Report Exposes Guadalajara Gas Stations Taking Motorists for a Ride El Jefazo - The Fulano Forum
go to original August 13, 2014

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Research by Spanish-language daily Mural has revealed that motorists in Guadalajara are being shortchanged by Pemex gas stations pretty much every other time they fill up their tanks.

The newspaper sent out reporters in a car fitted with a hidden tank in the trunk. They visited 30 gas stations in the metropolitan area, each time filling up with 40 liters of either magna or premium gasoline (value: 514.40 or 542.40 pesos). The amount of gas dispatched was checked after each visit in the presence of a notary public.

To ensure accuracy, the investigative team emptied the gasoline into specially calibrated containers (they look much like old fashioned milk jugs) that are also used in official inspections by the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco).

Remarkably, pumps shorted the reporters in all but seven of the gas stations. The worst offender was the Pemex station (8986) at Avenida Concepción in Tlajomulco, which came up short by 3.12 liters of gas – equivalent to 40.12 pesos. On average, pumps at the 23 offending Pemex stations dispatched around three percent less gasoline than their gauges had recorded. The research concluded that customers are being shortchanged at about half the gas stations in the metropolitan area to the tune of around two dollars for every 40 dollars spent.

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