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02-14-2005, 01:01 AM
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$0.19 A Gallon Gas Accidentally Sold
From boston.com
Selling gas at 19 cents per gallon brought in a lot of business for George Riley's gas station last weekend. If only Riley had planned it that way. Riley is out $2,000 after a computer glitch Saturday night lowered the price of gas at his Phillips 66 station from $1.83 per gallon to just 19 cents. The mistake was corrected the following morning when a television reporter called to ask about the cheap gas. But by then, Riley said, customers had pumped 1,200 gallons. The inadvertent discount had been the rage of radio call-in shows. A truck driver called the gas station to warn that news of the bargain had been broadcast on CB radio... Entire Story Here 
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