If you are using a card to get gas, check your receipts!

[FireMedic65]

This one made me laugh pretty hard

http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2009/0...6-billion/?jhgf

alk about skyrocketing gas prices! One man from Richland, Washington was in for the shock of his life when he filled up the gas tank of his ‘94 Chevy Camaro.

When Juan Zamora stopped to refuel his car at a Conoco service station in Richland, the gas pump’s calculator registered a total fee of $26.

But in a freak computer hiccup, the PayPal debit card he used recorded the transaction as $81,400,836,908. Yes, you read that correctly, that’s more than 81 billion dollars.

“That’s a B, as in billions!” Zamora told the Tri-City Herald.

Zamora says that he always refuels at the same gas station during his weekly commute.

He only learned of the astounding figure when he received an email later that afternoon informing him that his debit card, which started out with $90 on it, was maxed out.

Initially, Mr. Zamora thought it must’ve been a joke. But after contacting PayPal customer service he was surprised to see that the company treated it as anything but a laughing matter.

“Somebody from a foreign country who spoke in broken English argued with me for 10 to 15 minutes,” Zamora said. ” ‘Did you get the gas?’ he asked. Like I had to prove that I didn’t pump $81,400,836,908 in gas!”

He would have needed more than 3 billion fill-ups of the amount he actually pumped into his tank in order to reach that outrageous sum.

Eventually, Zamora said, he was finally able to convince the representative that he didn’t deserve to be in the same position as General Motors, who has lost roughly 80 billion dollars since 2005.

When Zamora returned to the Conoco gas station, he said, the attendant would not believe him until he showed her the printout of the PayPal receipt.

The exact cause of the error is still unknown.

As always, there’s a lesson to be learned. “I guess the moral of this story is ‘pay cash,’ ” Zamora said.

[spenac]

I would ask for a cash refund.

[Katiebug]

I would ask for a cash refund.

Hell, a store credit would be just fine!

[itku2er]

I would expect Prompt repayment of my 81 billion dollars.

But on a personal note I had the same problem with verizon not in that big a sum but they did double charge for my new cell phone, so I think I am with zoma "PAY IN CASH!" Its funny when its your money no one wants to give it back but if you owe them they want it YESTERDAY!

[Richard B the EMT]

As someone with a 26 gallon fuel tank in my Venture, when fuel costs started zooming up to almost $4.00 per gallon after Katrina, I was already paying by credit card at the self serve pumps.

My problem was, the pump would decide that I had enough when I got to $50.00, and shut down, leaving me with a 3/4 full tank, and paperwork headaches.

I eventually started bringing the card inside to the attendants, and told them what the pump was doing. Their brilliant idea was to put the card in again, as a second purchase.

No. I record the date, mileage, place of purchase, amount of fuel, and cost. Why should I have to do double entries? Or, why should I have to keep refueling with a half a tank, instead of getting down to 1/4 tankload? I get roughly 412 miles per fillup with combined city/highway driving.

[FireMedic65]

As someone with a 26 gallon fuel tank in my Venture, when fuel costs started zooming up to almost $4.00 per gallon after Katrina, I was already paying by credit card at the self serve pumps.

My problem was, the pump would decide that I had enough when I got to $50.00, and shut down, leaving me with a 3/4 full tank, and paperwork headaches.

I eventually started bringing the card inside to the attendants, and told them what the pump was doing. Their brilliant idea was to put the card in again, as a second purchase.

No. I record the date, mileage, place of purchase, amount of fuel, and cost. Why should I have to do double entries? Or, why should I have to keep refueling with a half a tank, instead of getting down to 1/4 tankload? I get roughly 412 miles per fillup with combined city/highway driving.

They put a cap on the gas tanks here as well. Most of the stop at around $60, or $100 if you have a gas card/credit card/easy pay from that chain of gas stations.

Back when it was costing me nearly $80 to fill up my tank, I noticed this and thought it was broke. So I too questioned the person inside, and they said it was to prevent drive offs.