to add two transactions on the computer but it will show on the till receipt.
I repeat there is no way a pump can be changed like that from the inside.

[Bikemad]

best ya get yaself along to specsavers Mr Gerbil

[Flip]

The dispencers don't work that way. The teller can't change the volume front the till.

[tigertim20]

I'd be happy to have confirmation from someone who works in a servo, but I'm also pretty sure it couldn't happen as suggested.

Edit - or can they add two consecutive transactions together? Seems odd to be able to change the pump display remotely though.

I spent a few years working at servos, and I call bullshit.

What CAN happen though, it either you looked at the litres and not the dollars part, or, where there is a pump with two handles (91 and 96) you looked at the little display for the pump you DIDNT use, which displays the last total dispensed, until the handle is lifted to dispense again.

Based on my experience, it is not possible to alter the pump from inside.

[Zedder]

Guess who is back? Slim Shady perhaps....

[Scuba_Steve]

I spent a few years working at servos, and I call bullshit.

What CAN happen though, it either you looked at the litres and not the dollars part, or, where there is a pump with two handles (91 and 96) you looked at the little display for the pump you DIDNT use, which displays the last total dispensed, until the handle is lifted to dispense again.

Based on my experience, it is not possible to alter the pump from inside.

is it possible to swap from 91 to 95 from inside??? that would alter price (but would probably be bigger diff than 9$)

[tigertim20]

is it possible to swap from 91 to 95 from inside??? that would alter price (but would probably be bigger diff than 9$)

No, the pumps sit stop the tanks. On the other hand, if you are Gandalf, anything's possible!

[EJK]

Go to BP <font color="1a1a1a">adasdad</font>

[Crasherfromwayback]

Heya folks,
guess who is back.
Ran into a really unpleasant situation last week.
Was fueling my cage at Mt.Wellington Z (Ellerslie-Panmure Hwy). Checked the meter - $79. Went in to pay - the cashier asks for $88. Went out to check - sure enough the meter now reads $88.
My wife was in the car and she saw the meter reading jump while I was inside. Apparently that's what the dishonest attendants do to protect themselves from having
to pay out of pocket if someone drives off without paying. They simply key in extra 5-10%.
My suggestion, snap the meter with a cameraphone before walking in. If they will pull that trick on you, the police station is right around the corner.

Your Gerbil has climbed that far up your arse it's eaten your brain.

[hellokitty]

Maybe someone sneakily put the extra gas on their tin while you walked inside - now that would be funny! :clap:
When I gas my bike, my husband grabs the pump when I finish, and he always says "Oh I will just put $10 in" and then I go in to pay and the cheeky sod puts $25 in his bike. :killingme I fall for it everytime!

[mashman]

your gerbil has climbed that far up your arse it's eaten your brain.

armageddon

[Headbanger]

What was funny was when I roared into the servo the other night (in the mighty falcon) pulled up at the pump, grabbed the son of a bitch, poked her in teh hole, hit the trigger, fuel started toi flow,hit $5 and stopped, Im thinking fuck, I look at the pump, PRE-PAY, fuck again, I look to the young lady standing by the pump looking really fucking uncomfotable.

I say...uh....was that your $5 of fuel I just stole?

[superman]

If I was to believe the OP's story... then WHAT IF?!

You pull up to the pump, the gas station attendant then puts $88 on the auto fill $$$ without you knowing.

It's not something you look at if you're not using it, so Mr. Car owner starts filling until it plops out at the fill mark $79 of fuel.

Now when the nozzle is placed back onto it's holder will the price stay at the $79 or jump up to the auto fill $88?...

[BMWST?]

If I was to believe the OP's story... then WHAT IF?!

You pull up to the pump, the gas station attendant then puts $88 on the auto fill $$$ without you knowing.

It's not something you look at if you're not using it, so Mr. Car owner starts filling until it plops out at the fill mark $79 of fuel.

