randomFYO:
You drive into a filling station. You tell the attendant, how much you want to buy. He begins to sell and then tops at a figure, say N1000 and returns the nozzle to the pump. You then tell him, “I said N5000.” He says “Sorry, I thought you said N1000.”

You shrug. He removes the pump again from the pump, and the display is wiped off. He now proceeds to sell to you the outstanding balance.

It doesn’t matter how loudly you shout the amount you want to buy the first time, they still do it. I had always wondered why they do that nonsense until last Tuesday at Mobil by Otedola Bridge on the Lagos Ibadan Exp Way.

I told the gentleman to fill the tank. He put the nozzle into my car’s fuel tank and stopped at N1000 and returned the nozzle to the pump. I was annoyed and it was obvious. I told him I wasn’t buying again. He panicked and told me to relax and that he hadn’t sold anything. He now proceeded to sell me exactly  the amount I wanted.

In essence, the N1000 that first appeared on the display was phony. He panicked because he thought if I decided to leave at that point when all he had sold to me was hot air, I would have noticed once I looked at my fuel gauge. And he thought it was better to confess and have me quietly leave.

Apparently, when they want to play this trick, they have a way of getting the pump to read to a predetermined figure without selling anything. When you protest that that is not the amount you want to buy, they now proceed to sell the balance to you properly. In essence, you have been shortchanged by the amount they pretend to have first sold to you.

bigv:
That's just one out of their tricks. Always patronise licensed gas stations.

Quote1:
We need protection from filling stations attendants

Imanuelle:
This is exactly why I have refused to buy a car.

I'll wait until I know a fuel station with honest attendants.

Imanuelle:
This is exactly why I have refused to buy a car.

I'll wait until I know a fuel station with honest attendants.

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I generally buy from filling stations that i see a lot of bus drivers because those ones measure the fuel very well.

Kingsleyinfo:
Granted attendants cheat, but be rest assured that no body can sell air to you. They either pump below or they don't pump at all.
A dispenser cannot dispense air, I repeat dispensers don't dispense air.

To avoid being cheated always come down from your car, and insist the meter should show zero on the display before the attendants start dispensing.

To also check the integrity of most fuel stations, buy a brand new white 10 ltrs gallon, go to the station of your choice, tell the attendants to give u 10 ltrs, only, not 1000 naira worth. If the fuel gets to the mouth of the gallon, or somewhere close to it, but we'll above that rectangular mark on most gallons, then the meter is good, anything short of that, the meter is already badly tampered with.

And be very clear on one thing, all fuel stations tamper with their meter, some just get very greedy while doing it.

olisamedua:
Same thing happened to me at Mobil in Gbagada, I wanted to buy N5,000 worth of Petrol, the guy inserted the nozzle and I heard the fuel pump make some noise. Immediately I opened the car door and lo and behold the guage was at N1,000.
I was like, you mean you have pumped in N1,000 worth of fuel between the time I opened the fuel tank then opened the car door (ie. within 5 secs).
That was when I started screaming... I guy quietly told me it was a mistake and sold my correct quantity. That didn't stop me from reporting to the manager though.

Donpizzle:


oga u are broke.....

onadana:
Total filling station here in Kaduna..are very good at ripping customers off.Some motorist avoid them like a plague.Little wonder you see less cars there yet people are willing to queue in another filling station just across the road.

Other fillings stations too are also guilty. Motorist shine your eyes.

mekula:


I have actually bought from a filling station that did not tamper with their meter at all. I bought 5 litres in a 5 litre can and it was full to the brim at exactly 5.0 on the gauge. I was shocked as I did not expect that from a lesser known station. Mobil, TOTAL are huge thieves. I only buy from select MRS stations. I'be even bought from an NNPC station that adjusted their pump badly, little wonder the last time I passed there, the name of the station had changed and was totally empty.

blackfase:

Op, that trick is a recall button on their dispenser. Someone must've bought N1000 worth within the last ten customers, so what they do is they take a note of which number any such amount falls between 1 and 10 and they just recall it, hence it shows the exact amount on the console without selling a drop. Smart of you...

staymore:
Very simple situation here. The N1000 you thought you saw is N10:00. But most customers mistake it for N1000.
So, if you ask them to dispense N5000, they pretend they don't hear and dispense N10:00 and then N4000. So you thought it is N1000 + N4000=N5000, but you are wrong, they've given you N10:00 + N4000=N4010.

Another method is given 50 for 500, 2050:00 for 2500.

Most people don't really take note of this little details and they end up been cheated.

It doesn't matter how you open your eyes and look at the meter board.

Kingsleyinfo:


It does matter how you open your eyes, its your money, you have to be careful.
As much as attendants are guilty, station owners are also greedy, its a crazy industry that I know for a fact.

Imanuelle:
This is exactly why I have refused to buy a car.

I'll wait until I know a fuel station with honest attendants.

GAZZUZZ:
solution is simple,

1.say nothing until you are standing in front of the attendant.

2.tell him the amount you want to buy, watch him/her enter the amount.

3. watch the quantity values on the meter, if they dont move then you are being scammed, they should move according to price per liter.

4. watch the nozel there's a butterfly you can see via a transparent glass, it does not move you are being scammed.

5. (aggressive mode) just tell the attendant you know all their tricks and if he tries rubbish you will arrest him

6. listen! fuel is a liquid, when its being pumped into your car you can actually here it pour so if its a quiet place just listen carefully.

Imanuelle:
This is exactly why I have refused to buy a car.

I'll wait until I know a fuel station with honest attendants.