Vent Mode - On
In the ever-more-difficult search for good fuel prices, I went to Airnav yesterday to see who had the cheapest self-serve around Houston. KHPY won, with a "Guaranteed" price of $3.79/gallon - not bad when the usual cheapest Anahuac was already $4.07 last week. When the clouds cleared late this morning, I headed over to gas up.
When I got to Baytown and taxied up to the pump, there was a price of $3.98 hand-lettered on the fuel cabinet. "Oh well, so much for Airnav's 'Guarantee!'" I figured - but decided it was still cheaper than going elsewhere. Feeling "had", I pumped in 21 gallons, and when I looked at the fuel receipt, I saw that I'd been charged $4.08/gallon! Now I can be cheap, but in this case, it wasn't so much the money as the principle of the thing! I walked over to the office to see if there was anyone home.
Sure enough, two guys were sitting in the office, one obviously working on the books. As I walked through the door, I said that i wanted to point out that there was a problem with the price, and the guy working the books, not bother to look up said "oh yeah, I guess i should update Airnav..." I pointed out that yes, he certainly should, but that I was more concerned that their posted price wasn't what they were charging! His response was "well, prices are going up...." I opined that it was illegal to post one price and charge another, and that while I obviously wasn't going to fight him over two bucks, I probably would not be returning to a business that cared so little about their customer performance that the folks running the place wouldn't even get out of their chair to talk about the issue.
I bought a LOT of gas at KHPY when I was doing my Phase 1, because they were by far the cheapest place around. I think they are being managed by someone else now, and I doubt that I'll go back unless they are 50 cents cheaper than the alternatives....
And so muc for Airnav's "guarentee" - to be fair, all that measn is that they got the price from the FBO, and it wasn't reported by someone else (I think).....I kind of doubt that it is goign to keep up with the rapidly changing (and high) prices!
Vent mode - Off
In the ever-more-difficult search for good fuel prices, I went to Airnav yesterday to see who had the cheapest self-serve around Houston. KHPY won, with a "Guaranteed" price of $3.79/gallon - not bad when the usual cheapest Anahuac was already $4.07 last week. When the clouds cleared late this morning, I headed over to gas up.
When I got to Baytown and taxied up to the pump, there was a price of $3.98 hand-lettered on the fuel cabinet. "Oh well, so much for Airnav's 'Guarantee!'" I figured - but decided it was still cheaper than going elsewhere. Feeling "had", I pumped in 21 gallons, and when I looked at the fuel receipt, I saw that I'd been charged $4.08/gallon! Now I can be cheap, but in this case, it wasn't so much the money as the principle of the thing! I walked over to the office to see if there was anyone home.
Sure enough, two guys were sitting in the office, one obviously working on the books. As I walked through the door, I said that i wanted to point out that there was a problem with the price, and the guy working the books, not bother to look up said "oh yeah, I guess i should update Airnav..." I pointed out that yes, he certainly should, but that I was more concerned that their posted price wasn't what they were charging! His response was "well, prices are going up...." I opined that it was illegal to post one price and charge another, and that while I obviously wasn't going to fight him over two bucks, I probably would not be returning to a business that cared so little about their customer performance that the folks running the place wouldn't even get out of their chair to talk about the issue.
I bought a LOT of gas at KHPY when I was doing my Phase 1, because they were by far the cheapest place around. I think they are being managed by someone else now, and I doubt that I'll go back unless they are 50 cents cheaper than the alternatives....
And so muc for Airnav's "guarentee" - to be fair, all that measn is that they got the price from the FBO, and it wasn't reported by someone else (I think).....I kind of doubt that it is goign to keep up with the rapidly changing (and high) prices!
Vent mode - Off