Now when the nozzle is placed back onto it's holder will the price stay at the $79 or jump up to the auto fill $88?...

the dollar ammount is directly proportional to the liters dispensed it will stay at 79

[DrunkenMistake]

Heya folks,
guess who is back.
Ran into a really unpleasant situation last week.
Was fueling my cage at Mt.Wellington Z (Ellerslie-Panmure Hwy). Checked the meter - $79. Went in to pay - the cashier asks for $88. Went out to check - sure enough the meter now reads $88.
My wife was in the car and she saw the meter reading jump while I was inside. Apparently that's what the dishonest attendants do to protect themselves from having
to pay out of pocket if someone drives off without paying. They simply key in extra 5-10%.
My suggestion, snap the meter with a cameraphone before walking in. If they will pull that trick on you, the police station is right around the corner.


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That is all.

[carbonhed]

Your Gerbil has climbed that far up your arse it's eaten your brain.


KB classic right there.

[Street Gerbil]

Good to see that after the two years of absence, the spirit of biker's support and comraderie is still intact.
Since the cat is out of the bag and it is obvious that I hold a grudge against innocent thieving basta.... honest folks just trying to make a living,
I suggest you guys organize a counterboycott and only buy fuel from Z. And never ever ever check that the attendant has keyed in the right amount - it is bad luck.
And no I have not complained to the management because I have no proof, it is my word against the attendant's. I did memorise the numbers before walking in to pay.
And yes, I will never buy fuel from Z in my life despite their convenient location.

[GingerMidget]

You sir, are an idiot.

The technology has not changed in gas stations from back when I was one of those poor bastards dealing with morons like you. They have the pump with the info right there, they select it, and you pay. Its a system designed with simplicity in mind, so it doesn't require brains. On either side.

I call bullshit as well.

[SMOKEU]

Play nice, children.

[TrentNz]

i smell bullshit. do you have Alzheimer's
Most people know how much they want to put in e.g. $80.00
imagine if you rocked up to the petrol station and put $80.00 in your car knowing you only had that much in your pocket, then bam get inside and its $88.00
i think people would be fuming.
that and fuels already expensive as it is...

[JustNick]

On a similar but slightly off-topic vein, I had a young fulla at a local servo who actually did try to rip me off. I fuelled up, paid for my gas and then was heading out to leave and he ran out and said the eftpos transaction hadn't gone through for some reason. Fair enough I went in to repay and the little bastard had keyed in $20.00 bucks instead of the $6.00 or so that I actually owed. When pulled up on it he didn't even have the good grace to look embarassed. This part may sound dodgy but I was riding out that way this weekend and someone's burnt the servo down.

[avgas]

sure enough the meter now reads $88.
8 is a lucky Chinese number. So 88 is double lucky.
You wery lucky man!

[Street Gerbil]

You sir, are an idiot.

The technology has not changed in gas stations from back when I was one of those poor bastards dealing with morons like you.

I call bullshit as well.
With this kind of attitude, I am not surprised that you have to write about your employment in the past tense.
Apparently the technology at the pump has advanced enough to compress 42 litres of gas
into a 40 liter gas tank which was not even completely empty.


i smell bullshit. do you have Alzheimer's
Most people know how much they want to put in e.g. $80.00

Nope, Trent, I never do that. I always fill the tank to the brim. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but convenient.
As for Alzheimer's, hopefully it is about half a century away.

[davereid]

$88.88 on a seven segment LCD display...

Processor has had a glitch ?

Urban legend has it that in the early days of electronic pumps, a decent blast of R.F. energy from the High Frequency radio in the work truck would reset the pumps. I couldn't possibly comment.

[p.dath]

Heya folks,
guess who is back.
Ran into a really unpleasant situation last week.
Was fueling my cage at Mt.Wellington Z (Ellerslie-Panmure Hwy). Checked the meter - $79. Went in to pay - the cashier asks for $88. Went out to check - sure enough the meter now reads $88.
My wife was in the car and she saw the meter reading jump while I was inside. Apparently that's what the dishonest attendants do to protect themselves from having
to pay out of pocket if someone drives off without paying. They simply key in extra 5-10%.
My suggestion, snap the meter with a cameraphone before walking in. If they will pull that trick on you, the police station is right around the corner.

My guess is this was a simple mistake.

