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Before my post (#477), I spoke to a former attendant (now driver) whom I chanced upon at the garage I frequent and he hinted that things had not changed much. In fact the one closest to my place has a bad history of 2 owners committing suicide at that very pump in a span of 5 years due to being heavily fined in raids by the authorities. I may be wrong 'cause I've not personally interacted with the pump owners (because they may lie) in this regard, and if the calibration rules/regulations/methods have changed now. | |
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| ![]() ^^Then how do we get short quantity at many fuel stations? Is it possible to tamper the meter after the calibration, without disturbing the seal? Perhaps the guys who calibrate can be "taken care of" to leave a specified difference? Last edited by Gansan : 17th November 2011 at 06:58. |
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Elementary my dear Watson - You will end up paying Rs 300 for nothing. The trick likes in the fact that the meter isn't set to zero but set to 300 and while your attention is diverted, he'd say "saar, filled for 300 saar". |
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90% of the times short quantity is the Handiwork of the attendants, the other 10% is when the owner tampers the Meter by setting a parallel circuit inside the motherboard of the dispenser. which is remote operated, but its easily detectable to the naked eye when the dispenser is opened hence the chances of someone doing this is remote but its still done in places, This is done by the guys who Have the AMC for the machines and are usually from the Company that manufactures the dispensers. This is usually done in semi urban cities and along highways in a place like Delhi its 99% impossible. | |
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Wish they had been smarter than trying to scam Rs 300, well now they learn it the hard way. The RM also informed that they conduct frequent training/sensitization courses for attendants and try keeping check. Since these little scams are managed locally and go unreported in most cases, attendants feel encouraged to try their luck with more unsuspecting motorists. In summary, I am glad that I followed up and that BPCL responded with appropriate action taken. | |
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| ![]() Don't know if it has been posted earlier by some friend, but one of my friends who was in this business told me that "Z" shaped pumps were particularly manageable for short measuring and advised to go for the newest and latest computerized ones. I simply drive off when I find a "Z" machine, more so in far flung areas. |
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| ![]() Just was going through this thread and one query from my side. I have ford ikon and i usually fill up my tank up to the cap levels as after auto shut off another 10 litres goes with stop and fill technique. So in this technique of fill and stop am i losing out on the actual quantity being filled? or am being given one litre or so short ? |
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| ![]() The most used trick as of my knowledge is the person showing himself as deaf and filling only for less money i myself got into this in Parrys corner,chennai I asked him to fill petrol for 300 rs and he stopped after 100 rs, He said sir you told 100rs only right ? Then i told him for 300, without resetting the meter he filled the petrol and stopped @ Rs 200, Told me its 100 first and 200 now, Eventually i was cheated, even though i knew that i could not fight with him. ![]() Beware of these such people. |
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![]() I too fill my Alto to the brim after auto cut-off at Shell and the difference is always between 0.75 - 1.5 litres. Mine is a 35 litre tank. Even assuming the Ikon has a larger tank, the difference of 10 litres is too much. Last edited by Gansan : 6th December 2011 at 16:23. | |
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I have noticed that this trick has reduced a lot these days. I guess people got aware of it ![]() | |
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My Spark takes another 5-7 litres after the auto cut-off. |
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I had mentioned this in one of my posts earlier. One of the petrol bunks on Inner ring road Koramangala tried this. I knew how much of fuel was left in the tank after the yellow light came up. This fellow tried filling 10 liters and when I said I wanted a tank full, filled it up - another 40+ liters. I got off the car asked for the manager saying something wrong with my tank as it has taken 50+ liters of petrol (plus what was in the tank already) He knew his game was up. So quietly billed me for that 40+. I still insisted on talking to the manager to which he said, sir you are holding up people. I said, Ok, let me ask them to leave this bunk for what you tried on me for which their supervisor came in, started abusing the attendant (pretense) and kinda consolingly asked me to leave (saying sorry sir, sorry sir) ![]() | |
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| ![]() I had tried all possible escalations, I meant "i could not fight with him" literally which i didn't want to do. ![]() |
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