Gas theft is out of control...
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Cliffs: Gas theft is getting so bad that people are breaking into the gas pumps in the middle of the night in order to steal gas.
Long version: Twice now this week our cashier has come into work at 6:30 and there has been an unpaid gas transaction for $50 on the till, which should be impossible because our pumps are set up to require authorization from 7:00 pm until 8:00 am. We called another gas station that has the same pumps/network/till as us and asked them if it had happened to them at all. Yep, $60 one night last week.
Today we called the guy that services our pumps and asked him is there any way to scam the pump. His answer...yes, but you have to get access to the keypad inside the pump behind the credit card scanner that the techs use for diagnosis/repair of the pumps. When there is a problem with the pumps the tech will come out and type in a code on that keypad which will take it offline to help them figure out if the problem is the pump or if it is the network/till, the function of the keypad has many other uses, this is just one of them. While the pump is offline you are able to bypass needing authorization and pump, once you put it back online it will show up as a transaction on the till.
We also learned today that most pumps come from the factory with a set of keys to get into the pump and a code to troubleshoot the pump that are universal to the specific brand of pump. When the pumps are installed the company installing them is supposed to change out the keys and change the code, 90% of the time they don't.
Talking to the tech today he has said over the last month he has changed out the locks and the code at many different stations because of the "mysterious money on the till in the morning."
Now this leads us to the question...who is stealing the 10's, 100's, or even 1000's of gallons of gas over the last month? Someone that works as a pump tech? Someone who has a bump key and found the code on the internet? Either way, as of this afternoon, our code has been changed, so if it happens again then it is either the owner of the business or our pump tech (he even made the joke today as he was leaving "Dave and I are the only ones who know your code now so I'll probably have to stop stealing gas from you guys or I'll get busted"). Who the hell knows. All we know is that with current markup from wholesale it will take 770 gallons worth of cash sales or 3333 gallons worth of credit card sales to make up for the $100 lost.
I'm not trying to say "feel sorry for my boss, feel sorry for the gas stations" gas stations are lucky to break even between gas loads and I'm just trying to point out how bad shit is starting to get.
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the end of the world is near
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PVC SQUAD MEMBER #2- 95 CIVIC EX- DD 320whp on a mustang dyno
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SPANISH-RICE;228570 wrote:
the end of the world is near+1
my gas got syphoned a couple times.
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no_slow_clap;228573 wrote:
+1my gas got syphoned a couple times.
no shit?
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PVC SQUAD MEMBER #2- 95 CIVIC EX- DD 320whp on a mustang dyno
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not even kidding. people here are drilling holes in gas tanks and syphoning out of busses n stuff.
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hahaha i suppose that alot of gas hahaha
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PVC SQUAD MEMBER #2- 95 CIVIC EX- DD 320whp on a mustang dyno
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yea. the first mod to the evo was a locking gas cap!!!!
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hahahaha, fuck i never wanna leave fargo cause of the crime. i feel so sheltered here ha
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PVC SQUAD MEMBER #2- 95 CIVIC EX- DD 320whp on a mustang dyno
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Introduce me....
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shit shes got business smarts. a tank of gas is like 50 bucks nowadays
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PVC SQUAD MEMBER #2- 95 CIVIC EX- DD 320whp on a mustang dyno
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Now that this all came up, i hopped in my truck today and noticed it was empty.... Leading to the story i put $35 in diesel in it sunday and headed out to the track. Today hop in it and its empty and hasn't been driven since yesterday. Now which made me think back again i hadn't driven my truck since we dyno'd on last wed and it had 3/8 tank left when we got back to town.
Which all leads me to believe i've had diesel syphoned out twice this week. Over a half tank goes a lot further then 30 miles last time i checked, or diesel all the sudden became very evaporative.
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Ugh I'd hate to get a mouth full of diesel trying to siphon it out.
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jesus diesel is spendy too. sleep in the bed of the truck once and shoot them when they come to get more
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PVC SQUAD MEMBER #2- 95 CIVIC EX- DD 320whp on a mustang dyno
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