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15 May, 2008

Gas station chicanery

Posted by: sho In: Personal

So there I was at the Shell station at Victorville at around 1am. I decided it was probably a good idea to filler up at the halfway point. So I get ready at the pump, press the left-most button and am shocked at the trap I fell in. I had inadvertently selected the middle-grade fuel rather than the regular.

Now I thought that was brilliant on the part of that gas station (not sure if this is the way all Shells are across the board); however, not so awesome for me. I decided not to cancel out the transaction simply because I was too tired and did not want to run the risk of having the card not authorize the second time around. Plus, it was super cold that night and I didn’t have a jacket. Anywho, I felt a bit taken and had to document this event in the hope some other future traveler doesn’t suffer a similar fate, especially in these high-gas-priced times.

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1 Response to "Gas station chicanery"

1 | mike

May 20th, 2008 at 7:19 pm

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I’ve seen this plenty of times before. You gotta stay on your toes. Watch out for scan scam hardware too!

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