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Crad49ers Rookie Author Riverside Posts:4 Points:130,250 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 31, 2011 5:29:23 PM Ignore Crad49ers Report Abuse I'm sure this has been brought up before but I am still fairly new to gasbuddy.com. I do not understand why people report the wrong prices on gas, I can understand if you make a mistake once in a while but come on. This is here to inform people of lower gas prices of course everyone wants to win free gas but be honest. I travel every so often and obviously need gas, so i check gas buddy for the cheapest gas around where i'm at and damn 3 gas prices were reported WRONG!! I think to insure this site can work we should all take time to report the right prices. we can all help to save each other a few bucks. I guess some people just don't care and want to pay the higher prices. so if everyone who reads this and is honest thank you and for those who are not please remove yourself from this site and do us all a favor. again the Gift cards would be nice but i'm sure we can save that much going to the stations that have the lowest prices in our areas (if reported Correctly) Thank you all that read this. Have a Great Week. Crad49ers-Riverside

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I'm sure this has been brought up before but I am still fairly new to gasbuddy.com. I do not understand why people report the wrong prices on gas, I can understand if you make a mistake once in a while but come on. This is here to inform people of lower gas prices of course everyone wants to win free gas but be honest. I travel every so often and obviously need gas, so i check gas buddy for the cheapest gas around where i'm at and damn 3 gas prices were reported WRONG!! I think to insure this site can work we should all take time to report the right prices. we can all help to save each other a few bucks. I guess some people just don't care and want to pay the higher prices. so if everyone who reads this and is honest thank you and for those who are not please remove yourself from this site and do us all a favor. again the Gift cards would be nice but i'm sure we can save that much going to the stations that have the lowest prices in our areas (if reported Correctly) Thank you all that read this. Have a Great Week. Crad49ers-Riverside

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hnofer17 Champion Author Austin Posts:5,365 Points:1,001,680 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Jun 14, 2011 12:35:45 AM Ignore hnofer17 Report Abuse Good job Crad49ers.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,253 Points:3,252,645 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jun 13, 2011 6:56:10 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Someone on vacation not paying attention!
ambius Rookie Author Flint Posts:81 Points:237,090 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2011 11:34:21 PM Ignore ambius Report Abuse Michael, isn't the reason obvious? they were trying to post a price for SC (Southern California) ;-) also, keep in mind that their account may have been started in California 5 years ago but they might not live there any more and don't know how to change their registered state (since it is impossible for them to do so, personally). I should be a Detroit member, not Flint, but I'm not going to bother the mods to change something so petty on my account. It is of course also possible that they were on vacation in South Carolina. It would be nice if GB did a reverse lookup on IP addresses, or captured GPS data from mobile apps, to clearly show where the person was when they reported the price instead of what website they were on 5 years ago when they registered an account with GB. [Edited by: ambius at 6/12/2011 11:35:44 PM EST]
Michael29644 Champion Author Greenville Posts:4,956 Points:841,325 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2011 7:00:03 PM Ignore Michael29644 Report Abuse Just when I thought I had seen it all, I just caught a member from the California site posting a wrong price in South Carolina. I just happened to pass the station in question at the same time they posted the fake price. The baffling this is, they've been a member since April 11, 2006, and have a whopping 595 points. Why? (rhetorical)
Crad49ers Rookie Author Riverside Posts:4 Points:130,250 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Jun 8, 2011 10:26:50 PM Ignore Crad49ers Report Abuse Thanks all for the replies!!!
Jman725 Rookie Author Kansas Posts:13 Points:1,920 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jun 2, 2011 11:46:30 PM Ignore Jman725 Report Abuse report to moderator when this happens please!
ricker2332 Champion Author Orange County Posts:3,932 Points:774,850 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Jun 2, 2011 3:19:34 AM Ignore ricker2332 Report Abuse I've seen it occasionally...usually a genuine mistake. There have been times I knew it was on purpose and malicious and would post a note on their whiteboard as well as update the correct price.
Michael29644 Champion Author Greenville Posts:4,956 Points:841,325 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Jun 2, 2011 12:00:37 AM Ignore Michael29644 Report Abuse Most mistakes are of the honest variety. But I have seen instances of malicious price misreporting, and reported them. When a brand new member posts prices that are off by more than $.30/gal. for stations in several states at the same time, you know it's got to be intentional. Some people just like to be disruptive.
IdahoGasoholic Champion Author Boise Posts:3,251 Points:609,850 Joined:Jul 2010	Message Posted: Jun 1, 2011 10:58:52 AM Ignore IdahoGasoholic Report Abuse Have seen mistakes happen and have caught myself making a few mistakes myself (hit the wrong key, transposed numbers etc.) but I did catch a new user that would randomly pick stations and would take a guess at the prices. It was pretty obvious. I pointed it out to Gas Buddy via the Help/Contact Us tabs and they sent an email warning to the user. That seemed to end it.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,253 Points:3,252,645 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jun 1, 2011 10:07:35 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse What the moderators have asked me to do is when deleting a price posting, list the reason in the comments. If the problem persists, continue listing the reason in the comments when you delete the post and post a message in a "Suggested Posting Correction" topic regarding the post. If you don't have this topic, you could start one.
KCWeb Champion Author Texas Posts:1,870 Points:230,550 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jun 1, 2011 9:22:19 AM Ignore KCWeb Report Abuse After correcting or deleting the bad prices, I'd watch, as TDI_LOVER has suggested, to see if the problem reoccurs. If it did, I'd then inquire on the erroneously posting member's Whiteboard, initially giving them a "courtesy" benefit of the doubt. There are a few possible, more innocent reasons they might be incorrectly posting, such as routinely clicking on the wrong station pin on the map and posting from there, etc. So, I would post a friendly "heads up" on their Whiteboard "if" I saw an actual reoccurring problem, which would likely "fix" most scenarios. Eventually, it might come to reporting them to the moderators, though, if they are indeed malefactors.
fredjara All-Star Author California Posts:595 Points:123,415 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 31, 2011 10:37:23 PM Ignore fredjara Report Abuse Thanks for that info. I've seen one person who consistently posts incorrect prices including diesel where no diesel is available at a couple of stations. I'll definitely report the next time I see this.
TDI_LOVER Champion Author Spokane Posts:1,774 Points:772,420 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: May 31, 2011 6:43:41 PM Ignore TDI_LOVER Report Abuse If it is happening a lot in your area, take note of who is making the incorrect postings. If you are seeing the same person/people making incorrect postings, either wrong prices or posting prices for fuel types that are not sold there, then report them to the moderators. Help --> Contact Us