I don't know anything about the pumps or their internal systems. But one thing is immediately obvious, and that there is no way a large fuel retailer would be making staff pay for drive offs out of their own pocket.

My personal guess is that you looked at the litres delivered, or that the pump that two or more meters and you looked at the wrong one. If your wife saw the meter jump I would be even more suspicious that you were looking at the wrong meter.

[willytheekid]

To be honest...I don't really care if you got ripped off or not (Shit happens...its called life!...AND Ive only had ONE coffee this morning!!)

your sig says it all:

""People are stupid ... almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true ... they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so all are easier to fool."
-- Wizard's First Rule

A wizard huh? :oi-grr:

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/220/wizard.jpg

[avgas]

Urban legend has it that in the early days of electronic pumps, a decent blast of R.F. energy from the High Frequency radio in the work truck would reset the pumps. I couldn't possibly comment.
I can only forsee that working if they were wireless.
5w of CB radio does jack shit to something sitting in a metal box.
Now 20 tons of crap rattling itself to bits 2m from the pump electronics is plausable.

[Maha]

Interesting though...on a recent group ride, we fueled up at Te Kuiti Z.
I went into pay and was suprised that, what I thought I had put in the bike, was in fact several dollars higher when charged.
Got back to the bike and looked at the pump and thought , na somethings not right here, did I pay for someone else?
They can't 00.00 a pump until the previous user has paid right?

[Clockwork]

Don't petrol pumps need to be periodically tested and certified as accurate? Because if so, any ability to over-ride their reading would render the certification process redundant.

[superman]

Interesting though...on a recent group ride, we fueled up at Te Kuiti Z.
I went into pay and was suprised that, what I thought I had put in the bike, was in fact several dollars higher when charged.
Got back to the bike and looked at the pump and thought , na somethings not right here, did I pay for someone else?
They can't 00.00 a pump until the previous user has paid right?

I didn't think so the other day... but then I managed to give a honeymooning couple a full tank of gas for my $30. :msn-wink:

[TrentNz]

Interesting though...on a recent group ride, we fueled up at Te Kuiti Z.
I went into pay and was suprised that, what I thought I had put in the bike, was in fact several dollars higher when charged.
Got back to the bike and looked at the pump and thought , na somethings not right here, did I pay for someone else?
They can't 00.00 a pump until the previous user has paid right?

Ahhh you see, group ride. while you went in someone topped up their bike :bleh:

[avgas]

Interesting though...on a recent group ride, we fueled up at Te Kuiti Z.
I went into pay and was suprised that, what I thought I had put in the bike, was in fact several dollars higher when charged.
Got back to the bike and looked at the pump and thought , na somethings not right here, did I pay for someone else?
They can't 00.00 a pump until the previous user has paid right?
Yep - previous person to you did a runner.
They can zero at any time. They cant change the value however.

[Devil]

Interesting though...on a recent group ride, we fueled up at Te Kuiti Z.
I went into pay and was suprised that, what I thought I had put in the bike, was in fact several dollars higher when charged.
Got back to the bike and looked at the pump and thought , na somethings not right here, did I pay for someone else?
They can't 00.00 a pump until the previous user has paid right?

Pumps usually remember two fills. So if you're first, after you've put the nozzle back another person can grab it and it'll start a seperate transaction. Dont think they can remember more than two though.

[hellokitty]

Ahhh you see, group ride. while you went in someone topped up their bike :bleh:

Lol was Mr Hellokitty there? - he does this to me :killingme

[Edbear]

Lol was Mr Hellokitty there? - he does this to me :killingme

Smart chap... :niceone:

Not quite the same, but Mrs. Bear often pops into the shop for the "Ladies" and by the time I go in to pay for the fuel, she's placed a few items on the counter. Trouble is I pay fuel out of my business account which means a bit of adjusting back in the office...:(

[slofox]

A couple of years ago there was a servo in The Tron who used to "round up" their charges to the nearest whole dollar when you went in to pay. So if the pump read $46.33, they'd charge you $47.00. When challenged, they'd say "Oh it's the rounding!" Business was run by persons of Asiatic extraction with "second language" English. Which didn't work if any arguments were entered into.

