Pump the gas, then tell the owner?
Pump the gas, then tell the owner?
What would you do?
POSTED: 6:38 pm EDT October 5, 2005
Drivers filling up at a Hallandale Beach gas station were in for quite a surprise Wednesday morning.
They got premium grade gas for 33 cents a gallon!
For several hours, the Race Trac gas station on Hallandale Beach Boulevard was giving out premium grade gas for 33 cents a gallon after a manager accidentally inputted .329 into the system, instead of 3.29.
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Customers took full advantage of the mistake and not one person said a word to workers. It wasn't until Local 10 showed up, after receiving a tip, that the gas station's managers found out what happened and quickly changed the price back to $3.29.
A manager's mistake when entering gasoline prices into a computerized system led to prices one tenth of what was intended.  The price was supposed to be set at US$3.299 per gallon (US$0.87 / litre), but was entered as US$0.329 (US$0.09 / litre).  

Customers lined up at the RaceTrac on Beach Boulevard in Miami, and filled up with the cheap gas for hours.  Not one bothered to tell station employees.  They were alerted when reporters from a local news agency received a tip and came on site to investigate.  The mistake was promptly fixed.