A Valero station in Los Angeles had a little computer problem when keying in the gas price and sold premium...at a minimum. The price was $1.10 a gallon and word quickly spread. In no time at all, long lines formed at the pumps and soon police were called to the scene to try to get things under control.

Over the course of just a few hours, the station lost over $21,000! The owner of the Valero store Kenny Nguyen says he hopes that customers might come back and pay the correct price. Good luck with that.

I guess maybe a few would have enough conscience to make it right. But they KNEW it was a dishonest transaction while they were filling up and lining up, so you would have to figure that the percentage journeying back to the local Valero to come clean would be pretty small. It just illustrates what a 'hot button' gas prices are right now.

You've probably noticed that the price of a barrel of oil has fallen well over $10 in the past two weeks, but we're still not seeing any relief at the pumps. It's amazing that it will go up within 24 hours of any increase in oil prices, but takes weeks to come down. Something has got to be wrong with this picture. (via CBSnews.com)

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