Frauds at Bangalore Petrol Pumps
Last Updated (Sunday, 23 November 2008 19:38) Written by Johnlee Wednesday, 11 June 2008 20:01
Operators at various petrol pumps in Bangalore (may be in other cities too), are cheating customers by breaking up the delivery of petrol in two steps, and distracting them in between the steps. Most of us are conditioned to check only when the meter first starts running, and when it finally ends. If the petrol is given to us in two batches, some of us either miss (or are distracted) at the point when the meter needs to be reset to start the next batch. Operators take this opportunity to make money on our expense.
I noticed this 4-5 times when I was filling the petrol by measure. I noticed that the operator pretends that he has not listened the requirement properly from us. For example if you ask them to fill 5 litres. They will deliberately fill 1 litre and stop. when you say again that you required 5 litres, they will continue filling petrol and the meter shows 4 litre count. Here is the catch. You will feel that he has filled 1 litre first and then 4 litres in the second batch so total 5 litres. But the truth is he didn't reset the counter. insted he has increased the counter to 4 litres. We think that it is additional 4 litres. but the fact is that it is total 4 litres. So, you got 1 litre petrol less. This is the cheat.
So beware of these people when they dont fill the petrol in one shot and always ask them to reset the counter to zero before each fill (whether you are continuing the filling).
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1) Frauds at Bangalore Petrol Pumps
Author: Arvind Naidu
John lee you are absolutely right. The operators are devising various methods to cheat. The following are some of them which I have noted
1. Distraction - Distraction by offering service to clean the wind shield, Distracting by asking for payment methods (Credit Cards / Debit Cards) explaining some cash back offers etc.
when you are distracted the meter is stopped.
The current method is putting the fuel so slow that you will not be seeing the meter for a moment that moment the other person switches off the meter and resets it to Zero and the operator claims he has filled the said requirement.
The key is all of them operate as a team, some of the points which will help to avoid getting cheated is park your vehicle in front of the dispensing unit, ask the operator to repeat the volume u have requested.
Ask them put dispensing on auto mode.
Regards,
Arvind Naidu
2) Petrol Pump Fraud
Author: KK Venkatraman
Had a similar experience on 28 Mar 11. Asked the operator at Rachana Services on Old Mysore Rd to fill up the tank. Filled four litres & then asked whether I needed to fill up tank. Next time he started from four. when I protested, he said that the meter had been reset to zero. Seems it is a well-organised fraud. Let others not get defrauded
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