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[VIC] Extra 95 Fuel $0.001 Per Litre @ 7 Eleven, Hampton Park via Fuel App
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She honored it. Couldn't believe it. 82 L @ $1.669. She couldn't believe it. Intresting thing is 82L is 8.2 Cents so was rounded down to 8 cents.
Receipt? Not that I doubt you. But it would be cool to see it :)
Pics or it didn't happen
@docbj: Only April, but I'm calling it; OzBargainer score of the Year Award winner right here.*
* Award goes to the person who shows bravery, valour, and the ability to gain a bargain despite distance or time barriers.How many L did you put into your jerry can?
I hope you didn't pay cash.
@docbj
You should have taken another container to get another 2 litres for free? :-)I was aware it may round down to 8 cents but I just couldn't get any more in the car or the can.
Haha good work
Wow, that would be incredibly obvious. At least wait a day or two before attempting.. 🤔
Ya. Was thinking they could cancel the price lock or reset it. So didn't want to wait. It was either going to work or I was going to pay $138 in fuel. The OZbargain of the year for me. Thanks to OP
Edit: nvm brain fart
No Cause it cost 8 cents. I had like a $20 in there. So It only used 8 cents to lock in the price
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may contain traces of water
Or diesel.
My local bloke didn't allow me to use it. Says it was some kind of hack "but not by you". He did scan my little voucher though after asking so I can lock in a "legitimate" price. Oh well.
6 WHAT IF THERE IS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM AT THE TIME OF REDEMPTION?
- In rare cases, 7-Eleven may not be able to redeem your Fuel Price Lock Voucher at the time you wish to make >your fuel purchase. If this happens, and you have already dispensed the fuel, you must purchase the fuel at >the standard pump price and finalise payment at that price. We will credit the difference in accordance with >this clause 6.
- You will be issued with a store transaction receipt for proof of purchase
- In the settings menu of the App you can find contact details for the 7-Eleven Customer Service
- Email your receipt and a screen shot of your Fuel price Lock voucher and/or the unique 13 alpha numeric >barcode to 7-Eleven Customer Service [email protected]
- Your Fuel Price Lock voucher discount will be promptly credited to the Card associated with the App.
Did you pay the full price? if so you may be able to get your money back by email 7-11.
What happens if you don't have the money to pay for the fuel at full price, because you were expecting to pay the discounted price they advertised?
Just leave a dollar and go. See the comment below.
I've done this before. Got the refund to my account the next day as promised. I was pleasantly surprised. Though, I'm not sure about your mileage for this one! :-)
Question to anyone with a legal mind etc. If you locked this in and filled up and the cashier told you they were not going to honour the voucher, What rights do you have? Have they advertised the price so you place a coin on the counter and walk away? If they called the police could you just claim you had purchased it? If they could make you pay the full amount could you say I don't have the money you will have to take the product back (Which obviously is almost impossible). Would be interested to know what outcomes you may face if you simply refuse to pay full price?
Answered in the comment above from the app T&C
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/5869813/redir
Pay the pump price, get a receipt, contact customer service for the difference to be credited
Not really in my opinion, that’s for technical errors. There is nothing technical about this error, the attendant can scan the app and honour it but is refusing to. But does the attend have a right to refuse to scan it?
I would personally tell him to remove the petrol from my car, if it can’t be done take the coin, or call the police and see what they say. I’m sure they can’t enforce much. You have not broken any laws.
I think this is a little different to the T&Cs you're mentioning here. Legally speaking they don't have to honour the price. Essentially in law, when a company advertises a price it's only an invitation to treat. In contract law, there's an offer, acceptance and then the exchange. Most people incorrectly assume that stores are offering their products and taking the product to the counter is the customer's acceptance but it's actually the other way around. You as the customer, are offering to purchase the product (so in this example, the fuel for 0.01c/L) and the store is accepting the purchase, with the exchange being fuel for money. They can reject the sale due to the price being human error as long as it doesn't contravene ACCC law (i.e. it was intentionally priced to mislead).
TLDR: They can probably get away with rejecting the price but they'd piss so many people off they probably won't.
