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[flyer 0712]

My local petrol station has a dish on the counter full of 1p so if it does go over then they or you just take it out of that 

[plym ian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWIz4eYj3fE

 

so true

[Jo_Kent]

If I put £20.01 I always try to give them £30, they can't be arsed to give me £9.99 change so most of the time they give me the £10 back

... and take the penny from the pot or till would end up short if nobody paid the odds.  By the same token lots of people leave their odd bit of change so it evens out in the end.  I would say though that its not the cashier's fault if you've gone over and there are more people hit the exact amount than don't.  We suggest to any complainants that they put it in writing to the manager and arrange to be present whilst a pump test is done. 

Lin

[jonnyboyws6]

I have noticed on a few occassions it can be impossible to get an exact round number eg £20.00, this is due to a litre costing more than £1.00 so it can't be divided exactly, so the pump jumps from £19.99 straight to £20.01. However, this evening I witnessed the price jump up by 2p AFTER I had finished and hung up the pump! I told the cashier, who wasn't particularly bothered about the 2p, but couldn't explain what had happened. Surely this can't be right? Which ever way the pump is calibrated, how can the price increase if no more petrol has come out?

[jonnycool]

I have noticed on a few occassions it can be impossible to get an exact round number eg £20.00, this is due to a litre costing more than £1.00 so it can't be divided exactly, so the pump jumps from £19.99 straight to £20.01. However, this evening I witnessed the price jump up by 2p AFTER I had finished and hung up the pump! I told the cashier, who wasn't particularly bothered about the 2p, but couldn't explain what had happened. Surely this can't be right? Which ever way the pump is calibrated, how can the price increase if no more petrol has come out?

I've seen this a couple of times, put the pump in the holster having stopped on a round figure, then having to pay an extra 1 or 2 pence when I get to the till....  I thought I just hadn't noticed that I'd gone over at first, but then it happened another couple of times in the same petrol station. Bit naughty that, and a pain the arse if you haven't got the spare change

[Mr Skrunts]

if it does it to 1000 cars aday it's only £20

True, it is only £20 (A Day)

364 days x £20 = £7280  Would buy me something nice to drive round in every year if I was gaining that if 1000 cars a day used my petrol station. 

[Rods2]

I have noticed on a few occassions it can be impossible to get an exact round number eg £20.00, this is due to a litre costing more than £1.00 so it can't be divided exactly, so the pump jumps from £19.99 straight to £20.01. However, this evening I witnessed the price jump up by 2p AFTER I had finished and hung up the pump! I told the cashier, who wasn't particularly bothered about the 2p, but couldn't explain what had happened. Surely this can't be right? Which ever way the pump is calibrated, how can the price increase if no more petrol has come out?

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