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tpguess Champion Author San Diego Posts:1,601 Points:372,585 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 4:46:56 PM Ignore tpguess Report Abuse Would like to be able to quickly note that a station does not have Diesel. Many times I see a diesel price reported when in fact the station does not have diesel.

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Would like to be able to quickly note that a station does not have Diesel. Many times I see a diesel price reported when in fact the station does not have diesel.

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kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,658 Points:3,684,540 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Jun 15, 2012 3:34:40 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse cheri1016, if you see either type of bogus price post, please replace it with the correct price ("0" if that fuel isn't offered at all), and if it's a repeat offender, then send a report to the moderators using the internal message system (click on the Inbox icon at the top right of any page).
cheri1016 Rookie Author Ohio Posts:4 Points:323,155 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Jun 15, 2012 12:29:59 AM Ignore cheri1016 Report Abuse Jerks reporting bogus prices for diesel when its not even offered really peeve me off! Ralf86 did just that in Wooster Ohio recently! How bout the a--holes that report a price, then assume mid & prem are 10¢ more each. If you dont know a price, don't report it!
lisae2960 Champion Author Dayton Posts:2,125 Points:449,770 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Jun 10, 2012 8:45:21 AM Ignore lisae2960 Report Abuse I hope that also applies to stations that don't supply premium or diesel, although some posters keep reporting that, too (all of course, in $0.10 increments, irregardless of fact)!
mwjones Champion Author Dallas Posts:10,878 Points:2,506,470 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jun 8, 2012 2:23:30 PM Ignore mwjones Report Abuse PD just reported over at: Talk Back to Us: Cheaters/Abuse That the posting of prices will soon only allow grades marked in the MSL, eliminating the bogus posts.
maxstar Champion Author Chicago Posts:18,495 Points:811,495 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Jun 8, 2012 9:12:44 AM Ignore maxstar Report Abuse A long outstanding suggestion that would substancially reduce the problem would be to only display the grades that are "checked off" in the MSL for that station. That way only those types of fuel the station sells would be available for updates. The current method that displays premium, mid, regular and diesel regardless if a station actually sells them. [Edited by: maxstar at 6/8/2012 9:19:06 AM EST]
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,556 Points:2,360,030 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Jun 8, 2012 8:21:01 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse I have stopped zeroing out bogus diesel prices. I prefer to stuff the mods boxes with abuse reports. I figure there a several easy solutions to this problem, the most obvious, quickest and sure fire one being eliminating the app awards, but there are others. Reports of abuse no longer lead to people getting banned (the mods should be less tolerant of abusers if they are getting such a large increase in price reporting, not more tolerant). So why should I as an unpaid volunteer care more than the paid staff about the data on their system? [Edited by: Scrapheap at 6/8/2012 8:21:33 AM EST]
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,658 Points:3,684,540 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Jun 8, 2012 2:13:10 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse When you do zero out a price, remember to use the comment field or address field to explain your reason for doing so. ("Doesn't sell diesel" is adequate.) Also, if you keep track of who are the repeat offenders, it might help to report them.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,984 Points:3,036,015 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jun 8, 2012 1:21:53 AM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Yes, zeroing out obvious errors is acceptable practice. For that matter, it's correct and appreciated practice.
salgood Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:4,204 Points:953,055 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jun 8, 2012 1:16:33 AM Ignore salgood Report Abuse As annoying as it is, I do purchase diesel weekly for a work truck, for now I make a mental note of the posted stations that I've stopped at that in fact don't have diesel pumps and avoid them. Is zeroing them out acceptable practice?
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,467 Points:1,563,245 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2012 5:36:54 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse This suggestion has been included in the Suggestion Tracking List as a new topic about an existing subject. There is no formal way of interlocking reporting with fuel types and grades listed in the Master Station List (yet). If you report a station, you can include "No diesel here" or something similar in the comments of the report. That is something you would do if you did a $0.00 price report to zero out someone else's report. After you get to 10K points and have access to the MSL, you could place "No diesel here" in the station comments, but that would be not effective for two reasons: 1) if they won't read the station's features, they are not likely to read the comments, either and 2) the station comments won't show up outside of the MSL for other's benefit. Until interlocking is accomplished by GB, we must police ourselves by zeroing out improper prices. If a member consistently misposts, you can send a PM (click Inbox at upper right) to a moderator and let him handle it. Or first, you can put in a Buddy Request and try to communicate with him directly by PM or via his whiteboard. As always, if having difficulty with a local problem, seek help from other members in your local discussion category of the forum. [Edited by: CampKohler at 4/25/2012 5:40:12 PM EST]