Petrol Price Blunder

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Mitsuru
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Petrol Price Blunder

#1 Post by Mitsuru » Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:15 pm

Heres a good real one for you!
Taken word for word from the 'an odd world' ection of the Hartlepool Mail

Petrol Price Blunder
Queues formed at a petrol station when a misplaced decimal point meant petrol was sold at 12.9p a litre.
Dozens of drivers took advantage of the unexpected offer at Asda's store in Rooley Lane, Bradford.
An Asda spokeswoman said about 50 customers were served before the error on the automatic card payment fast lane pumps were spotted!!
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Re: Petrol Price Blunder

#2 Post by bnicho » Wed Apr 06, 2011 1:10 am

Yep, it does happen.

But usually it's the console operator on the graveyard shift changing the price deliberately. Then he/she fills his car and all his mates before putting it back and hoping nobody notices. :roll:
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Re: Petrol Price Blunder

#3 Post by Toledo Man » Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:22 pm

Oh bollox! I've been using that very petrol station recently. The "normal" prices there have been the cheapest so I swing by on my way to work in Leeds.
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