Q.C. bares erring gas stations

[Dieseler]

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Q.C. bares erring gas stations

By M. PUNONGBAYAN
TODAY Correspondent


A Quezon City official disclosed that some gasoline stations in the city are involved in short-selling activities and are robbing customers of hundreds of liters of fuel everyday.


Quezon City treasurer Victor Endriga said motorists are losing an average of ten percent of the gas they paid for every time they fill up their fuel tanks.


He said several erring gasoline stations have calibrated their gas pumps to register the wrong volume of gasoline and deceive consumers.


The city’s treasurer’s office has been conducting daily inspections of gasoline stations for several weeks now and discovered some firms engaged in short-selling activities.


Endriga said Caltex and Sea Oil gasoline stations have been the most dishonest while Petron, Shell, and the other gas stations can be trusted.


Inspectors, he explained, had been going around and had been checking using calibrating buckets which measures liquid by cubic centimeter.


“Ginagawa namin ito para sa mga consumers natin. Kawawa naman mga gumagamit ng gasoline, ang taas-taas na nga ng presyo, niloloko pa sila,” Endriga told Today.


He said if a motorist buys 10 liters of gasoline, he will get less gas.


Endriga said they had been sealing these gasoline station’s fuel tanks and have been imposing fines based on violations of a local ordinance.


After paying the penalty, the gasoline stations resume operations only after inspection teams calibrate their fuel machines to correct the fuel output.


“Ang pinaka-OK ’yung Petron. Pinakamalala, based on our monitoring, ’eh ’yung Caltex at Sea Oil gasoline stations,” Endriga said.


Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr., said the erring gasoline stations should not simply pay fines but should be banned from operating.


“They are definitely violating national laws specifically on product standards. We will coordinate with and call the attention of the Department of Trade and Industry.Belmonte assured the consumers that the city government will not tolerate illegal practices and will not let motorists be victimized by those who take advantage of unsuspecting consumers.


Various government agencies are expected to investigate the erring gas stations especially now that prices of petroleum products have been going up regularly.



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Watch out peeps...

[mbt]

damn... suki pa naman kami sa caltex hehe

[diesoline]

ako pa naman suki ng seaoil ever since they had clean diesel. i hope my suking station was not one among those apprehended.

[brix]

grabe naman yan....

mahal na nga gas ngayon dadayain pa..

well, if memory still serves me correctly, i think estafa na yata yung ginagawa nila eh

[GlennSter]

dang..sabi ko na eh..may mga ganyan talaga.

been a costumer of petron for a year or so na...

balik ako sa shell since mukhang hindi masyado mausok car ko pag sa shell...

[skipper]

Pag sigurado silang may anomalya na ginagawa yung gas stations, dapat i-publish yan para di na puntahan.

[yebo]

kaya pala nagtataka ako kasi bumaba ang mileage ko, yun pala nadadaya. dati kasi whether caltex or sea oil nasa 9.5-11 km/l ako, ngayon i rarely go higher than 9 km/l. shift na lang ako sa petron!

[hagiber]

Shell ako palagi lately dahil sa extended mileage product nila...

Tanong ko lang na may mga balita din na yung ibang gas stations ay hinahaluan ng kerosene or even water yung gasolina kaya kahit sukatin mo ang volume, tama pa din... how do we know if we're really getting our hard earned money's worth when it comes to gas purchases ?

[pajerokid]

tagal ko nang naisip na may gumagawa nito. either maling calibration ng pumps or sinasadya.

[mbt]

hmm... baka kaya 5.7 km/L lang yung cr-v ko hmmmmm