Coops Dad
Free Ranging
Not at stations owned by big companies. More often it happens at independent stores where the owner simply recalibrates one, two, several or all of the pumps to dispense only a percentage of the fuel displayed. The usual scam is to have the pump faithful up to the 5-gallon mark then have the thing dispense less fuel per unit of cost. That's because people will come in with 1-, 2- and 5-gallon containers, and it's easy to catch a cheating pump if the pump shows 5 gallons but your 5-gallon can has only a little over 4 gallons in it. Or you filled your can to the 5-gallon mark but the pump shows almost 6 gallons were dispensed.
In a car, it's easy to get cheated when you're down to 1/4 of a 20 gallon tank and you top it off with 17 gallons. "Wow," you say, "it was thirstier than I thought!"
In a car, it's easy to get cheated when you're down to 1/4 of a 20 gallon tank and you top it off with 17 gallons. "Wow," you say, "it was thirstier than I thought!"