poppins Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Sounds like an 'old hand' experienced at trolling on here to me? No, just a young kid I think . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I defy anyone to land on exactly £20.00 at the petrol station on Pennistone Road; its jumps from £19.99 to £20.01 everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 In this day and age of paying by card, is it pointless to just put in exactly £10 or £20? It's just a number. Why assume everyone's paying by card? It's only recently that card payments have just trickled past 50%, they are a long way off 100% of all transactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 Point is, if it is a con at all filling stations, they are netting hundreds of pounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Unless you're getting a penny's worth of fuel stuck in the pipe for that extra 1p? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Have you considered walking if you don't like paying for petrol? NO thought not Easier to moan Its obviously easier for you to be an idiot than it is to think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I would imagine the equipment has to by law be calibrated on probably a six monthly cycle, or could be less, I wouldn't know. But what I do know is, it's perfectly feasible for a newly calibrated piece of equipment to go wrong, and the garage wouldn't neccessarily know about it for another six months unless Joe Public starts complaining. I would just tell the cashier politely that you felt the reading 'skipped' when you replaced the hose. If it happens next time you visit, then you're perfectly at liberty to report it to (I presume) the trading standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel22 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 The reason you sometimes can't put exactly £10 or £20 into your car is simply down to maths. Fuel is priced to 3 decimal places, ie £1.399 but the pump delivers to 2 decimal places. Simply, if the price is £1.399 and you put in 14.29 ltrs of fuel, you'd pay £19.991 for your fuel - though you can't pay that so it's rounded down to £19.99. If you put 14.30 ltrs in, the price would be £20.005. Again you can't pay that so it's rounded up to £20.01. It purely depends on the price per litre at the time so as shown above, some amounts are impossible to get. You can't put £20 exactly in when the price is £1.399. Now I'm NOT saying that this is how EVERY pump/till system works at all petrol stations but it does in many. Also, trading standards in the form of weights and measures come every 6 months (by law) to test the accuracy of the dispensing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 The law allows for an error in measurement/calculation on digital pumps of 2p. Technically: they can under-supply by upto 0.5% and over-supply upto 1%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Its obviously easier for you to be an idiot than it is to think :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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