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dhalbelly · 02-21-2012, 10:46 PM

I pulled up to a BP Gas Station in Astoria, Queens and I told the attendant to fill it up with $20 Premium. (I really hate full service, I really do). I proceeded to hand him my credit card, but then he says "No, no I give you cash price". I thought he was being nice, so I didn't think anything of it.

After he fills up, I hand him my credit card in which he charged $20.00. He then hands me the receipt, and it said I received 4.762 gallons of gas at a price of $4.20 per gallon, when the actual price at the gas station was $4.00 per gallon (this was the credit price) at the time!

So, if I wanted $20 of gas at a price of $4 per gallon, my receipt should say I received 5 gallons of gas. But it said I received 4.762 gallons of gas at a price of $4.20 per gallon = around $20 worth of gas as well.

But what this fool did was play around with the pump and tried to pull something then make me believe I really got my money's worth of gas! The first red flag I should've seen was that he didn't ask for my credit card upfront, but I never had this happen to me before.

This is rather infuriating. Thoughts??

02-21-2012, 10:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
dhalbelly Base Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Queens Posts: 6 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 14	Gas Station Scammed Me in NYC! I pulled up to a BP Gas Station in Astoria, Queens and I told the attendant to fill it up with $20 Premium. (I really hate full service, I really do). I proceeded to hand him my credit card, but then he says "No, no I give you cash price". I thought he was being nice, so I didn't think anything of it. After he fills up, I hand him my credit card in which he charged $20.00. He then hands me the receipt, and it said I received 4.762 gallons of gas at a price of $4.20 per gallon, when the actual price at the gas station was $4.00 per gallon (this was the credit price) at the time! So, if I wanted $20 of gas at a price of $4 per gallon, my receipt should say I received 5 gallons of gas. But it said I received 4.762 gallons of gas at a price of $4.20 per gallon = around $20 worth of gas as well. But what this fool did was play around with the pump and tried to pull something then make me believe I really got my money's worth of gas! The first red flag I should've seen was that he didn't ask for my credit card upfront, but I never had this happen to me before. This is rather infuriating. Thoughts??