Dishonest people at the Z gas station, Mt. Wellington

[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 is the pie warmer full of out of date pies?...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?

[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.

[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!
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!

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:Me]

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 pump

Who 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.