As you can see, the price of petrol, diesel and gas has increased exponentially in the last period. Thus, between excise duties and storage, even our dear friends at the gas station were forced to run for cover, so watch out for scams!
With the advent of digitalization, modifying the dispensers is an easy thing and now sadly common. It works like this: the dispenser is calibrated so that it begins to dispense fuel, not before having reached a certain coin-liter range.
What are the methods?
In a nutshell, the vending machine scrolls the credit and the liters but, effectively, until it reaches the preset value it does not dispense anything. Usually from a maximum of one / two euros are deducted but at the end of the day, they can also constitute a small and important gain. This trick was taken up and posted on social networks like Instagram and TikTok, causing general outrage and discontent.
Another very famous trick is when, when served, the attendants do not reset the counter of the dispenser, thus saving in the tank. In practice, if the first car makes ten euros of fuel and the second seventy, the counter for the second will not restart from zero but from twenty. Brilliant isn’t it?
The last trick is to resell the fuel in black. Do you remember prohibition? The reasoning is the same but in different circumstances. Many distributors, through agreements made with transporters, always take extra liters when it is necessary to refuel the tanks, the reason is quite simple. THE
The extra fuel is stored separately and resold in the black and, of course, illegally or used by the family of the distributor owner.
Conclusions and blows
If the myth of the gas station attendant with a pouch full of cash had crumbled after this article, to make me forgive I will give you some tips on how not to be fooled and why not; maybe you are the ones with the full pouch.
Fuels, in the chemical sense of the term, are fuels that are particularly sensitive to temperature. Usually they should be stored and kept in the tank at a temperature of 15 °, even if they are usually about ten degrees higher. Unfortunately, density is our enemy and if we want to circumvent at least some of the refurbished and non-retouched distributors, it would be preferable to refuel in the morning when the general and ground temperatures are lower.
Not using the pump at full power is also a great move, without forgetting not to go to the limit of the tank if you want to save something. Above all, if anomalies are found, be ready and vigilant to resume and prove the offense and contact the police and trade unions for compensation and due measures.
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