98 fuel,14cents per litre lol

[STINKY NINJA]

An unmanned puma servo in perth accidentally sold 98 fuel for 14.9 cents a litre,people smashed it for 8 hours straight,supercheap and all parts stores sold out of jerry cans haha awesome,my wife just saw it on the news!
One of the pics I saw of the pumps showed 50 odd litres for around 7 bucks lol,thats so cool,good on those who got to take advantage of it!

[Express]

Nice to hear some consumers had a win for a change.

[BIONIC MAN]

Can't imagine you would be so happy if you were the business owner, and one of your employees had perhaps made a mistake setting the price?
Our anger at rip off fuel prices should not be directed at the small business owners... How much govt tax is on a litre of fuel again?

Not to mention, a 20L Jerry can costs at least 20 bucks.. About the same as the saving on fuel!? How crazy.

[theBlake]

Why would someone pay minimum $20 for a 20l jerry can to save about $20 on petrol?

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by theBlake

Why would someone pay minimum $20 for a 20l jerry can to save about $20 on petrol?

Pays for the can I guess? If you needed one?

[FTe342]

Do the maths, they would have saved at least $1.35 / litre x 20 = $27. Fill your tank plus a few jerrys and your way in front on the fuel and got a few jerry cans for free

[BIONIC MAN]

Yay.. Free jerry cans!? I think if you had a need, and wanted Jerry cans you would have already bought them by now.. I Don't think the 30 dollar purchase price would be stopping you?
I have 6 already for the boats, jetski etc.. I would love a few more to trip over.

[EBTom]

1. Purchase jerry cans.
2. Fill up jerry cans.
3. Take home and pour fuel from Jerry cans into other containers.
4. Repeat Step 2.
5. Profit.

[malazn mafia]

In our nanny state country, wouldn't be surprised if all those patrons could be fined for theft...

[FPV GTHO]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

In our nanny state country, wouldn't be surprised if all those patrons could be fined for theft...

Doubt it, if somebody advertised the fuel that cheap, that's what it has to sell for. Anybody that's worked in a supermarket can tell you that.

[CoupeKing]

Hope he opens up a bottle shop.
I'll be sponsored by CHEP.

[XG_Falcon]

I have just one thing to say to the business owner: "suffer in ya jocks!"

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by XG_Falcon

I have just one thing to say to the business owner: "suffer in ya jocks!"

Sounds that you have never had to work to make a buck.I can assure every oneon here that running a small business IS NOT aa licence to print money.In most cases it involves a lot of hours at a lower hourly rate than a lot of employees

[bazza91]

The poor bloke who runs the joint has apparently lost $10s of thousands out of this debacle. And also faces potential fines for selling fuel at a ridiculous price. I dont think the fines are necessary given that its a genuine accident, and fines on top of the $10s of thousands he is already out of pocket for, he very well could be facing closure. I really feel for the poor bloke, I run a small business and know how easy it is to be looking at closure for one simple little mistake.
On the opposite hand there is an incredible amount of people who just saved a fortune on petrol prices.

[Ken_AUXR8]

Wouldn't the employee have twigged when he saw all the cars lined up, filling up but he's only doing transactions of $7 at a time? Someone would have had to notice...disgruntled employee maybe?

[josh1990]

Originally Posted by Ken_AUXR8

Wouldn't the employee have twigged when he saw all the cars lined up, filling up but he's only doing transactions of $7 at a time? Someone would have had to notice...disgruntled employee maybe?

Unmanned servo bloke...

[baboon]

Originally Posted by Ken_AUXR8

Wouldn't the employee have twigged when he saw all the cars lined up, filling up but he's only doing transactions of $7 at a time? Someone would have had to notice...disgruntled employee maybe?

Unmanned servo I guess...

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Ken_AUXR8

Wouldn't the employee have twigged when he saw all the cars lined up, filling up but he's only doing transactions of $7 at a time? Someone would have had to notice...disgruntled employee maybe?

Not keeping up, are you

Originally Posted by STINKY NINJA

An unmanned puma servo in perth

[baboon]

Originally Posted by josh1990

Unmanned servo bloke...

Yeah thought so, unmanned servo....

[Ken_AUXR8]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Not keeping up, are you

Ah roger that. I'll look for my glasses now..
:-)

[99AUXR]

Its a shame for the poor bloke, 1 simply mistake costing so much and little sad people took advantage of it like that and didnt inform anyone, I mean what if was their lives that were being ruined?

Worlds ******.

[Falcon SXR8]

Have to agree with others here, its a shame those people took advantage of it, I mean they saved $70 or so each on fueling up but probably totally stuffed this fellas business in the process.

The best win I had was when a bloke paid for my pump instead of his so I paid for his and saved $5 the guy had driven off before we could say anything.

[G RUSH]

The original article said somebody actually phoned in to say that the fuel was unrealistically cheap, that's why it only lasted 8 hours.

"He's the real hero here."
-said no one ever

[STINKY NINJA]

Originally Posted by G RUSH

The original article said somebody actually phoned in to say that the fuel was unrealistically cheap, that's why it only lasted 8 hours.

"He's the real hero here."
-said no one ever

Lol,bet he already filled his car before he made the call!
Somebody put it up on facebook too,fuel rapage

[XG_Falcon]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Sounds that you have never had to work to make a buck.I can assure every oneon here that running a small business IS NOT aa licence to print money.In most cases it involves a lot of hours at a lower hourly rate than a lot of employees

I only 5 days a week.

I get ripped off by servos every day of the week though...

[Ben73]

Originally Posted by 99AUXR

Its a shame for the poor bloke, 1 simply mistake costing so much and little sad people took advantage of it like that and didnt inform anyone, I mean what if was their lives that were being ruined?

Worlds ******.

I would't feel bad at a servo, probably would at any other small business.
Price of a barrel of oil goes up and next day all servos jack the price majorly and blame crude oil price. Barrel of oil drops in price and next day all servos still sell for the same price.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Ben73

I would't feel bad at a servo, probably would at any other small business.
Price of a barrel of oil goes up and next day all servos jack the price majorly and blame crude oil price. Barrel of oil drops in price and next day all servos still sell for the same price.

And the fuel station buys the fuel from a manufacturer and then throws there couple of cents on. The independent isn't making fuel out the back and making huge profits.

[theBlake]

Originally Posted by FTe342

Do the maths, they would have saved at least $1.35 / litre x 20 = $27. Fill your tank plus a few jerrys and your way in front on the fuel and got a few jerry cans for free

I did do the maths. At the most saving $20 a can. Even if the savings was $7 that is a lot of effort for such a piddly amount of money. Anyone going that far must be so desperate. You would get a better ROI by having one less beer.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by theBlake

I did do the maths. At the most saving $20 a can. Even if the savings was $7 that is a lot of effort for such a piddly amount of money. Anyone going that far must be so desperate. You would get a better ROI by having one less beer.

Some people buys cars they can't afford. Its like putting new rims on the car but having the cheapest tyres possible on there.

[blueoval]

I would have filled up at that price, then told the operator of the issue after I paid.