[Nfbf-l] Cheating at the gas pumps!
Kirk
kvharmon54 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 3 05:36:54 UTC 2009
Dan, I agree with you on your remarks! As far as the snopes site, I will
try to find the e-mails I recieved in reference to them and how they have
been debunked as you call it. I will send it to you and Jim when I do. I
wish you and Gloria a great time at National and wish I could have been
able to attend. I have had so much travel behind me this year already and
much nore to go in the next few months it has kept me from being able to go.
Not to mention the construction going on at my home that is sinking the
money flow rather quickly right into the pits! LOL! On top orf all this, I
found out I need a new roof put on right away and have had to contract for
that as of yesterday!! GEEZ! Oh well, such is life! Take care and say hello
to Glloria for me. Your friend in the cause, KH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Hicks" <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Cheating at the gas pumps!
> As a confirmed skeptic, I don't think any site should be the
> be-all-and-end-all of authority, but I have always found that Snopes is a
> good place to start. Most of their articles are well-referenced. I don't
> know of Snopes having been debunked, and I would need documentation on
> that. I would need to read it on Snopes.com to believe it. No, just
> kidding on that last thing.
>
> Seriously though, I think what Jim is riled up about, and rightly so, is
> that some chain-letter-type posts just put "verified by Snopes" in them
> and people just believe it. It is like when they put "As soon on TV" in
> ads. I don't see how this ads any instant credibility -- especially when
> "as seen on TV" could have been in a late-night commercial, or an episode
> of 60 minutes telling how dangerous the product is.
>
> It is always a good idea to check more than one source.
>
> Note: This message has been verified by Snopes.
>
> Dan Hicks (As seen on TV!)
> NFBF-L Moderator.
>
>
>
>
> "If you are going to walk on thin ice,
> you might as well dance."
> - Inuit Proverb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Cheating at the gas pumps!
>
>
>> ed, I also have checked out snopes as well and did you know that is
>> simplya couple that only checks out half of there daata prior to making a
>> report on it? They have been been exposed before for not even
>> investigating there claims on topics but never would come forward to
>> explain these claims of inpropriety. they have done this many times and
>> should not be the end all of news! Sorry if I am not believing what they
>> tell us as the blatant truth! I would suggest you check out other sites
>> about information of truth or falsehoods as well as snopes before you use
>> them as the end all of truthisms!! Your friend in the cause, Kirk
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com>
>> To: "'NFB of Florida Listserv'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Cheating at the gas pumps!
>>
>>
>>> Kirk and all,
>>>
>>> I highly recommend that people check out what they read in e mails and
>>> on
>>> line by going to the Snopes.com web site themselves. Anyone can easily
>>> put
>>> the line in a fabricated story, "it's true I read it on the Snopes web
>>> site." I've posted the link to the main site and the link to the full
>>> story
>>> about cheating at the gas pumps. I would have to say that after reading
>>> the
>>> full story that it probably isn't nearly so wide spread as the e mail
>>> might
>>> imply, and may not really be happening at all. Go there and read it for
>>> yourselves.
>>>
>>> http://www.snopes.com
>>>
>>> I went to the site above and did a search for cheating at the gas pumps
>>> and
>>> here is the link for the entire story.
>>>
>>> http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/cheating.asp
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Jim Ellsworth
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Kirk
>>> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:06 AM
>>> To: fcb-l at acb.org; NFB of Florida Listserv
>>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Cheating at the gas pumps!
>>>
>>> Hello all, I know this isn't a normal issue discussed on these sites,
>>> however I thought that it was appropriate for all to be aware of! If any
>>> of
>>> us have a family member that owns a vehicle, then we should let them
>>> know
>>> about these abuses at the pumps so they can notify the correct
>>> authorities!
>>> Your friend in the cause, Kirk Harmon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> According to Snopes.com this is a true story.
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject: Cheating at the gas pumps (PRINT OUT YOUR RECEIPTS!!!
>>>
>>> I received the following from a friend:
>>>
>>>
>>> This is true. It happened to them three weeks ago somewhere in
>>> Lewiston on the way to Augusta . The pump should have totaled @ $38.00
>>> (and
>>> change). When the receipt was printed, and she checked it was $ 47.00
>>> (and
>>> change).
>>>
>>> She got mad, went inside the store, asked for a calculator and let
>>> them do the math. They refunded her, she told them that if they cheat,
>>> they
>>> had better make it right. Normally, her husband would skip printing the
>>> receipt.. Not her...
>>>
>>> We saw on the news the other night that this is happening
>>> everywhere.
>>>
>>> Brian pumped exactly one gallon of gas. The price did not match the
>>> cost
>>> of one gallon. It was higher. He went inside and complained, got a
>>> refund.
>>>
>>> There is also a number on each pump that you can call and
>>> complain..
>>>
>>> This is a true story, so read it carefully.
>>>
>>> On March 24, 2009, I stopped at a gas station in Lewiston . My
>>> truck's
>>> gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was priced at
>>> $2.21 per gallon. When my tank is at this point, it takes somewhere
>>> around
>>> 14 gallons 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 15, then 16. I even looked under
>>> my
>>> truck to see if it was being spilled. It was not.
>>>
>>> Then it showed 17 gallons on the pump. It stopped at 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 $2.21 9/10 per gallon; my
>>> dollar amount for 10 gallons should have been $22.19. I wish I had
>>> 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 state
>>> Agriculture Department, and direct your comments to the Commissioner,
>>> the
>>> info is on the gas pumps.
>>>
>>> Please don't delete this until you have sent it to all people in
>>> your
>>> address book. We need to put a stop to this outrageous cheating of
>>> customers. The gas companies are making enough profits at honest rates.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kirk Harmon
>>> 1031 Lenmore Ct.
>>> Orlando, FL. 32812
>>>
>>> Phone:
>>> Office: 1-407-380-3371
>>> Cell: 1-407-473-2176
>>> BVA/FRG
>>> District Director
>>> E. central Division
>>>
>>>
>>> BVA/FRG
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>>>
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>>>
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