Wednesday 18 February 2015

WOW! A Nigerian Filling Station Trick just Got Busted.. MUST READ


John Awe shared his mind blowing experience:
Ever had this experience, guys?  
You drive into a filling station. You tell the attendant, how much you want to buy. He begins to sell and then tops at a figure, say N1000 and returns the nozzle to the pump. You then tell him, “I said N5000.” He says “Sorry, I thought you said N1000.” 
You shrug. He removes the pump again from the pump, and the display is wiped off. He now proceeds to sell to you the outstanding balance. 
It doesn’t matter how loudly you shout the amount you want to buy the first time, they still do it. I had always wondered why they do that nonsense until last Tuesday at Mobil by Otedola Bridge on the Lagos Ibadan Exp
Way.  
I told the gentleman to fill the tank. He put the nozzle into my car's fuel tank and stopped at N1000 and returned the nozzle to the pump. I was annoyed and it was obvious. I told him I wasn’t buying again. He panicked and told me to relax and that he hadn’t sold anything. He now proceeded to sell me exactly  the amount I wanted.  
In essence, the N1000 that first appeared on the display was phony. He panicked because he thought if I decided to leave at that point when all he had sold to me was hot air, I would have noticed once I looked at my fuel gauge. And he thought it was better to confess and have me quietly leave. 
Apparently, when they want to play this trick, they have a way of getting the pump to read to a predetermined figure without selling anything. When you protest that that is not the amount you want to buy, they now proceed to sell the balance to you properly. In essence, you have been shortchanged by the amount they pretend to have first sold to you. 
So guys watch out!

6 comments:

  1. Thanks niyi for this eye opener

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  2. Smh... coruptn evrywhr.... which way naija

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  3. They are just trying to hoodwink unsuspecting nigerians....point blank

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  4. Hehe petrol stations doing 419 since...

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  5. There are certain stations I simply don't buy from. Mobil is definitely on that list along with total. One day I asked for my tank to be filled and the meter was still going even after the total had reached 6500 naira. I stopped him immediately and asked how a 60 litre tank could take 6500 worth of petrol and still be going? This guy argued with me o. That lai lai, my tank is 70 litres. He was adamant until I caused a scene and threatened to call DPR. The manager came and begged me and filled up the rest of the tank and only collected 6000 instead of the 7500 reading on the pump. Bloody criminals the lot of them.

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