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Software on gas pump with "demo mode" enabled allowed "free" gas for 5 months
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- emestifs 3y ago> Double-swiping the rewards card led to free gas for months — and a felony theft charge The software worked as intended. What's the felony?
- aeurielesn 3y agoI wonder myself what was the thought process to charge it as a felony.
- rolph 3y agoa reasonable person would expect the requirement of a payment. once you discover it, continuing to exploit the effect to gain merchandise and not pay would be intentional
- ballenf 3y agoI hope Costco doesn't levy felonies for going through the free sample line more than once or I'm in trouble.
- professoretc 3y agoCostco encourages the sample vendors to give out as many as you want.
- navjack27 3y agoI was for her doing this up until the story mentions that she was charging another woman a discount to use her card to get the free gas... That's scummy.
- litoE 3y agoHer card was used 510 times over 5 months? Do the math: she must have been reselling the gas.
- rolph 3y agoroughly averages to 3 times a day.