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Re: Texaco's "discount for cash" (Was: Gas scam)

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From: Dennis Gray Jr.
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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From: dgray@menudo.uh.edu (Dennis Gray Jr.)
Newsgroups: tx.general
Subject: Re: Texaco's "discount for cash"  (Was:  Gas scam)
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Date: 18 Nov 92 06:52:52 GMT
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