Funny thing though, they only lasted a couple of months...I didn't even get a chance to go in there and call the LEO's in.

[tigertim20]

With this kind of attitude, I am not surprised that you have to write about your employment in the past tense.
Apparently the technology at the pump has advanced enough to compress 42 litres of gas
into a 40 liter gas tank which was not even completely empty.


Nope, Trent, I never do that. I always fill the tank to the brim. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but convenient.
As for Alzheimer's, hopefully it is about half a century away.

The pumps will have a certificate of accuracy on them, which says at what time they were tested, and when they are due to be tested again. If you cannot see the sticker, either ask to see where it is, or do not go there.
If the sticker is out of date, dont use the pump, and let them know.

Remember, that pumps do wear out, and the meters require retesting over time - its just as important for the servo owner to have them accurate, as it is equally possible that an error will be in your favour rather than theirs if its innaccurate.

Your wife saying she saw it jump I call bullshit on, for several reasons, one, because i do not beleive it can be done, but secodnly, you said that she was sitting in the car. unless she is a russian contortionist, I dont see how she could see the display from the front passenger seat, when the filler is at the rear of the vehicle, and he seat would be some way forward of the pump .. .

[Crasherfromwayback]

Mmmmmm...

258652

[davereid]

I can only forsee that working if they were wireless.
5w of CB radio does jack shit to something sitting in a metal box.
Now 20 tons of crap rattling itself to bits 2m from the pump electronics is plausable.

Nope.

5 watts will seriously screw up a badly designed microprocessor board no worries at all, even if its in a tin box. There are always wires, displays, power supplies, etc that remove the perceived protection of the box.

Hold your 0.5 watt cellphone near the CRT tube on your computer one day and send a txt.

And the 2kW PEP transmitters ones we had (and every radio ham today still has) could give you a serious electric shock, stop well designed microprocessors, and make neon lights glow.

Ill let you touch the top of the 1/4 wave aerial on my truck one day and let the power of practical demonstration influence you.

[GingerMidget]

Does anyone still have a CRT monitor these days? Mines a touchscreen AIO, and my last was an LCD

[blackdog]

CRT tube

Which decade are you living in?

[blackdog]

Does anyone still have a CRT monitor these days? Mines a touchscreen AIO, and my last was an LCD

Snap. Are you stalking me?

[GingerMidget]

Is yours the awesome HP one? Cos if so, I had it first :bleh:

[avgas]

Nope.

5 watts will seriously screw up a badly designed microprocessor board no worries at all, even if its in a tin box. There are always wires, displays, power supplies, etc that remove the perceived protection of the box.

Hold your 0.5 watt cellphone near the CRT tube on your computer one day and send a txt.

And the 2kW PEP transmitters ones we had (and every radio ham today still has) could give you a serious electric shock, stop well designed microprocessors, and make neon lights glow.

Ill let you touch the top of the 1/4 wave aerial on my truck one day and let the power of practical demonstration influence you.
CRT runs by throwing an electron down a rat race and moving its position with milliwatts of power.
You can create a shock (with 3rd degree burns) with very low amount of power. You can kill yourself with 50mA @ 230V.
If faradays law applies any radio energy that hits a metal box goes around the outside of it. A shock requires either contact or high voltage (from recall 1kv per cm - but don't quote me on that)......so for a truck to shock a pump would probably require a decent alternator.
And there is some dodgey wiring on your truck because I have a 5w Trio repeater station with a 22db dish in my office and I still managed to have kids. I don't do it with the 20w Base - I like not rearranging my organs at a subatomic level.

[p.dath]

The pumps will have a certificate of accuracy on them, which says at what time they were tested, and when they are due to be tested again. If you cannot see the sticker, either ask to see where it is, or do not go there.
If the sticker is out of date, dont use the pump, and let them know.

Funny you should say that. I had an accident with a BP station in West Auckland.

The Petrol pump dispensed more petrol than my car's fuel tank could hold. I went to inspect the certificate of accuracy - and it had been scraped off!
I spoke to the manager inside, explained the situation, and asked to see the certificate of accuracy for the pump. He didn't know what a certificate of accuracy was, or where it would be. His reaction was mostly "Duh".

