Quote:
Originally Posted by JTirak
Here is how to check a pump to see if you are getting the right
amount:
Whichever grade you are using, put EXACTLY 10 GALLONS in your
tank, then look at the dollar amount, if the dollar amount is
not EXACTLY 10 times the price of the fuel you have chosen,
then the pumps are rigged. In my case as I said the mid-grade was $3.71
9/10 per gallon, my dollar amount for 10 gallons should have been $37.19.
If I had only check the pump. It doesn't matter where you pump gas, please
check the 10 gallon price. If you do find a station that is cheating,
contact the Georgia Agriculture Department, and direct your comments to Tommy
Irvin, Commissioner. In other states contact proper
authorities.
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If the pump is not calibrated, how do you know that you are putting exactly 10 gallons of gas in your tank? The problem seems to be not that they are charging you more for gas, but rather giving you less gas than they tell you they give you.
There was a recent article on that same subject,
http://www.thestate.com/business/story/386823.html
My favorite part of the article, "
Bob Wolfram knew something was wrong when the pump he used in Davenport, Iowa, showed he put two more gallons of gas into his tank than the tank holds.
“I was low, but it wasn’t negative,” said Wolfram, a 54-year-old engineer"