Pump starts counting but there’s no gasoline coming out

by The Bulldog • January 2, 2019

Rick Prete watches pump counting as he holds nozzle in the air

26, 27, 28, 29…

Ten cents worth of air

A City News report shows Mississauga resident Rick Prete at a Husky station where the pump counts his cost without delivering gasoline. Adrian Ghobrial says it is quite common.

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