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September 10th, 2005 12:04 AM #12
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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September 10th, 2005 12:14 AM #13
Speaking of Caltex pasaway talaga mga gasoline station nila pansinin nyo ang dudumi ng gas station nila di marunong magmantain. before caltex ako nagpa gas ba naman ako at tumutulo-tulo pa ang pagitan ng nozzle at hose kulang yata sa teflon hehehe. kahit sang caltex ako punta ang dumi dumi. nag shift ako sa shell oks ang service chaka malilinis ang gasoline station....
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September 10th, 2005 12:22 AM #14
shell and sea oil along e rod. near d tuazon. mas mura ng php 1.00 ang diesel nila lagi.
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September 10th, 2005 01:23 AM #15
shell macapagal mura nga don. don ako lagi pag nasa manila ako e. along the way kasi pauwi.
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September 10th, 2005 01:40 AM #16
yes, shell macapagal is highly recommended... gusto ko dun lagi magpagas hanggat maari kahit medyo out of way..
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September 10th, 2005 02:34 AM #17Originally Posted by pissword
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September 10th, 2005 11:47 AM #18
Shell and Petron in Shaw Boulevard Kapitolyo, they usually compete and costs P0.10 to P0.50 cheaper. (estimate lang)
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Choice I would have made as well.:nod:
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