Gas pump malfunction sells premium for 38 cents

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Gas prices have been falling -- but not that much. A problem with a pump cost a San Antonio convenience store when premium gasoline accidentally sold for 38 cents a gallon. Manager Jim Duke at a Dill Food Market says that grade of gas was supposed to be selling for $3.89 a gallon.

Duke says the ''pump malfunction'' involving a misplaced decimal point was fixed by Wednesday afternoon.

Nobody reported the mistake, which WOAI-AM reported apparently started Tuesday afternoon.

Duke said he noticed a lot of vehicles were being filled with premium and people were paying at the pump. He went out to check Wednesday and noticed the price error.

Duke said the independent gas station lost a lot of money. Just how much is still being tallied.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-ODD-Pump-Malfunction.html

:shrug:

the pumps, and I realized after filling up that my gas was something like .47 a gallon when it should have been 3.47. Instead of paying with my debit card at the pump, I went in and talked to the clerk, and the manager came out with me and realized what had happened. I felt good about being honest, PLUS I got cheap gas! :)

and screwed those following you from getting the same deal. Oh yeah, one more thing, :sarcasm:

else.

just passed it on apparently=call ALL your friends!! Wooohooooo!