Video: Pump not dispensing gas while price ticker keeps charging
SOUTH GATE, Calif. -- Video shows a price ticker at a gas pump in South Gate keep moving up cent by cent, even as the nozzle is out of the tank and not dispensing any gas. The Florence-Firestone couple captured the moment as they pumped gas Sunday night.
Herrador said this happened at the Arco gas station on the corner of Firestone and Long Beach boulevards. They ended up getting overcharged by about $6. "He contacted [the] Facebook page, the South Gate Facebook page to let them know what was going on because we didn't want this to happen to anyone else," said Herrador.
"An employee reached out to me anonymously from this location and stated that indeed there was a fuel pump leak in the hose and they had a technician look at it," said Buckley.Herrador said the manager called them back to apologize for the inconvenience and gave them a $25 gift card.
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