Originally Posted by RickZ
I was just curious what people would think, The station is part of a farm co-op and I buy a lot of fuel there so I know most people there. I told them and it has already been taken care of. It is tempting to try to get back at Big Oil, but as is the case most of the time it would not be Big Oil that suffered.
My nephew bought a small station in Independence, KS as he wanted to build his own business. So far it's been one of the biggest regrets in his life. Examples as this are now part of every phone conversation. He makes about 2 cents on every gallon sold, sometimes 3 cents. Average fill up these days is 14 gallons, meaning that he lost $14 on each fill up of mispriced gas, meaning that he'd need to sell up to 700 gals, or that he breaks even on the next 50 fill ups for every one that took advantage of the mistake. Sadly in his case he's discovering that these aren't mistakes, but employee theft as the pumps get reset, the employee calls all his buddies, and then "someone" eventually advises him or the shift manager of the "mistake".
Guys, do what you think best, but unless it's a corporate store you're not even within 4 enterprises to "Big Oil. In any case, when traveling through Independence, KS, please notify my nephew BEFORE filling up...I'd really appreciate it.