Error at petrol station in Bradford

asbokid

societys_child wrote: »

An Asda manager seemed quite cool about it, was smiling as she explained on local bbc news . . . they know who you are

Was it an inside job?

Kilty_2

societys_child wrote: »

No need to use cctv, they had to pay by card at the pump to get it cheap:

About 50 motorists stocked up on unleaded fuel at the petrol station in Rooley Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, on Thursday.
Drivers queued up to use the automatic card-payment pumps for about two hours until the mistake was spotted.


An Asda manager seemed quite cool about it, was smiling as she explained on local bbc news . . . they know who you are :rotfl:

Asda have no case to recover any money from anyone.

Petrol is advertised at 12.9p/L, people buy petrol at 12.9p/L, payments clear and the company recieves it's money. There would be no provision in law for them to recover any money.

If the petrol was advertised at 129.9 and the system charged it out at 12.9, that's completely different. This was not the case.

ElkyElky

Kilty wrote: »

Asda have no case to recover any money from anyone.

Petrol is advertised at 12.9p/L, people buy petrol at 12.9p/L, payments clear and the company recieves it's money. There would be no provision in law for them to recover any money.

If the petrol was advertised at 129.9 and the system charged it out at 12.9, that's completely different. This was not the case.

You are so right. Gosh, I feel at ease now.

Wee_Willy_Harris

50 punters in 2 hours? Must have been a lot of "splash and dash" purchases!

Even assuming 50 punters saved £50 each, that's £2,500. How much would all that lovely, positive, warm and fluffy publicity have cost Asda on the open market? They should do it EVERY week!!

societys_child

Kilty wrote: »

Asda have no case to recover any money from anyone.

Petrol is advertised at 12.9p/L, people buy petrol at 12.9p/L, payments clear and the company recieves it's money. There would be no provision in law for them to recover any money.

If the petrol was advertised at 129.9 and the system charged it out at 12.9, that's completely different. This was not the case.

Yeah, I know . . . . (I was refering to the post about using cctv)
I should have left a bigger gap before adding - "they know who you are" - which they obviously do without looking at the cctv. Sorry, I confuse myself sometimes.:rotfl:

As wee willy says, and it had occurred to me - cheap advertising. Hope they do it with diesel next week ...