Interestingly enough, I think I got cheated at the gas pump today.
I’ve been logging my fuel usage on my Honda since I bought in in mid-09 (thank you dallasgasprices.com!).
Let me back up a bit. I don’t normally go to the station on the corner of my neighborhood. The prices are always higher than my other local stations, and the pumps are usually 50/50 on whether they accept debit or credit AND then it’s another 50/50 on whether I’ll get a receipt – which I need for my logging.
However, they recently instituted the .10 Kroger discount. That is to say, if I spend $100 at Kroger, I can get .10 off each gallon of gas. It used to only be at Kroger fuel stations – which there are only about 5 of in the entire metroplex. So when I found out they honored it at my CORNER station, I was pretty excited!
So, I went to get some gas. First warning sign was that the pump was running EXCEPTIONALLY slow. Like, to fill my tank it literally took 14 minutes. That’s a LONG time. BUT, I was getting my discount, and it was around the corner from my house. Well, since I’ve been tracking my fuel usage, I’ve got a pretty good idea how much gas my tank will take. Technially speaking, my tank only holds 13.2 gallons. So, generally, with how I run my refueling – I put about 11 and a half gallons in. If I have more or less run it dry, I may put in around 12 gallons.
So, I was pretty surprised that when my tank was full today, it read that I had put in 13.06 gallons! Odd, since my tank already had 2 gallons in it. So either magically my tank now holds 15 gallons, or their calibration is off on the pump.
So, having been in “the biz”, I went ahead and went to the Texas Weights and Measures site to see how to file a complaint against the pump. Amazingly, they have an online submission form. Pretty cool!
Texas Weights and Measures File a Fuel Complaint Form
They’re supposed to contact me when they find something out. I’ll update then.
Either my last one hundred and one fillups have been wrong, or this one.
Which one do YOU think is weird?