EDIT: If you look up Qantas' frequent flyer pricing error with MacPro which I think was last year, it's a similar case to this.I agree, so they have the right to take back the petrol. So offer such a resolution, if they can’t they remove the exact amount of petrol, they are out of resolutions
@cloudy: Yeah it's a complete nightmare really. Normally they can just say sorry we're just not going to sell you this but they can't siphon the petrol out so it's easier for them to just honour it instead of fighting
When the store authorised the pump the vendor comitted to the sale. That is a clear step beyond invitation to treat.
I have trained for 10 years in law enforcement and am based in Queensland
At this point I would be attending the store in question, asking you to pay the full price and to take it up with 7-Eleven/your card issuer later on (if you paid with a card).
If you refused, there is a little known offence hidden away in the back of the legislation. I won't reveal it but I would be 'prosecuting' you on the spot for it. It is a different type of offence to your regular criminal offences.
By you placing a coin on the counter and walking away, that shows that you have made a reasonable attempt to pay for the goods in question. Therefore I would have to drop the prosecution on the spot (a screwed up way of looking at things though I must admit).
If you refused to pay full price and left a coin on the counter. I would advise you to exchange contact details with the attendant so 7-Eleven can contact you later.
I would then rule it a 'civil debt matter' and walk away, no prosecution, no offence committed, nothing, just a civil debt issue. Up to you how you want to resolve it or whether you pay or not, it's not my problem. You made attempts to pay and that's all I care about.
I would also be asking to inspect your phone with your permission to verify the coupon in question, that it is not just a photoshopped screenshot etc :)
I hope this helps
Why won’t you reveal the “little known offence on the back of the legislation”?
Often when laws are broken and people claim they don’t know the law it’s some BS excuse and have little sympathy for the crim, But I hate it when there are these “little known “ BS that does exist that no one knows about but is expected to. Cops are OP sometimes.
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@kronicmacstigator: "Come close to punching a few!" Serve, Protect, Beat up and leave at Luggage Point with no shoes. God bless you, I miss the Bjelke-Petersen era.
Here's an example of someone who used it a lot
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/eat/eatandrun-scammer-…Essentially by leaving details etc you are to not breaking the law (theft) so any recourse becomes a civil matter.
@koalafied: Fine… since you are 'koalafied' see if this makes sense to you
Because the fuel in question would be incredibly likely to be worth less than $150 at full retail price, I would not prosecute under Criminal Code 1899: Stealing/Obtaining advantage by deception but would be referring to Regulatory Offences Act 1985: Section 5: Unauthorised dealing with shop goods
(1) Any person who, with respect to goods in a shop of a value of
$150 or less—
(a) consumes them without the consent, express or implied,
of the person in lawful possession of them; or
(b) deliberately alters, removes, defaces or otherwise
renders indistinguishable a price shown on them,
without the consent, express or implied, of the person in
lawful possession of them; or
(c) whether or not the property in the goods has passed to
the person, takes them away without discharging, or
attempting honestly, or making proper arrangements, to
discharge his or her lawful indebtedness therefor;
is guilty of a regulatory offence and, subject to section 9, is
liable to a fine of 6 penalty units.
(1A) Without limiting subsection (1)(b), a price may be shown on
goods by a bar code or a similar device.
(2) It is a defence to a charge of an offence defined in
subsection (1)(c) to prove the taking away of the goods was
not dishonest.The fact the customer in question has made a reasonable and honest belief to pay what they believe their debt would be (and I would verify the coupon/app) I'd just call it a civil matter and call it a day. Not my problem.
@koalafied: I spent 10 years studying law enforcement, not grammar… Believe me, I know how to make a bullet point!
At this point I would be attending the store in question, asking you to pay the full price and to take it up with 7-Eleven/your card issuer later on (if you paid with a card).
At this point I would be paying the few cents and asking the attendant to take it up with me/the app provider later on.
Exactly, you could legally refuse and I would highlight that fact to you
Edit nvm
or you can dispute the petrol is fit for purpose. That is not of the quality advertised thus making it a civil dispute.
I should know as I was once Attorney General.
I concur, because I was once Supreme Commander for Allied Forces in the South Pacific during WW2.
Do you mean unlawful take away goods under the Regulatory Offences Act, because that's hardly a secret buddy.
You'd be surprised most people don't know it! Heck, most people in Queensland think 'theft' is an actual offence and not a description!
You're not talking about the Regulatory Offences Act, are you?
