Recently a clerk at a Wisconsin gas station made a mistake when he changed the price at the pumps to 32.9 $/gal instead of 3.299 . So, people lined up to use the after hrs pumps, charging the cheap gas on their credit cards. The store manager was notified and stopped the surge of buyers, calling them "dishonest".
What's your opinion?
2007-12-08 14:48:28 · 13 answers · asked by Faesson 7 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
i.e. the clerk posted $.329 / gal
2007-12-08 14:49:49 · update #1
guess i was just trying to make the distinction... if you buy something from a machine that wants to sell to you, it is ALWAYS honest. Certainly not ethical, but NOT dishonest, and calling your customers crooks because YOU made a mistake is just plain moronic. I hope that lady either loses all her customers or learns a lesson... selling gas isn't your business, your CUSTOMERS are your business.
2007-12-08 15:50:14 · update #2
It's not dishonest, and it's not stealing, it was priced as such and they must honor that price. They made a mistake, and a costly mistake at that. You can't blame customers for trying to get the best deal they can get, and b!tching about it to your customers will get you nothing, but fewer customers.
2007-12-08 14:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by JZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The posting of gasoline prices at stations are regulated by the State. Some local laws have been enacted that add regulations. You would have to research the regulations in the state and city where your gas station is. In New York City, the station, by local regulation, has to sell gasoline for the price that is on the sign. Once a price goes up on the sign, that price is frozen for 24 hours -- then the station can raise the price on the sign and the pump. If your station is in NYC, then the manager violated the law by charging you more than the posted amount. HOWEVER -- every locale has its own regs -- and unless you own a fleet of trucks and spent lots of money and were overcharged over a period of time, I'll lay odds that your complaint will be ignored. Gasoline stations are between a rock and a hard place these days -- lots of regs, constant price increases, and angry customers! I think all you can really do is to check the price listed on the pump before you start putting gas in your car.
2016-04-08 02:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was dishonest.
The difference will come right out of the owner's pocket. (Most gas stations are owner-operated, so it is not the big oil companies that will be hit).
I was in the US yesterday and buying gas with Canadian money. The clerk thought a coin was worth $2 instead of $1. I barely had enough gas to get back to Canada, but I still corrected her. She wouldn't have been able to balance her till later.
And I couldn't have lived with myself.
Those gas buyers may think they got away with something, but I honestly believe in karma. Those who are honest are better for it - those who take advantage gain nothing.
2007-12-08 15:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by Erryn B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The customers paid for the gas they got. Might want to get more competent nite help. /calling your customers dishonest is a really good way to keep them. The only thing she is worried about is her pocket book. She is not to worried about ripping off her customers with the inflated gas prices.
2007-12-08 15:23:52 · answer #4 · answered by firewomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You ask is it dishonest for people to buy gas at the price it should be. I know the owner was hurt by this and it is not his fault gas is so high but considering that the gas companies are cheating us I have to say it is ok for peopole to take avandage of a break when they can.
2007-12-08 15:00:03 · answer #5 · answered by Bob B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i wouldn't have known the circumstances regarding why it was so cheap. a radio station promotion, maybe. who knows? i think most people today, like myself, would have sloshed the tank full without a second thought. one important question here, however. after hours pumps?? i haven't ever seen a gas station that operated when closed, regardless of payment method. do these really exist? am i missing something?
2007-12-09 00:02:47 · answer #6 · answered by david w 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I read that story and I believe it is dishonest to take advantage of the clerk's mistake.
2007-12-08 15:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a miracle to me!
Probably a nightmre for the clerk :)
2007-12-08 15:38:11 · answer #8 · answered by Citizen1984 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
uhhhhh moral dilema
what do you do
damnnn ... i would want the cheap gas since its overpriced but its not the right thing to do
2007-12-08 15:09:58 · answer #9 · answered by Livefor2day 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well yes but she is also to blame if she wasnt so cheap to not want to pay an attendant to be there then she gets what she gets
2007-12-08 14:54:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