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endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
September 27 2010 02:34 GMT
#21
OMG 2.4 gallons is almost 10 liters right ? That's not a little spill.... You really got robbed
Bad mouth them !

I almost got into a fight 2 days ago, because the zucchini was labeled 6 yuan, but the cashier charged 7 yuan lol.

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Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
September 27 2010 02:54 GMT
#22
Oh micronesia, only you would pay for this lol..
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24766 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-27 02:58:40
September 27 2010 02:57 GMT
#23
On September 27 2010 11:54 Ack1027 wrote:
Oh micronesia, only you would pay for this lol..

I mean I used a credit card so it was just a question of how long I had to argue for a partial refund... what should I have done?

edit: oh I was misleading... I paid before we started pumping via credit card... not after the pump was complete.
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dabom88
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States3483 Posts
September 27 2010 03:45 GMT
#24
I would have:
1. Asked to speak with the manager.
2. If he was the only employee there, go back later and ask to speak with the person in charge.
3. Never stop looking for some kind of customer support you can report this to.
4. Gotten the employee's name and some kind of Employee ID number.
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herve
Profile Joined January 2010
152 Posts
September 27 2010 03:52 GMT
#25
Why did you even bother stopping for gas at a full service station when you had half a tank left?
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24766 Posts
September 27 2010 03:54 GMT
#26
On September 27 2010 12:52 herve wrote:
Why did you even bother stopping for gas at a full service station when you had half a tank left?

Cause it's sunday and I don't want to have to get gas in the middle of the work week if I can avoid it. Also, I can alternate between 89 and 93 octane to save a bit of money since my car needs 91 and I can't get 91 at most gas stations around here.
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lvatural
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States347 Posts
September 27 2010 05:10 GMT
#27
On September 27 2010 12:45 dabom88 wrote:
I would have:
1. Asked to speak with the manager.
2. If he was the only employee there, go back later and ask to speak with the person in charge.
3. Never stop looking for some kind of customer support you can report this to.
4. Gotten the employee's name and some kind of Employee ID number.


lol...

I'd probably ask for the manager. Usually you can get a refund pretty quick and easy. But if it seemed like it would take a good bit of time via arguing...I'd just let it go since it's <$10 and never go back to that station in the future. Not really an amount of money getting worked up about.
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exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
September 27 2010 05:44 GMT
#28
i would have
A) never left the proces alone
so really B) would not be an issue, but if it ever was
B) tell the gas station my adress and drive off and tell him that we cacn discuss this at a later time
And never forget, its always easier to throw a bomb downstairs than up. - George Orwell
Nokarot
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1410 Posts
September 27 2010 06:01 GMT
#29
Not sure what state micronesia lives in, but to those wondering, certain states are bound by law to have full-service stations. New Jersey, for example, you can never pump your own gas. Most states, I believe, allow the store to decide whatever they want (which is typically automatic so that they pay less wages, I imagine.)

If you weren't in a rush to get out of there, I would have been the first person to ask to talk to the manager. Given being pressed on time, however, paying is better than driving off. Given the fact that he had this "powder" (or whatever) on hand, it sounds like he knew this would be an issue. I almost wonder if there was already a puddle there from the previous customer when you drove up.
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semantics
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
10040 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-27 06:14:17
September 27 2010 06:11 GMT
#30
T-T this is why you always carry cash, I would have payed him a little higher then what i believe i owe him just to be nice on the rounding and be done with it. It's not my fault they have incompetent equipment and staff.

I assume you fill the tank to full when you can, if there was air in your tank enough to be an actual problem which it wouldn't effect the gas pumping by how the mechanisms work, also your check engine light would have came on by then if you were already at half tank.
Mortality
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States4790 Posts
September 27 2010 07:23 GMT
#31
It was his fault, not yours. You should not have been expected to pay. Although on the bright side of things, you probably saved the guy half a day's paycheck by covering for him. Gas station attendant is not a very well paying job...
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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27172 Posts
September 27 2010 07:36 GMT
#32
Knowing that you paid ahead of time makes it suck a lot more. I thought he was demanding the cash from you afterwards.

Still though, your temper is a lot cooler than mine. I don't think I would have signed anything haha.
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Funnytoss
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Taiwan1471 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-27 13:05:44
September 27 2010 13:03 GMT
#33
Random fact: gas stations are almost all full-service in Taiwan - I was definitely surprised to see that when I first got here.

You definitely got screwed over, but all in all it probably wasn't it worth your time to argue over it at that point... not exactly sure where you'd draw the line, it all depends on how valuable you consider your time to be in proportion to the monetary cost. Also a bit surprised that the tank was able to overflow - I didn't think that was actually possible, given the auto cutoff.
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ArbAttack
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada198 Posts
September 27 2010 14:27 GMT
#34
Dude, you pay and leave after a few minutes of arguing because you don't want trouble.

But then you go on their website to look for customer support, ponders about the ethical nature of your ecounter, and blogs about your incident.

Sounds like the typical nerd afraid to stand up for himself (in person). I would have refused to pay the spilled amount by either taking it up with someone higher up or just leaving - it's completely the gas station's fault.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32130 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-27 14:51:19
September 27 2010 14:35 GMT
#35
i read this as gas station blew up and expected cool photos....

you should have gotten out and yanked your card as soon as you saw that shit. those guys are notoriously scummy people and retarded too, spilling gas all over your car, putting in regular when you ask for premium (does wonders for your fuel injectors...)

time to restore to the karmic balance between you and your gas attendant: Take only $10 cash with you and tell the guy 'fill it up with $10'. Because he's a greedy dumbshit, he will hear only the fill it up part. when he comes back, give him the ten, remind him that you're the person he tried boning when he fucked up and drive away laughing like a maniac!

also, i feel bad for you poor, poor people who have to pump your own gas. just another thing we do better in jersey i guess.
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XDawn
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
Canada4040 Posts
September 27 2010 14:45 GMT
#36
This is probably 'cause I just woke up and read it. . .
but I read the blog title as, "Full Service Gas Station Blew Up"

But yes - full service = nono
Use it or lose it
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24766 Posts
September 27 2010 15:02 GMT
#37
On September 27 2010 23:27 ArbAttack wrote:
Dude, you pay and leave after a few minutes of arguing because you don't want trouble.

But then you go on their website to look for customer support, ponders about the ethical nature of your ecounter, and blogs about your incident.

Sounds like the typical nerd afraid to stand up for himself (in person). I would have refused to pay the spilled amount by either taking it up with someone higher up or just leaving - it's completely the gas station's fault.

There was nobody higher up. Basically I'm a scared nerd if I don't refuse to pay and run? Doesn't even matter since I prepaid with credit card...
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Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
September 27 2010 15:25 GMT
#38
You are too nice, should have tried to argue a bit to get a gallon or two off the price. Its the attendant's fault.
But you paid for it, so I suggest why bother with the refund process, since it may put you through a lot more frustration. Just think you did some favor for an immigrant.
Terran
Alou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States3748 Posts
September 27 2010 15:28 GMT
#39
lmao. Never would have gone to a full service gas station in the first place.
Life is Good.
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
September 27 2010 15:32 GMT
#40
I worked at a gas station where the pump did this... its definitely the pump's fault and not yours. Luckily in my case, I cleaned off the car and the woman paid for it so I didn't have to explain to my boss what happened... but realistically it's their fault so they should pay.
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