[eye30]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/lucky-french-motorists-cheap-fuel-faulty-pump-153949887.html


Dozens of lucky French motorists were treated to bargain-basement prices when an automatic diesel dispenser malfunctioned and charged 25 euro cents (30 US cents) a litre.

A total of 189 motorists were able to take advantage of the price mix-up overnight at a Cora supermarket in the city of Montbeliard near the Swiss border, local police and the supermarket's management said.

A long queue of vehicles formed at the petrol station, which would normally have charged 1.396 euros a litre for diesel, after word spread of the cheap price.

In a little over two-and-a-half hours, between 10,000 and 11,000 litres of diesel were purchased, costing the petrol station about 12,000 euros.

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That averages out at between 50/55 l per customer.

189 i30's 

[Dazzler]

If they paid by card they may be caught up with 

[beerman]

CCTV too.....

[baroudeur]

If they paid by card they may be caught up with 

It must have been a 100% card only self service station  (common in France) because no cashier would have processed sales at 25¢ a litre more than a couple of times before realising something was wrong.

[Dazzler]

If they paid by card they may be caught up with 

It must have been a 100% card only self service station  (common in France) because no cashier would have processed sales at 25¢ a litre more than a couple of times before realising something was wrong.

I wondered why not picked up earlier  (we have very few card only set ups here) and most of those use  a proprietary card and a monthly account.