WILMINGTON, N.C. - Traffic was backed up and police were called to control the crowd after a Wilmington gas station accidentally set the pump price at 35 cents a gallon.

The Wilmington Star-News reported Friday that hundreds of drivers flooded a BP station for the cheap gas after the price dropped around 9 a.m. Thursday.

Station employee Shane Weller said the price for premium gasoline was supposed to be $3.35 a gallon. He complained that customers paid the cheaper price all day without saying a word.

It was all the extra traffic that led station employees to the mistake around 6 p.m. They found it after calling their district manager, looking for permission to changing the price as a way of stemming the flow of customers.

Someone needs a kick in the nut sack for that expensive mistake.

 

that ****s so marked up.

they deserve to get screwed like that

 

They announced that anyone who paid with a credit card will be recharged the "real" price. So it sounds like those who paid debit are in the clear.

 

now thats BS haha, if they are going to charge some people, they should have to charge everyone.

 

Duh...would you?

 

hellll no

i would go find a 55 gallon drum and fill that ***** up too!! haha

 

haha... i'd be filling my bed with gas.... then i'd drive real slow all the way home, lol.