At the time, our company was a BP fuel card customer, so I contacted their support services. I explained the situation, and again requested to see the certificate of accuracy.

I could never get anyone to respond to my claim, or give me the certificate to site. Eventually we closed our account with BP.

[pzkpfw]

Freakin' hate my local BP. Always seem to wait to pay for my petrol, while someone gets their bloody coffee.

Pop in this morning to stick fuel in the car.

Go in to pay; there's only one person behind the counter; she's at the coffee part, but they sometimes do the petrol thing too, so I go to her.

Just as I do that some guy comes from out back to one of the "normal" counters.

Coffee lady won't let me pay for petrol, and now I have to go wait behind the two people who walked in behind me, who'd got straight to the guy who'd appeared after I went inside.

I know it's a HTFU situation, but it is still bloody annoying.


Sadly the only other local place is a little Shell (soon Z) garge with only two lanes, so you often end up queueing for the pumps anyway.

[BoristheBiter]

Freakin' hate my local BP. Always seem to wait to pay for my petrol, while someone gets their bloody coffee.

Pop in this morning to stick fuel in the car.

Go in to pay; there's only one person behind the counter; she's at the coffee part, but they sometimes do the petrol thing too, so I go to her.

Just as I do that some guy comes from out back to one of the "normal" counters.

Coffee lady won't let me pay for petrol, and now I have to go wait behind the two people who walked in behind me, who'd got straight to the guy who'd appeared after I went inside.

I know it's a HTFU situation, but it is still bloody annoying.


Sadly the only other local place is a little Shell (soon Z) garge with only two lanes, so you often end up queueing for the pumps anyway.

Much better mileage with Z (shell) and at least they are partly NZ owned.

[James Deuce]

Much better mileage with Z (shell) and at least they are partly NZ owned.

Eh? When I spent 3 months comparing each fuel brand, Shell (Z) were by far the worst mileage. How are they partly NZ owned? Creative accounting, nothing more.

[EJK]

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[Zedder]

Eh? When I spent 3 months comparing each fuel brand, Shell (Z) were by far the worst mileage. How are they partly NZ owned? Creative accounting, nothing more.

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund and Infratil bought Shell (Z) off Royal Dutch Shell.

[cs363]

Eh? When I spent 3 months comparing each fuel brand, Shell (Z) were by far the worst mileage. How are they partly NZ owned? Creative accounting, nothing more.


The New Zealand Superannuation Fund and Infratil bought Shell (Z) off Royal Dutch Shell.

What he said^^ http://www.infratil.com/content/view/2902/157/

[MIXONE]

Much better mileage with Z (shell) and at least they are partly NZ owned.

I don't know about the mileage bit but the do have great pies.:2thumbsup

[Drew]

Someone sneaking gas doesn't work. It'd ahow up as two transactions on the receipt.

[tigertim20]

Funny you should say that. I had an accident with a BP station in West Auckland.

The Petrol pump dispensed more petrol than my car's fuel tank could hold. I went to inspect the certificate of accuracy - and it had been scraped off!
I spoke to the manager inside, explained the situation, and asked to see the certificate of accuracy for the pump. He didn't know what a certificate of accuracy was, or where it would be. His reaction was mostly "Duh".

At the time, our company was a BP fuel card customer, so I contacted their support services. I explained the situation, and again requested to see the certificate of accuracy.

I could never get anyone to respond to my claim, or give me the certificate to site. Eventually we closed our account with BP.

you did the right thing.
I look for it when I fuel up - if they arent looking after the accuracy, are they looking after the tanks, or is their fuel full of shit? what else arent they doing right? is the pie warmer full of out of date pies?...

I used to live in a smallish township in marlborough, that had its own petrol station, a BP. Mum would always fill up there. Once here carb got blocked up with crap, and I pulled it apart and cleaned it all up - it happened four times in six months. found out several other people who frequented the same station had the same issue. the cunts werent cleaning their tanks. The mechanic round the corner made a killing off the situation.

anyways thats a bit off topic -

[Drew]

anyways thats a bit off topic -I doubt that's a problem, considering that the OP is total bullshit.

