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By David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends since 1997

Gas Pump Rip-Off

Wednesday May 14, 2008
Image credit: Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty ImagesEmail tells the story of a vehicle owner in Cartersville, Georgia who says he was cheated by a service station whose gas pumps were rigged to deliver less fuel than what was shown on the display. According to the anonymous message, one in four gas pumps are purposely miscalibrated this way. True or false?

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May 14, 2008 at 4:40 pm
(1) robert says:

i carry a one gallon gas can to conduct ad hoc tests on pump accuracy

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