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Complaint Review: High Street Gas - Oakland California
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720 High St Oakland, California, USA
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High Street Gas Hoss Mohseni Pump disconnect Insurance Fraud SCAM Oakland California
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Complete Crooks!! Don't go there! SCAM alert! I was there filling up and accidentally pulled forward with the hose still attached to my car. The manager Hoss came out and tried to shake me down for money, when I showed him there was no damage other than a $3 pin that holds the hose disconnect in place, he insisted on getting my insurance info, then went into my car, stole my keys and ran inside and locked himself behind a door. I was aware of this scam that many shady service stations participate in, if they can't get $200-$300 cash out of you at the time, they lie to the insurance agency and send a ridiculous damage bill.
In my case Hoss was really greedy and forged a fake damage report of $500. I was forced to call the Oakland Police to get my keys back. The police officer said he had no right to steal my keys and no right to ask for my insurance info. only my contact info. I wasn't going to prosecute Mr. Mohseni, but since he is such a crook and billed my insurance, I'm now going to get him cited for the incident. Glad the OPD was there to get it all down on record. Google Gas Station Pump disconnect fraud and you will see thousands of incidents involving crooks at service stations like this.
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The truth at last !
#2Author of original report
Wed, November 04, 2015
I suspect your rebuttal to my report is somehow motivated by you being a part of that business, but lets just say you are not. One on hand, you seem to know about these things and suggesting that a fuel hose is a complex, expensive and lethally dangerous endeavor on par with a Mars Lander, then you say you have not idea how much these things cost or how they work. Well, read on, I'm going to help you be an expert in less time than it takes to trim a toenail.
In fact, the Breakaway is designed so an employee or service attendant with a 5th grade education can re attach the hose in about 30 seconds. You were correct on the $3 pin, I was off a little, an ENTIRE repair kit for the connection is $5.59 yes, less than six bucks which I would have been happy to pay the station for. There was not damage to the hose or coupling. I took pictures to prove it. As far as regulations, I found it rather interesting that when I drove back by the High Street Gas 10 minuets later, the orange cone had dissapeared and the very pump in question was back online. Hmmmm. How could this be? Surely It takes an mechanical engineer,Hazmat team,and EPA agent, a city inspector, insurance adjuster to get the hose pumping safely again, otherwise, as you suggest, we will all die in a fire ball explosion that only Bruce Willis could outrun.
Because you wrote a comment about my experience, I spent an extra few seconds in an internet search and found not only price list (for premium parts) but the following video. debunk! God I love the internet.
http://www.jmesales.com/product/m-carder-breakaways,6897,5441.htm
Robert
Irvine,California,
USA
A $3 pin?
#3Consumer Comment
Tue, November 03, 2015
So I guess as part of this scam the owner forced you to drive forward with the hose still attached. Yea..okay.
I can guarantee you that it is not as simple as replacing a $3 pin. Now, is the real cost $100, $200, $500, or $10,000...I have no idea. But if you truly think that you were being charged too much here is what you do. You pay the $500 out of your pocket(so that you are the party that suffers the loss). You then sue them in small claims court and make them prove the amount of damages. Or another way would be to tell your insurance company to not pay it, let the owner sue you and in court and have to prove the damages. Heck, if you are right if the owner ever made other insurance claims you may be able to get him for that insurance fraud. However, if he can show the $500...well you loose and if you loose in court you can't really claim "fraud".
As for costs you probably are unaware of and need to think about. Unless you have experience in repairing gas nozels you can not just say it is a simple pin. There are safety requirements involved, their insurance company may require a certain standard as well. The state may even have additonal requirements, such as reinspecting the pump after a repair that they charge a fee for. In some cases they may even be able to claim lost revenue. After all what would happen if they replaced the $3 pin and a day later the station blew up due to a gas leak?
