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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Keip, Patricia  
> Sent:	Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:52 PM
> To:	DOT DL DTSD SW MAD RE
> Subject:	FW: Cheating at Gas Pumps ---- PLEASE READ THIS ---- watch
> the pumps
> 
> 
> Subject: Cheating at Gas Pumps ---- PLEASE READ THIS ---- watch the pumps
> This is a true story, so read it carefully. On April 24, 2008, I stopped
> at a Kangaroo gas station, located at 1325 Main Street, Cartersville, GA.
> My truck's gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was
> priced at $3.71 per gallon. When my tank is at this point, it takes
> somewhere around 14 gallon's to fill it up. When the pump showed 14
> gallons had been pumped I began to slow it down, then to my surprise it
> went to 15, then 16. I even looked under my truck to see if it was
> being spilled. It was not. Then it showed 17 gallons had been pumped. It
> stopped at almost 18 gallons. This was very strange to me, since my truck
> has only an 18 gallon tank. I went on my way a little confused, then on
> the evening news I heard a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations had
> calibrated their pumps to show more gas had been pumped than a person
> actually got.
> 
> Here is how to check a pump to see if you are getting the right amount:
> Whichever grade you are using, put EXACTLY 10 GALLONS in your tank, then
> look at the dollar amount, if the dollar amount is not EXACTLY 10 times
> the price of the fuel you have chosen, then the pumps are rigged. In my
> case as I said the mid-grade was $3.71 9/10 per gallon, my dollar amount
> for 10 gallons should have been $37.19. If I had only check the pump. It
> doesn't matter where you pump gas, please check the 10 gallon price. If
> you do find a station that is cheating, contact the Georgia Agriculture
> Department, and direct your comments to Tommy Irvin, Commissioner. In
> other states contact proper authorities. 
> 
> Please don't delete this until you have sent it to all people in your
> address book. We need to put a stop to this outrageous cheating of
> customers. The gas companies are making enough profits at honest rates.
> 
> 

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