Petrol - Driving off without paying

Mr.T · 21 Mar 2006 at 22:05

Hi,

As title says I believe I did this a couple of days ago :eek:

. To cut a long story short, I got petrol, went in ( to pay), and came out only paying for a drink and some chocolate. I went wrong because I assumed the guy put the petrol on the bill since he was staring at me when I was filling up, also due to the fact I was only person at station ( also I should have checked amount..). However, when I checked my statement I only had a bill for a pound, this raised alarms since 40 pounds of petrol was acquired.

Now what I am wondering is how come the police have not been round, since this occurred on the 16th. Makes me think the number plate recognition system is not working.

Anyway, I'm going to go to BP tomorrow morning and sort it out. Am I right in thinking they will just have it on computer and I can just pay it now?

Mr.T · 21 Mar 2006 at 22:19

Belmit - No

Also it was only 40 pounds of petrol, in my opinion not worth the hassle of trying to dodge paying it. I did phone the BP up tonight and they said if I want I can come in tomorrow and sort it out.

Mr.T · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:28

I did phone up tonight, but since it was late the guy said the office was closed, so could not find anything out. I think I will re phone them tomorrow and see if they have a record or not, and if so what price. If there is no record then..uhmm... well I'm pretty sure there will be

Mr.T · 22 Mar 2006 at 11:30

Conclusion: Phoned up this morning, gave them my number plate, they had the exact figure on the computer and I just paid for it over the phone. The guy on the other end said whenever this happens they get a crime reference number, so it must have been reported to the police.

Mr.T · 22 Mar 2006 at 12:14

Just checked mail and actually got a letter from police this morning basically saying how I got petrol and did not pay, and they are wondering whether this was a mistake or a actual crime. However, on the letter it says it has me on cctv and although they must have got me going in to pay the letter states ' The service station has no record of payment being made for this fuel' , so although some people here said it is cashier's job to ask if petrol was brought, the police on this occation just view it as whether you paid for it or not, regardless of what a cashier says.

Mr.T · 22 Mar 2006 at 23:38

According to Vbdub who used to work at total (page 2) they are meant to ask. I was just posting that to show the police agree with you, as do I really.