Cape Town man pays R120k for full tank of petrol at Engen!
A man from Muizenberg has been left shellshocked, after a local Engen garage charged him R2 273-PER-LITRE for his petrol.
We know petrol prices are extortionately high at the moment – but we really do draw the line at having to remortgage our houses just to fill-up. An Engen customer from the suburbs of Cape Town was left horrified, when he was billed 100 times OVER the amount he should have paid.
Man charged R120k for a full tank of petrol
Filling his car up with 52 litres of petrol, Sebastian Santino De Allende was expecting to pay R1 200, plus a reasonable tip for the cashier. However, once he reviewed his receipt, the motorist noticed that something had gone dreadfully wrong…
He had actually been left with an eye-watering charge of R120 020.14 – with his per-litre price working out to be R2 273. Even in the current climate, it sticks out like a sore thumb, and Mr. De Allende was compelled to take his grievances to social media
“Engen I expect better! My full tank of petrol was R1 200. Your cashier took R120 020.14 from my account. This took place at Muizenberg Garage on Thursday 8 September. However, I have contacted the garage and they now need to fix this!” | Sebastian Santino De Allende
Engen apologise for massive mistake, money returned to customer
We are pleased to report that this is a textbook case of ‘all’s well that ends well’, however. De Allende has now deleted his initial complaint, after Engen officially returned the money to his account. The post itself spread like wildfire across Facebook.
“Thank you to everyone for sharing the post about Engen. It got their attention and they immediately returned the money. I did delete the post because people were going crazy and I was getting friend requests every 5 seconds, it went WAY too viral but thank you, All sorted now.” | Sebastian Santino De Allende
