Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: [FWDLK] Shallow Hal---what did gas cost in 2001?

[John McCann <jmccann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   I had to change the prices on the pumps at a rental yard I worked at in 
the 70's and all we could change was the price per gallon, the pumps were 
checked by weights and balance regularly and I don't think anything else was 
adjustable by the station owner. What you call pumps are actually 
dispensers, the pumps are in a remote location, not in the dispenser.
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Homstad" <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: [FWDLK] Shallow Hal---what did gas cost in 2001?


> I took a trip east in 2002, and fueled at the same station in Rockford, IL,
> both ways. My gas mileage for both stops read 10% less than any other
> reading for the trip, and all the miles to that station were highway
> cruising miles. I always thought they rigged the pump to charge more 
> gallons
> than actually pumped. But I had no way to prove it. Never contacted the
> state either.
>
> It would be too easy to catch a station if the gallons and dollars didn't
> agree.
>
> Dave Homstad
> 56 Dodge D500
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ray Jones
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:27 PM
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Fwd: [FWDLK] Shallow Hal---what did gas cost in 2001?
>
> We had a newspaper article that warned that some pumps were being
> "jimmied". It advised us to pump exactly 10 gallons and see what the
> money reads. It should, of course, read what the posted price is with a
> zero on the end. It seems that some are reading a bit higher, and the
> customer won't notice it since the total is so high anyway. Once the
> state checks the stations pumps, it's a long  time before they come
> back to re-check.
> Ray
>
>
> On Jun 16, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Adam Lindenbaum wrote:
>
>
> I know my HEMI hates the "NEW" modern fuels. It seems to get worse as
> the prices go up. I even noticed a several mile to the gallon
> difference in my "modern" Cadillac with a Northstar engine.
> Adam Lindenbaum
>
>
>
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> cars.
>
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