Keep Eye on Your Gas Pump

A friend emailed me this and I thought it was worth passing on. This
truly
happens.

On April 24, 2008, I stopped at a Kangaroo gas station, located at 1325
Main
Street, Cartersville, GA. My truck's gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I
use
the mid-grade, which was priced at $3.71 per gallon. When my tank is at
this
point, it takes somewhere around 14 gallon's to fill it up. When the
pump
showed 14 gallons had been pumped I began to slow it down, then to my
surprise it went to 15gal. then 16 gal. I even looked under my truck to
see
if it was being spilled. It was not. Then it showed 17 gallons had been

pumped. It stopped at almost 18 gallons. This was very strange to me,
since
my truck has only an 18 gallon tank. I went on my way a little
confused,
then on the evening news I heard a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations
had
calibrated their pumps to show more gas had been pumped than a person
actually got.

Here is how to check a pump to see if you are getting the right amount:

Whichever grade you are using, put EXACTLY 10 GALLONS in your tank,
then
look at the dollar amount, if the dollar amount is not EXACTLY 10 times
the
price of the fuel you have chosen, then the pumps are rigged. In my
case as
I said the mid-grade was $3.71 9/10 per gallon, my dollar amount for 10

gallons should have been $37.19. If I had only checked the pump! It
doesn't
matter where you pump gas, please check the 10 gallon price. If you do
find
a station that is cheating, contact the proper authorities.