Malfunction sells gas at super bargain
SAN ANTONIO (UPI) -- A "pump malfunction" sold premium gasoline for 38 cents a gallon to lucky customers for several hours at a San Antonio convenience store, the manager says.
Jim Duke, manager of the Dill Food Mart, said he checked it out Thursday after watching an unusually large crowd gassing up at one particular pump Wednesday afternoon.
"I was inside and they were paying at the pump and nobody came in so nobody told me what was happening," Duke told WOAI-AM.
He found to his chagrin that "a decimal point had slipped" and instead of selling premium gas for $3.89 a gallon, the pump was dispensing it for 38 cents a gallon.
"We lost a lot of money," Duke said, although he wasn't sure how much.
Business was way down at that pump Thursday afternoon.
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