Thread: NC-Drivers Flood Station for 35 Cent Gas

Drivers Flood Station for 35 Cent Gas

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Traffic was backed up and police were called to control the crowd after a Wilmington gas station accidentally set the pump price at 35 cents a gallon.

The Wilmington Star-News reported Friday that hundreds of drivers flooded a BP station for the cheap gas after the price dropped around 9 a.m. Thursday.

Station employee Shane Weller said the price for premium gasoline was supposed to be $3.35 a gallon. He complained that customers paid the cheaper price all day without saying a word.

It was all the extra traffic that led station employees to the mistake around 6 p.m. They found it after calling their district manager, looking for permission to changing the price as a way of stemming the flow of customers.

Information from: The Star-News, http://starnewsonline.com

A service of the Associated Press(AP)

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I heard on tv this morning the station is going back and charging credit card customers an additional $3 per gallon.

had_enuf wrote:

I heard on tv this morning the station is going back and charging credit card customers an additional $3 per gallon.

I don't see how they can legally do that. The gas was advertised at .35 a gallon and the customer signed the credit card receipt. There is a serious problem when a store can add charges to a persons credit card without their authorization, especially when it happens after the initial purchase.