Can't see that it applies (specifically, s.5). Whilst "shop" is defined to include a service station, I think it arguable that petrol is not "in a shop".Would you mind PMing me if you're thinking of other legislation?EDIT: Because of the way that shop has been defined to include a service station (and not just the "shop" part of the service station), I do consider that the petrol bowsers are in or part of the service station, and therefore in a shop. s.5 would potentially apply. Clearly, the courts agree.
I'm not buying this. Yes there are some wired Joh era laws still on the Queensland statute books but I just don't buy this.
Since when do police 'prosecute' in the shop? Yes sure there are police prosecutors in court (who are effectively like members of the DPP) but they don't prosecute in the street.
All laws are freely available for everyone to see - that's the whole point. They are all on austlii.edu.au and other government hosted sites. 'Tucked away in the back' and 'dangerous in the wrong hands' are just lurid claims.
What is dangerous is the inference that putting a coin on the counter magically turns a dispute about payment at a petrol station into a civil debt matter because the driver has attempted to pay.
Again… you need to check your legislation, attempting to honestly pay for goods is a very valid defence
Also, police at the end of the day start every investigation with the intention of prosecuting an offender. From absolute dot.
Also, I suggest checking burden of proof re: indictable vs summary offence
@kronicmacstigator: Well how about telling us what section/act you say applies in Queensland? You've alluded to it - how about actually offering up something concrete for us all to see?
Your other comments are starting to make you sound like a bit of a bush lawyer I'm afraid.
I hope i'm never prosecuted by you….kinda like the tv shows…i'm sure you'll turn off the camera and start pushing me against the wall etc. At which point i'll tell you to take the 50c hidden in my socks and call it quits
Why would I? Courtesy and respect often does a hell of alot more than slamming offenders against walls. That's reserved for the lowest of the low.
I also wouldn't be able to take the 50c in your socks because that would then be considered robbery. Also, it's not over until I say it's over.
Never mind, I've now read your post completely.
Do what this clown in Singapore did by paying $10 for a fuel tank of fuel in his BMW.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/%5…
That is one hell of a crazy witch hunt
Clearly a price error won’t be honoured
By mistake most probably.
That's what she said
Damn wish I'd seen this, didn't even need mock location
How many lucky bastards got this lol
on ozb many more will claim credit then actually did lol
This is the cheapest petrol sold in the history of the world (relevantly, the last 100+ years). Well done OP. I feel sorry for you though, as any subsequent deals you post will never come close.
Nice one
Should have paid cash. Would have been rounded down to nothing. Missed out big time there.
Lol 'can I pay in cash?' turns and leaves
Move over Merica is on there way to fill up boys!
Is this still working?
LOL
iPhone users can fake their location by setting up a blank Xcode project, getting a GPX file from here (eg get directions from 5 metres away from petrol station to the petrol station), then simulating location while running the blank app on your phone. Then switch over to the 7 Eleven app, lock in price and you're good to go. Here's some more info: http://www.frankcharlton.me/blog/2016/4/7/how-to-spoof-locat…
(I've been using this method for months. My favourite way to find cheap prices is FuelCheck NSW - put in any NSW postcode then zoom out as far as you can and click 'list')
Thanks for that! question to Victorians - do we have the same site for Melbourne?
There isn't a site as good as NSW's one, but Petrolspy is ok. This page by the ACCC is also really useful for getting average prices
Is this only available to people who use MacOS ?
Is there a Windows guide to doing this?
Cheers.
Download "NOX Player" from bignox
I don't think there's an official way to develop and test iOS apps on Windows, but maybe there's something unofficial that would work? Before iOS 11, there was this hack but I can't find anything current.
After locking in a price on one phone, how do I use it from another phone. I've got two phones logged into the same account and locked the price in on one. The other belongs to my wife; but when she starts the app, it doesn't show the locked price or voucher. If she tries to lock in a price, it does not allow her to saying a price is already locked in.
Screenshot bruh
Hmm… thanks
Now, I got to teach my wife how to use screenshots…. :) :)Just get two accounts and have each of you lock whichever is cheaper. The $100 you put into the account wouldn’t exactly give you much interest in a bank anyways, and is great for when you forget your wallet/purse and need to fill up.
I call BS.. Did they actually honor the locked voucher?