local shell station $0.46 cents/gallon

[sneakerjunkie]

i missed it:




ELK GROVE, CA -- Drivers lined Laguna Blvd. near Harbor Point Blvd. in Elk Grove Monday afternoon, to take advantage of a Shell gas station clerk's faulty fingerwork. Instead of typing in $4.63 for the station's premium gas, he typed in 46 cents.

The gas station manager said the blunder was punched in around 1:30 p.m. and lasted until about 5 p.m. By late afternoon, the Shell station management had called Elk Grove Police for crowd control.

When drivers learned of the cheap gas mistake, many text messaged and called family and friends, adding to the traffic jam.

Tiwa Abogunrin was the next in line when the pumps were switched back to $4.63.

"Everyone was pretty nice to each other. I guess they were just happy the gas was less than a dollar, but I missed it," Abogunrin said.

Some drivers filled their tanks for about $7. SUV drivers spent about $11 to fill up.

Jan Acosta was one of the lucky ones who got there in time to take advantage.

"My friend called me and said, 'Dude! You better come here and take advantage, because gas is 46 cents a gallon.' So I came up here because it sounded too good to be true," Acosta said.

By 5:30 p.m. everything was back to normal, and most drivers filling up there had no idea what they had missed.
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[BustedS13]

4.63? fucking ouch.

[kdashy]

Ah if only I was there.

[TiNMAN]

yea dude. its f'in bad.





ruckus here i come. :cool:

[!Zar!]

Get a real bike.

Don't be a bitch.

[Mi Beardo es Loco]

makes me want to walk to work from now on...















well, not really....but some day

[touge monster]

damn,, thats a steal! I wonder if the clerk had to pay for the loss.

[DRavenS13]

Never knock the public transportation. 17 bucks a week, baby.

[infinitexsound]

ride a bicycle.... take the bus... helps out alot during the week instead of driving...... but daymn im pretty sure the clerk got fired....

[Akiros]

GTO GAS = :( [not too bad, I actually get decent mileage in 6th gear] but It does cost me 70+ to fill up the tank in an f'in car. haven't filled the 240 up all the way since I've gotten it, haha, no idea there.

[gabe30]

why doesnt the good shit ever happen here......

[DJDANGER24]

wow, i wonder how much money was lost in those hours... too lazy to do the math. thank god for kei cars here in JP

[just1pepsi]

lol, someone got fired I'm sure of that. man, gas is fuckin ridiculous, I would have brought every vehicle and gas can I could find and filled em up.

[LeftNutOfGowd]

4.63? fucking ouch.

Yeah thats what i have to pay just to pump regular gas

[legacy927]

HAHA...that guy's probably gona get fired...but i would dock his pay first, then fire his dumbass...

if this would've happened in NYC..There would be a riot, I would be there with my car, and every 5gallon empty bottle of poland spring water that i have at work...lol

[PRADOgy]

Our gas is still cheaper than most country's....

[origin_s135]

i remember that happened in oakland awhile back, i filled that baby up to the top! including a couple of other friends, but it wasn't packed because it happened at night time.

[just1pepsi]

Our gas is still cheaper than most country's....
Yeah, other countries put a higher *TAX* on it. I heard somewhere that in Saudi Arabia, gas is 15cents/gallon (i dunno how true that is)

Regardless, the price of gas is sky high, and its driving up the price of everything, our Govt needs to start firing up our domestic oil industry and try to get some price regulation on foregin oil, or just stop buying it.

[Bobafreak]

Buying a ruckus hopefully this week.

[steve shadows]

Our gas is still cheaper than most country's....

NO IT"S NOT

GODAMNIT

The other countries have 75% percent tax, so if it's 9 bucks there it's actually only 3 bucks per gallon if it were here because of their stupid tax.

this is a bullshit excuse.

we're completely getting fucked, don't fall for that argument.

If the Europeans complain then maybe they shouldnt elect socialsts who raise the gas tax up to insane 75% levels.

[an_orange_s2k]

someone lost their job..

[arkive43]

hahaha it happens, ive also heard of ppl hacking the pumps and changing them.

sunday night i filled up for 3.76 a gal when across teh street it was 3.93 i wonder if they f-uped too. next morning it was changed.

[kyoru]

dear god 46 cents a gallon I would have rented a truck and grabbed a ton of gas cans

[YoungGun]

I would've been all over that if I had known, where are the homies that were supposed to call me dammit.

[renegade_ewok]

NO IT"S NOT

GODAMNIT

The other countries have 75% percent tax, so if it's 9 bucks there it's actually only 3 bucks per gallon if it were here because of their stupid tax.

this is a bullshit excuse.

we're completely getting fucked, don't fall for that argument.

If the Europeans complain then maybe they shouldnt elect socialsts who raise the gas tax up to insane 75% levels.
It doesn't matter that its a tax... In Germany my buddies are paying like the equivalent of 8.50 a gallon. Are you saying they aren't? haha

I'm happy as long as it doesn't get to that point. The whole gas price thing is way out of proportion. Gas is still cheaper here, doesn't matter that its a tax over there, the statement still stands true. The price paid at the pump is cheaper in the US than mainland Europe. The price of actual "gas" doesn't matter... do you buy bulk from Exxon/Mobile? Didn't think so.

[azndoc]

Geez that's pretty gangstur.

Yeah I would've stood there with a shotty protecting my pump.

While I call all my family and friends.

[mRclARK1]

NO IT"S NOT

GODAMNIT

The other countries have 75% percent tax, so if it's 9 bucks there it's actually only 3 bucks per gallon if it were here because of their stupid tax.

this is a bullshit excuse.

we're completely getting fucked, don't fall for that argument.

If the Europeans complain then maybe they shouldnt elect socialsts who raise the gas tax up to insane 75% levels.

You're dead on. However, it's still money out of the pocket of the consumer in any case. :-/

Somebody lost their job I bet. lol

[ronmcdon]

It doesn't matter that its a tax... In Germany my buddies are paying like the equivalent of 8.50 a gallon. Are you saying they aren't? haha

I'm happy as long as it doesn't get to that point. The whole gas price thing is way out of proportion. Gas is still cheaper here, doesn't matter that its a tax over there, the statement still stands true. The price paid at the pump is cheaper in the US than mainland Europe. The price of actual "gas" doesn't matter... do you buy bulk from Exxon/Mobile? Didn't think so.

i think he mentioned that gas is more or less the same everywhere. the difference between what you pay in the US and Europe, is due to difference is taxes. Yeah, everyone taxes, but in europe you get screwed over a little more than the US. maybe they have their reasons, idk.

Can't speak for the rest of the US but out here in socal, it's almost impossible not drive, and not to drive a lot. From where I live and work, its totally impractical not to drive. Most places in Europe have really good mass transit. I've yet to visit a city where I needed to use a taxi or rent a car. I think its safe to say most Europeans don't drive as much as ppl in the US. My guess would be that our overall fuel expenses in the socal would be a lot, lot higher than most European countries. (even with higher euro taxes taken into consideration)

[jskateborders]

I was filling up the s13 the other day and at 65 bucks I just said fuck it, bitch is full enough. This is getting gay. Time to start siphoning out of gas stations.