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Article #204Re: Texaco's "discount for cash" (Was: Gas scam)
From: Dennis Gray Jr.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:52
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:52
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In article <1992Nov16.201539.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> otto@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (M. Otto, "Virtual Prisoner of the VAX") writes: > Texaco, so far as I know, has never had that policy. At least they > don't have it here in Austin (or any other city I've ever been to > and needed to buy gas). I think you have them confused with someone > else. This "discount for cash" business is why I stopped using > Exxon and started using Texaco. Texaco in Denton does. The road sign states the cash price, the pump shows you the credit price. I had to keep track of the 4% difference in my head while pumping so I would get an even dollar amount. I stopped going to Texaco after a couple doses of that. That's right. I double checked the price down the street and sure enough it is not the same "cash or credit". I would otherwise have a Texaco Credit Card... And no, I'm not mathematically impared. I think the pump should show the price you will be paying, rather than an inflated amount. In Texas there is a state law that says that the station must display the price charged per gallon on the pump before durring and after sale. I sent my diamond shamrock card back to the because they displayed one price and charged another. I also filed an official grievance with the State Agriculture guy.. dunno if anything happened to them, but I was pissed off. -- __ ____ __ otto@vaxb.acs.unt.edu /|/| / / / / / / A virtual prisoner of the VAX // I'm sorry; my karma / |. /_/ / / /_/ at The University of North Texas \X/ ran over your dogma Denton, USA What a terrible thing to be a prisoner of. Don't you guys have NeXT machines? :-) -dennis
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!sgigate!rutgers!sun-barr!male.EBay.Sun.COM!west.West.Sun.COM!cronkite.Central.Sun.COM!texsun!moxie!wotan.compaq.com!bcm!menudo.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!dgray From: dgray@menudo.uh.edu (Dennis Gray Jr.) Newsgroups: tx.general Subject: Re: Texaco's "discount for cash" (Was: Gas scam) Message-ID: <DGRAY.92Nov18005252@menudo.uh.edu> Date: 18 Nov 92 06:52:52 GMT References: <83513@ut-emx.uucp> <DGRAY.92Nov14121316@menudo.uh.edu> <21882@rpp386.lonestar.org> <1992Nov16.201539.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> Reply-To: DGray@uh.edu Distribution: tx Organization: Academic Computer User Services Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: menudo.uh.edu In-reply-to: otto@vaxb.acs.unt.edu's message of Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:15:39 GMT