UK: Cambridgeshire Service Station Special Fuel Offer
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Tuesday, 29 September 2009 |
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The Cambridgeshire branch was swamped with motorists after a faulty
pump mistakenly dispensed fuel for 40p a litre for nearly a week.
Queues of traffic built up around the Milton service station as word
spread of the bargain price. Customers with a 50-litre tank were
filling up at a saving of almost £35. They were pumping in £54 worth of
107p-a-litre petrol for only £20. Staff only learned of the error
after a customer blabbed about the pump bonanza on a local radio
station.
An engineer fixed the problem on Friday morning - six days after it was
first noticed by customers. "This was a technical fault at the pump and
an engineer has now rectified the problem," a Tesco spokesman said.
"Although we always aim to keep prices down at the pumps,
unfortunately, we could not maintain this price indefinitely."
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