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Title: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: slowmover on April 29, 2024, 09:43:21 AM
2005 Ford Ranger. I went to get gas and put in 11 gals which fills it up when I have a quarter tank left. I paid at the pump and left and saw my gauge hadn’t moved and assumed it was broke but something didn’t seem right. I went back to a different pump and put in 11 gals which it shouldn’t have taken.The first filling didn’t pump any gas in but still billed me. I have to back on Tuesday to see the manager. No one I talked to can figure how the pump registered 11 gals, bill me and pump no gas
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: JNMathews on April 29, 2024, 10:48:31 AM
There’s a scam where people move the hoses to opposite side of the pump, then stand there and wait. When you pay on your side, the switched hoses puts your gas in their tank.

Unrelated, I once put 4 gallons in my stone and the pump registered 0 gallons pumped. Told manager about it and he found multiple pumps giving away free gas.
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: Perazzimx14 on April 29, 2024, 11:41:00 AM
There’s a scam where people move the hoses to opposite side of the pump, then stand there and wait. When you pay on your side, the switched hoses puts your gas in their tank.

Unrelated, I once put 4 gallons in my stone and the pump registered 0 gallons pumped. Told manager about it and he found multiple pumps giving away free gas.

How did the guy on the other side of the pump know to only pump 11 gallons into his tank?
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: slowmover on April 29, 2024, 11:44:52 AM
That’s another mystery. Why did it shut off at just the right time? Plus it wouldn’t let me top it off like usual.
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: slowmover on April 29, 2024, 11:45:52 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFUSWaiODJY
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: JNMathews on April 29, 2024, 12:27:17 PM
How did the guy on the other side of the pump know to only pump 11 gallons into his tank?

Just a theory…
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: cliffrod on April 29, 2024, 02:41:08 PM
How did the guy on the other side of the pump know to only pump 11 gallons into his tank?

The scammer doesn’t have to pump 11 gallons.  Pump B is simply available to use as long as Pump A is operating, even if Pump B doesn’t deliver as much as Pump A does. 
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: Huzo on April 29, 2024, 04:46:50 PM
I for one cannot understand..
If the hoses have been switched and you are pumping gas from his pump and he is pumping from yours, doesn’t it become obvious when you stop pumping but your display keeps climbing ?
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: Perazzimx14 on April 29, 2024, 04:56:35 PM
I for one cannot understand..
If the hoses have been switched and you are pumping gas from his pump and he is pumping from yours, doesn’t it become obvious when you stop pumping but your display keeps climbing ?

Maybe it's time to revert back to visible gas pumps?
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: Huzo on April 29, 2024, 05:20:19 PM
Maybe it's time to revert back to visible gas pumps?
You can see the display on yours and hear it running though yes ?
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: 73 sport on April 29, 2024, 05:27:13 PM
    The responses to this subject sound like an Abbott & Costello "Who's on first" routine.
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: slowmover on April 29, 2024, 05:36:07 PM
Yes I could see the display adding up. I wasn’t paying attention if gas was going in because I locked the trigger and got in the truck. As of now the credit card company shows no charge for the phantom gas.
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: SIR REAL ED on April 29, 2024, 06:11:39 PM

Russian hackers?
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: Perazzimx14 on April 29, 2024, 07:48:54 PM
You can see the display on yours and hear it running though yes ?

Because this thread exists my guess is, no.
Title: Re: Gas station mystery NGC
Post by: Huzo on April 30, 2024, 01:57:53 AM
Because this thread exists my guess is, no.
Response #11 suggests otherwise.