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Old 17-01-2007
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Woolworths fuel comes from the Caltex refiniries
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Today tonight run this story every couple of months. That one and the fact that your 500g tin of pineapples has *gasp* not exactly 500g of pineapples in it!
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ring fair trading. they have a trade measurement department who investigates petrol stations for this exact thing.
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Fuel pumps are designed to "fail" in favour of the customer. If they are measuring inaccurately in favour of the petrol retailler, it is almost certainly deliberate.
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If you call Today Tonight or whatever, don't say you have a 4WD - remember? They hate us too...
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Yeah I can see it now:

"Greedy Gas-Guzzling Child Killer 4wds try to force a poor Aussie Battler (tm) to close his petrol station which has been in his family's name for the past 4 generations...
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Yeah I wouldn't tell them you are filling up at same time filling up the work van either
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