Sure, most of the oil rich countries in the Middle East are experiencing a fair share of problems these days, with revolts, riots and revolutions of different types igniting the region in the beginning of the year. As a result, the price for fuel began going up, and up, and up. These are, if you like, the reasons that first pop into mind.
But, as we said, these are not the reasons why the respective gas station decided to price one type of gasoline at EUR9,99 because... it was running low on it. By increasing the price, the station hoped to keep customers away from the pumps, as thelocal.de reports.
Now, the maneuver in itself, debatable as it is, is far from being illegal, we reckon. The problem was not that the gas station raised the price of gasoline, but the fact that several customers, despite the warning signs with the new price hanged throughout the station, still filled their cars. Most of them say that, when they've reached the register, were surprised by the total they had to pay. So what did they do?
They called the police, of course, but that didn't help much, because the police found nothing wrong at the station, so the customers still had to pay.
Apparently, the entire situation was caused by a supplier problem which left many stations without super gasoline last week.
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