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This is standard operating procedure for most petrol pump attendants. Whenever such a thing happens, insist that the filling should continue without a break. Don't let him take the nozzle out of the fuel tank. Such a thing happens to me almost every 3rd time I fill up, so kinda used to it now.

It would be very nice if some action is taken against the said petrol pump but I doubt anything will be done. Anyways, for the future, remember to be extra careful and try not to take your eyes off the meter unless there is a really major incident happening (Natural calamity / Fire / Punishable offence under IPC ). The attendant will try to distract you at every possible opportunity whenever you fill petrol worth 500 or more.

Thats very good effort there bro. Next time if the attendant just fills petrol of 100Rs. (even if you asked him for 500Rs) stop the attendant and say fine just fill up for 100Rs .

Have anyone tried filling up by Litres instead of filling up by amount.

But its really great of you to take such steps and spreading the awareness. Really Appreciate it

It's one of major problem throughout india we spend high cost on fuel but there is a day robbery happening there... Incredible india!
Happy that you take such steps in action against it..

Loz...guys there's even better way of fuel station minting money in a broad day light which is 100% legal yet no one can do anything about it; this was proved to me by a senior member here; since this isn't my original thought, I'll wait for the Gentleman to speak up.

First of all apologies mods. I started a new thread regarding this on Universal Threads. My bad

Happened with me too.
Just one pointer guys adding to the list of points to be remembered while filling up.
if the notch of the filler is pushed once and then released immediately, the counter shows Rs.50 though only just a cap full of petrol might have been filled.
the guys at bunks did this twice and both the times I asked them to take out the nozzle and believe me it was dry. not even a single drop hanging from the tip, called up the manager created a scene and made him fill the beaker they have for measuring quantity. He ( the manager) showed me that the setting is accurate and told that this has been an error on the attendant's part. The attendant's expression was worth a watch when the manager came

Guys good news. Just got a call from that bunk's manager.

Amit Sir is the Deputy Manager of Sales BPPL.

Bunk Manager is Kirik Nayak who's, by the sound of it, on the verge of losing his job.

Feel so proud of myself.

At the same time wonder what's goinh to happen in the evening.

Once a guy tried to do this to me. Caught him in the act. They filled 200 bucks of petrol for me free. Now I have a good reputation there. Not a single pump attendent will fill incorrectly in my bike, even if I don't look at the meter

It also helps that I ride a black pulsar

DK Please... Darkknight from Mumbai i mean to say. He is an expert.

Will DarkKnight rise on xbhp?
What happend man, I'm curious to know..

I have always heard these horror stories about bad fuel stations. Luckily for me that has not been the case for quite a few years now. I almost always use the Bharat Petroleum pump at Vile Parle East, Mumbai.

The interesting thing about this pump has is that it is run by an old lady who has very strong business ethics. She runs a very tight ship and is acknowledged by Bharat Petroleum as one of their best fuel stations (confirmed by my neighbor who works for Bharat Petroleum). She sells an incredible 24,000 liters of fuel every 24 hours and is considered as one of the highest fuel seller for the company. She receives 2 tanker loads of fuel a day directly from the Chembur refinery.

Since she receives the fuel from the refinery directly and the sheer volume of fuel that is being sold is so big, it very very unlikely that fuel quality would be bad or adulterated. In addition to that, she has trained her staff to be polite and efficient. Never heard anyone complaint about receiving short quantity.

I've had the same problem when i request a filling of 500 rs. I was duped the first time. So to avoid any mental stress I just tell the attendant that 100 rs is enough and give him a big smile and then go the other petrol bunk. This happened to me only in HP petrol bunks in chennai. IOC and BP are good. Due to the high petrol prices, i've started using Shell. But my question here is was i duped of 100rs without any filling and got only 400rs petrol in the other bunk.

you should have dealt with him then and there. dont give him time to come up with other hundred excuses or technical jargon, that you wont be able to challenge solely.

exactly such incident has happened to me at Green Park metro station petrol pump, Delhi. twice. I was very frustrated when i came to realize about it second time as both the time the attendant did cut off the fuel at Rs.100 while another attendent came from other side to distract me with credit card billing offers and other BS.

Third time and from then on, I follow these steps at every petrol station:

1. Look into the eye of the attendant when you tell him the amount of fuel you want and make sure he acknowledges it. Just to have no confusion for him, show him the fingers for numbers (4 fingers for rs. 400, 5 for rs. 500 and obvious..)

2. As he starts filling in, dont ever take you eyes off the meter. If someone from the other side comes talking, tell him to stop and wait till you get the full fuel. all this without even looking at the distractor. let him know from your body language that you not are interested to talk to him, will you are in middle of fuel top-up.

3. You will realize (and this is to confirm that whether the second attendant DID come to distract you) that when you come back to the distracting attendant to ask him again about what he was try to sell few mins back, either he wont be interested or would have walked away by then.

Finally, I think such miscreant acts are on the attendant/manager/accountant level and not the pump owner (individual or company). Atleast thats what i would like to believe.

It's better to be little active while filling rather than leaving the petrol station in utter confusion and regret.

Instead of this, I ask them to fill to brim

Well, switch between the filling gun & the meter; ensure the meter shows ZERO & immediately switch the focus to the gun so that the flow of petrol is ensured & then switch immediately to the meter; has to show a figure of less than Rs 50. Then keep switching per convenience.

+1

101% yes

fear the black....even i have one ..

since that gentleman didn't spoke up, kindly tell us...

this is what i also do.

but i am still confused, so how exactly do they cheat you, other than "one click for 50 rupees"

i think a similar incident happened with anant also in lonavala.