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In <83513@ut-emx.uucp> ccdave@ut-emx.uucp (David Stewart) writes:

>Has anyone else noticed that sometimes the price on the
>gas pump is different than the price on the credit card
>receipt while the total is still correct?  This just 
>happened to me again and I made a note of what the pump
>said so I could ask around and maybe find out why they are
>doing it.

> [example deleted]

Check the price of unleaded regular at the same station.  I have had
this happen to me a couple of times, and noticed it when I entered the
info in a log. (I usually burn premimum unleaded).

When the station is busy, I suppose they note the price of the
purchase, and then authorize the pump for another customer.  Unless
there is some way to tell the computer to use another rate (or they
are too lazy to do it), it apparently assumes "regular unleaded" when
the ticket is finally printed.

I don't know if anyone is attempting anything sinister, but I would
think it would (at the very least) screw up their inventory control.

The reason these automated systems are so popular is that the average
high-school graduate can run them with a minimum amount of training.
Since most said graduates don't know how to make change from a dollar,
it would be a bit much to expect them to do long division.
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