When pulling up to the gas station to fill up on fuel no one looks forward to seeing the seemingly ever increasing high prices. However, the absolute last thing that anyone wants to see is the fuel pump charging for gas when the nozzle is not yet even in the tank! That is what one man captured on video when he recently went to a Citgo station located outside of Wheeling, Illinois. Even though Kaloyan Pechevski was not pumping, or even touching the nozzle, the readout on the machine was slowly charging him a few cents that certainly add up in the long run.
Pechevski said he had prepaid cash for $25 worth and noticed that he’d been charged before he even started to fill up. To document the proof he pulled out his camera and recoded the incident and also gathered witnesses who were present. When he went to get his money back the man working explained the false charging pump, saying “sometimes it gets loose.” While we cannot be sure what he means by that statement, it does indicate that this is not the first time a pump at that Citgo station went rogue.
It is also not the first such incident to have been reported. Others have recorded videos of gas pumps continuing to charge them after they had completed, or before they started, filling up. While many times the pump charges a few cents, spread out over time and over customers, those cents add up to hundreds of dollars at just one single gas pump. News coverage and people self-reporting on the internet have led to hundreds of gas stations being investigated.
Some were found to be purposefully scamming drivers while others truly did have malfunctioning pumps. Either way, if you see this happening when you stop for gas tell the attendant, complain to the station’s corporate overseers, and call your state’s Department of Weights and Measures. They are responsible for inspecting and regulating all fuel pumps. Also, make sure to document the incident, print a receipt, and get any refund you may be owed. Gas is costly enough and no one should be scammed into paying for more than they actually received.
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