Error Prices Gas At $1.40 At Ohio Station

[sa_butta]

A computer error caused a Cincinnati area service station to sell gas for $1.40 instead of $4.10, leading to a major traffic jam. Vehicles clogged the area around a Marathon station in suburban Sycamore Township while the bargain was available for roughly three hours on Tuesday, until Hamilton County sheriff's deputies persuaded the station to shut down.

Tiffany Smith waited in line for two hours to take advantage of the deal. She says these days, her family has to decide between buying food or buying gas, and the fuel price glitch would allow her to do both.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4209860.shtml (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/25/ap/strange/main4209860.shtml)

[DannyT]

She says these days, her family has to decide between buying food or buying gas, and the fuel price glitch would allow her to do both.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4209860.shtml (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/25/ap/strange/main4209860.shtml)

sad truely sad

[Thunder Dan]

seriously, whoever works at that store needs to be fired- who goes a half of a day and doesn't notice that there are people waiting in line for gas that is priced wrong.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

In a related story, the Diamond Shamrock two miles down from the Marathon station only sold 2 gallons of gas at $9.93 per gallon during a 3 hour span this afternoon. The sole customer was heard discussing the male offspring of a female dog shortly after completing his purchase.

[peewee's lovechild]

the male offspring of a female dog

[spursfan09]

seiously, whoever works at that store needs to be fired- who goes a half of a day and doesn't notice that there are people waiting in line for gas that is priced wrong.

a person doing God's work.

[Chief]

oh man just imagine how much that gas station lost. lose of $3.30 a gallon.

"The store clerk told WKRC-TV he didn't know how to fix the problem and was having trouble reaching his store manager. "

should do what ghetto gas station owners like me do and put grocery bags on the pumps to signal not working, lol

[InRareForm]

ethics pops into mind here.

people feel justified to steal... interesting.

[Dre_7]

ethics pops into mind here.

people feel justified to steal... interesting.

Steal? Oh you mean you are talkin about the Big Oil Companies, correct?

[InRareForm]

Steal? Oh you mean you are talkin about the Big Oil Companies, correct?

We don't have to buy their products.

[T Park]

Steal? Oh you mean you are talkin about the Big Oil Companies, correct?

When did

Supply and demand = stealing?


Sigh...

[1Parker1]

:lol Remember when people thought $1.40 was high and they were worried it was going to go up to $2.00 a gallon?

Yea...seems like so long ago. If you told me 3 years ago, heck just last year that I would be paying $4.16 a gallon for Regular, I would have said No way that can happen! :pctoss

This is just starting to get ridiculous.

[Dex]

ethics pops into mind here.

people feel justified to steal... interesting.

They paid for the gas. It's not the customer's fault if the company charges the wrong price.

[exstatic]

When did

Supply and demand = stealing?


Sigh...

When the demand is inelastic because Big Oil and Big Auto bought and paid for a bunch of politicians to pass bills to rip up electric trolley tracks and electric bus overhead lines in cities in the 1950s. It's not like we haven't ever had good mass transportation in this country, it's just bad for business for the automotive companies and the oilcos.

[T Park]

Ah, more great business hating thinking.

Gotta love it.

[Leetonidas]

What kind of douche bag defends high gas prices? That shit is not supply and demand, it oil companies sodomizing the consumers because most people depend on their car for transportation.