Overcharging for fuel?

Iceweasel

Anyone know how this can come about?


Picture taken yesterday at BP Station Girton Cambridge.

Aretnap

Probably a rounding issue of some sort. If the volume dispensed was actually 1.009L, the correct price would be £1.2501. If the display rounds both numbers down to two decimal places, it could just be correct.

arcon5

Min spend perhaps?

OddballJamie

Only glue sniffers and arsonists buy a litre of fuel. :rotfl:

OddballJamie

More importantly

forgotmyname

Maybe why they say minimum delivery 2 litres?

Joe_Horner

Probably, as Aretnap suggests, a matter of rounding.

Bear in mind that price per litre is 0.6 pence per teaspoonful. The pump's volume display only registers to the nearest 2 teaspoons but the cash display is to the nearest penny, or 1.7 teaspoons.

On a side note, you could be starting a new internet fad for "petrol pump selfies"

daveyjp

It came about because pumps don't have 6 decimal figures on their displays. What has been dispensed is £1.25 of fuel, not an exact 1 litre.

Nodding_Donkey

OddballJamie wrote: »

More importantly

Bet you can't cite one instance of this happening

This is a bit like hospitals with their signs about mobile interfering with equipment, yet doctors then quite happily use theirs.

bod1467

Same applies for planes too.

I was on an East China Airlines flight back in 1997, when mobile phones were generally analogue (and had higher signal outputs). When the plane got down to about 5k feet everyone put their phones on and started talking and texting. The plane didn't crash.

OddballJamie

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

Bet you can't cite one instance of this happening

This is a bit like hospitals with their signs about mobile interfering with equipment, yet doctors then quite happily use theirs.

Same story with planes, I have no believe in it happening, probably more to do with people getting distracted whilst handling flammable liquids.

I'm sure there's plenty of Youtube clips blaming it though.