Sir, remove the tube from you cavaty, and step away from the gerbil.

[davereid]

I doubt that's a problem, considering that the OP is total bullshit.

Sir, remove the tube from you cavaty, and step away from the gerbil.

Unless 88.88 is a processor fault... but then computers never crash....

[Drew]

Unless 88.88 is a processor fault... but then computers never crash....If the gerbil inserter had hung up the pump before it changed to $88.88 as he said it did, then it still would have shown up as two transactions.

It also does away with the dishonesty bit, because a pump fault would show up inside on the cashier screen.

There is no way at all, the scenario could play out as has been described. Anyone who does or has worked at a petrol station will say the same, the reason is quite simple. Most people work at petrol stations for limited time, so there is good chance that a lot of those high turn over staff numbers can't be trusted.

[TrentNz]

you did the right thing.
I look for it when I fuel up - if they arent looking after the accuracy, are they looking after the tanks, or is their fuel full of shit? what else arent they doing right? is the pie warmer full of out of date pies?...

I used to live in a smallish township in marlborough, that had its own petrol station, a BP. Mum would always fill up there. Once here carb got blocked up with crap, and I pulled it apart and cleaned it all up - it happened four times in six months. found out several other people who frequented the same station had the same issue. the cunts werent cleaning their tanks. The mechanic round the corner made a killing off the situation.

anyways thats a bit off topic -

You do know how much it costs to clean out their tanks, don't you?:brick:

[Ollie.T]

If the gerbil inserter had hung up the pump before it changed to $88.88 as he said it did

I don't know why you would hang up the pump just before it reaches $88.88... Didn't you know, if you stop at exactly this number, the petrol prices go back in time a few years so you end up paying $1.20 a litre.... or does it do that at 88.88 Litres?

[gammaguy]

Does anyone still have a CRT monitor these days? Mines a touchscreen AIO, and my last was an LCD

CRT here. 19 whopping dripping inches.:eek5:

[gammaguy]

you did the right thing.
I look for it when I fuel up - if they arent looking after the accuracy, are they looking after the tanks, or is their fuel full of shit? what else arent they doing right? is the pie warmer full of out of date pies?...

I used to live in a smallish township in marlborough, that had its own petrol station, a BP. Mum would always fill up there. Once here carb got blocked up with crap, and I pulled it apart and cleaned it all up - it happened four times in six months. found out several other people who frequented the same station had the same issue. the cunts werent cleaning their tanks. The mechanic round the corner made a killing off the situation.

anyways thats a bit off topic -


actually its more on topic than the OP

yours is based in fact,at least it is believable

whereas the story about the bad cashiers altering pump readings is about as likely as John Key making trade unions compulsory and giving solo mums a government funded annual holiday in monte carlo .

[The Everlasting]

Maybe someone sneakily put the extra gas on their tin while you walked inside - now that would be funny! :clap:
When I gas my bike, my husband grabs the pump when I finish, and he always says "Oh I will just put $10 in" and then I go in to pay and the cheeky sod puts $25 in his bike. :killingme I fall for it everytime!


Why has everyone ignored this comment?? As soon as I read the post,I thought that's what happened.


If you have just filled up your car,and then go and pay inside,it's surely possible for someone to steal some gas from the still active pump...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Why has everyone ignored this comment?? As soon as I read the post,I thought that's what happened.


If you have just filled up your car,and then go and pay inside,it's surely possible for someone to steal some gas from the still active pump...

I would've thought with his wife having such awesome eyesight she would've seen that happening.

[nodrog]

If you have just filled up your car,and then go and pay inside,it's surely possible for someone to steal some gas from the still active pump...

not unless when hes finished pumping his gas he leaves the nozzle on the ground. once the pump is hung up, and picked up again its a new transaction.

