Hi group,

Just received this message from my bother about how much you are getting
for your dollar.

Marc Joseph

Cheating at  the gas pumps (PRINT OUT YOUR  RECEIPTS!!!)

This email was sent to me by  a friend whose cousin is the Ridgetown,
Ont.  This is true.  It happened to them three weeks ago somewhere
in Ridgetown on our way to Kingston. The  pump should have totaled @
$38.00 (and change).  When the receipt was printed, and she checked  it
was $ 47.00 (and change).

She got mad,  went inside the store, asked for a calculator  and let
them do the math. They refunded her.   She told them that if they cheat,
they had better make it right. Normally, her  husband would skip
printing the receipt.  Not her.

We saw on the news the other night  that this is happening everywhere.
Brian  pumped exactly one liter of gas. The price  did not match the
cost of one liter. It was  higher. He went inside and complained, got a
refund.

There is also a number on each  pump that you can call and  complain..

This is a true story, so read  it carefully.

On March 24, 2009, I  stopped at a gas station in  Chatham. My  truck's
gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use  the regular grade, which was
priced at $0.885  per liter. When my tank is at this point, it  takes
somewhere around 45 liters to fill  it
up.

When the pump showed 45 liters had  been pumped, I began to slow it
down.  Then,  to my surprise, it went to 50, then 55. I even  looked
under my truck to see if it was being  spilled. It was not. Then it
showed 60  liters on the pump. It stopped at 62  liters. This was very
strange to me, since my  truck has only a 65 liter tank. I went on my
way a little confused, then on the evening  news I heard a report that 1
out of 10 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 LITERS 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 $0.885 per liter; my dollar
amount  for 10 liters should have been $8.85 . I wish I  had checked the
pump. It doesn't matter where  you pump gas, please check the 10  liter
price. If you do find a station that is  cheating, contact the MTO, and
direct your  comments to the Commissioner, the info is on  the gas
pumps.