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Once there will be no more digits to use for displaying price per gallon they will be forced to display price per liter as it still could fit

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Many US gas stations switched to liters for a while during the original "gas crisis" in the 70s. One crooked station near my house switched to liters without saying so - they simply covered or removed "gal" on the price signs, so they said like $0.85 with no units, so the price for a gallon was over $4. To further hide it, when customers asked to fill the tank the attendants only put in about a quarter tank, so the price would be realistic for a fillup measured in gallons. It pissed off one guy so much he stood in front of the place for about a month with a ginormous sign that said "BUYER BEWARE! REG OVER $4/GAL".

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think a court would side with the drivers in a case about this.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I'm not really sure that ruling will stay nowadays

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago
[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

God bless America.