[avgas]

I wonder if bars were missing from the LCD.
It could be 88.88 on the pump but only showing some other figure.
We have a clock down the road and it said 7:1C this morning as I went past at 8:00

[Bikemad]

i managed a garage for a few years a number of years ago and this,in my opinion,could not have happened as described.
the accuracy of the pumps is not maintained by the garage but is monitered by independent people from weights and measures who show up at anytime without prior warning to check the pumps and issue a cert which should be attached and displayed on the pump

[Drew]

i managed a garage for a few years a number of years ago and this,in my opinion,could not have happened as described.
the accuracy of the pumps is not maintained by the garage but is monitered by independent people from weights and measures who show up at anytime without prior warning to check the pumps and issue a cert which should be attached and displayed on the pumpWho do they bill? Should be the commerce commission, or MTA, or some other governing body instead of the station itself I would hope.

[oneofsix]

Who do they bill? Should be the commerce commission, or MTA, or some other governing body instead of the station itself I would hope.

why would you hope it was someone other than the service station. It is the service stations certificate of compliance or licence to dispense and like all such certificates the receiver pays. The supermarket has to pay to have it's scales similarly certified. Of course in the end the consumer pays.

[davereid]

I wonder if bars were missing from the LCD.
It could be 88.88 on the pump but only showing some other figure.
We have a clock down the road and it said 7:1C this morning as I went past at 8:00

Yeah good point.

The numbers would be correct inside, but at the pump display could be random. Even the bang from hanging the pump could knock them enough to come right.

[oneofsix]

Yeah good point.

The numbers would be correct inside, but at the pump display could be random. Even the bang from hanging the pump could knock them enough to come right.

LCD on a clock is one, non-important, thing. The LCD on the pump is the customer's only indication of cost and therefore important. If the LCD on the pump is damaged the pump should be out of service. Of course this probably takes one of the customers to complain to the attendant as the attendant wont be on the forecourt to notice this for themselves.

[sil3nt]

The BP I usually use has been closed the last 3 weeks after they found fuel was getting mixed in the tanks. God knows how that happened but they have had to dig up all the tanks. Will cost them millions but the next closest station is 2.6km away and its shit so they don't really have any competition.

[Drew]

why would you hope it was someone other than the service station. It is the service stations certificate of compliance or licence to dispense and like all such certificates the receiver pays. The supermarket has to pay to have it's scales similarly certified. Of course in the end the consumer pays.Because the certificate vendor shows up whenever tickles his fancy according to the post I quoted. It should be part of the stations rates, at a set amount according to resource consent given to the business.

How I see it anyway.

[oneofsix]

Because the certificate vendor shows up whenever tickles his fancy according to the post I quoted. It should be part of the stations rates, at a set amount according to resource consent given to the business.

How I see it anyway.

True the certificate check is without notice, same as a restaurant's council food safety inspection, but both will be part of their annual operating expenses, they pay for it to occur sometime in the year they just don't know when it will occur so they can't clean-up their act just for the inspection. This is for your benefit in that you know the servos measures are correct but the servo has to pay for the check if it wants to sell fuel. The whole scheme goes back to the middle ages and ensuring shop traders weren't using plugged weights, used to have to have the kings mark on their weights.

[jasonu]

I wonder if bars were missing from the LCD.
It could be 88.88 on the pump but only showing some other figure.
We have a clock down the road and it said 7:1C this morning as I went past at 8:00

That is about the most believable explanation I have read to this point.

[avgas]

That is about the most believable explanation I have read to this point.
But its not a conspiracy you see.
Doesn't sound as good as petrol dispensing companies ripping of the working man. Or EMP blasting truck radios.
Now those are stories you can bullshit your kids with.

[Drew]

But its not a conspiracy you see.
Doesn't sound as good as petrol dispensing companies ripping of the working man. Or EMP blasting truck radios.
Now those are stories you can bullshit your kids with.

My EMP trigger has a warning on it. "May cause disruption in cell phone coverage, watch operation, and fuel dispensing device meters".

[Zedder]

Perhaps the Gerbil could revisit the station and carry out further investigation.

[Drew]

Perhaps the Gerbil could revisit the station and carry out further investigation.I think he prefers to live in his imagined world, and keeps his visits to reality as brief as possible.