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06-05-2008, 12:01 PM | #1 |
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| TEXAS...The REAL Cost of Gas I thought this was interesting enough to share. It is from a friend in Texas. ARTICLE FROM TEXAS DEPT OF AGRICULTURE Cheating at Gas Pumps This is a true story, so read it carefully. On April 24, 2008, I stopped at a Exxon gas station, located at Balcones Drive and Parkcrest Street , Austin , Texas. My truck's gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was priced at $3.71 per gallon. When my tank is at this point, it takes somewhere around 14 gallons to fill it up. When the pump showed 14 gallons had been pumped I began to slow it down, then to my surprise it went to 15, then 16. I even looked under my truck to see if it was being spilled. It was not. Then it showed 17 gallons had been pumped. It stopped at almost 18 gallons. This was very strange to me, since my truck has only an 18-gallon tank. I went on myway a little confused, then on the evening news, I heard a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations had calibrated their pumps to show more gas had been pumped than a person actually got. 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 Texas Department of Agriculture, and direct your comments to Todd Staples, Commissioner (512-463-7476). In other states contact proper authorities. Last edited by sammiz; 06-05-2008 at 12:04 PM. |
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06-05-2008, 12:03 PM | #2 |
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| hmmmm they are probably ripping us off here i ny too
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06-05-2008, 12:11 PM | #3 |
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| Great post!! I would have never thought of that!!! I will be on the look out!! |
06-05-2008, 12:19 PM | #4 |
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| That doesn't seem quite right to me. What the original story was saying was that he was only putting 14 gallons in his truck but the gauge said 18 gallons. So it isn't that they are putting the wrong price on it, but that they are changing the volume of a gallon. Basically, no matter where you go, 10 gallons is going to cost ten times the amount of gas, but there is no way for sure to actually know if there is 10 gallons in your tank. The test they are saying to use doesn't actually prove the miscalibration. The only REAL way to test is to take a one or two gallon gas container and gauge the amount of gas you pump to the amount it reads on the pump.
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06-05-2008, 12:22 PM | #5 |
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| Here is a link to the TX dept of agriculture, they actually list any stations that have been cited for the violation, and there is only one in Austin. the list isn't completely up to date, but it makes more sense than the first letter. Texas Department of Agriculture
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06-05-2008, 12:23 PM | #6 |
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| How do they live with themselves? Its amazing that in hard times such as these there are low-life pieces of CRAP out there to ensure that the hard time become harder! I am going to start checking out at every station! Thanks for the post!
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06-05-2008, 12:46 PM | #7 | |
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I am actually very surprised that with the prices being so high that 'gas stealing by siphoning from private vehicles' has not appeared to become a major problem yet. OR, maybe it has, just not in my area. I am considering purchasing a 'locked' cap because of this potential. It costs me about eighty six to fill up and that is horrendous! | |
06-05-2008, 12:57 PM | #8 |
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| The worst thing I have heard (in a news report that I personally read) is that during sessions of Congressional meetings with the top execs of the oil companies, there were two of them that couldn't tell Congress how much money they make. Can you imagine making so much money you don't even know how much you make? |
06-05-2008, 12:59 PM | #9 |
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| I totally agree with you and your friend that it is important to pass on. I just wanted to know if it was a real story from the TX dept of Agriculture. I'm not trying to downplay the situation at all, I just wanted to point out that pumping 10 gallons and then checking the price is not going to show you if they actually gave you 10 gallons for the purchase. I think it is totally cheap and cruel for companies to do that, especially because there is hardly any way for a simple consumer to notice the discrepancy. And I live in Austin, and know the station that is being referred to, but haven't been there to know if the TDA has shut down their pumps or not. I do believe that they have people out there checking the calibration of the pumps and are shutting down places that have "malfunctioning" gauges. I'm about to suck it up and get an electric scooter, it is getting so out of control.
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06-05-2008, 01:03 PM | #10 |
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| I was also told that there is a sticker on each tank at the station that says the last time the pump was inspected by the state. You might look for that. In addition, LAbrown described almost exactly how the state tests the calibration of the pump. They have a small gas can and they fill it up to a certain point and that's how they check that a gallon is a gallon. At least that's what I was told. Sammiz, thanks for starting this thread. This is an important issue we all need to be aware of.
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06-05-2008, 01:14 PM | #11 | |
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I know where that gas station is too. I lived in Austin for many years. Cedar Park was considered a bit out there from Austin then. No more, huh? It has grown so much! The folks at Balcones CC tell stories of how they used to go hunting in that area when they first built there because it was shuch a 'wooded' area. Now they have gas stations and such nearly in their back yards. | |
06-05-2008, 01:18 PM | #12 | |
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I don't go much of anywhere these days. The quick twenty minute trips away have become a major decision these days. I try to plan everything on one day and get everything done at once so as not to use more gas than I have to. I am not dirt poor but neither am I mega rich. With the gas prices still climbing I may end up dirt poor, though. | |
06-05-2008, 01:24 PM | #13 |
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| I agree with labrown! It sounds like the volume is rigged not the price! So it may say you're putting 10 gallons in your tank, but it could only be 8! And yes the only way to test that problem is to fill up a gallon gas can but who would go through all that trouble before they fill up! |
06-05-2008, 01:35 PM | #14 | |
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I actually live less than a mile from the Austin city limit, but my taxes are cheaper because I live in CP. Plus everything is very new up here. And it is amazing how fast it is growing. Lots of people tell stories about riding their bikes through fields that are now apartment complexes and highschools.
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06-05-2008, 01:37 PM | #15 |
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| Also, check the air pressure in your tires. It really does help your gas mileage.
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