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    Quote Originally Posted by Street Gerbil View Post
    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.

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    Maybe someone sneakily put the extra gas on their tin while you walked inside - now that would be funny!
    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. I fall for it everytime!

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    Quote Originally Posted by crasherfromwayback View Post
    your gerbil has climbed that far up your arse it's eaten your brain.
    armageddon
    I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!

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    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?

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    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?...

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    Quote Originally Posted by superman View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Street Gerbil View Post
    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.



    That is all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Your Gerbil has climbed that far up your arse it's eaten your brain.

    KB classic right there.

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    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.
    "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

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    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.

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    Play nice, children.

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    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...

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Street Gerbil View Post
    sure enough the meter now reads $88.
    8 is a lucky Chinese number. So 88 is double lucky.
    You wery lucky man!
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    Quote Originally Posted by GingerMidget View Post
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by TrentNz View Post
    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.
    "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

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