what happens if...............

...........................you put petrol in your car and you have no money to pay for the petrol

 

You'll be charged with theft.

 

ok another way what if the chip and pin as a error on it

 

they take your details and you promise to come back later and pay.

Then they inform the police and have you killed.

 

Re-submit the card and sign the card receipt.

 

Once paid for petrol with a card that had expired the previous day, neither me or the cashier noticed. Had a call from the cops a couple of hours later even though it was a genuine mistake and had to nip out and pay again. They told methey had to call the cops even though it had been their mistake as well as mine. So I really wouldn't trynot paying.

 

I had a similar thing once: cashier asked me what number pump - told her and also bought a sarnie, daft bat only put the sandwich through, rang up the garage when I noticed only to be told they'd rung the police and reported me as a drive off. I'll pay on my way back tomorrow I said, you should pay now over the phone she said otherwise it's still a drive off. Also goes to show I never used to check what I was signing for. Do now!

 

happened to me once

About to pay and realised that I'd left my wallet at home. The guy was really good - he just asked me to come back and pay later and just kept mi car keys to make sure I did.

 

It's theft

technically speaking. By legal definition theft is: "dishonestly attempting to appropriate the property of another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it." (Theft Act 1968)

I don't know the full details but a copper could arrest you and charge you if you

i) appropriated the petrol dishonestly (i.e. you did not pay for it)

and

ii) intended to permanently deprive the other of it (i.e. it is in your car and you have been using it)

If I were you I'd go and try and make payment or go an explain it was a genuine mistake to mitigate either parts i) or ii) or they could easily have you for theft.

 

From personal experience......

I'd left my wallet at home after putting £40 - worth into the car. The station bossman came out and i had to sign a sheet with my details (car registration etc) which agreed to paying the fee within the next 7 days, after which the police would be informed.

On another occasion, during the mid 80's, my mate ran out of petrol just outside Northampton. We found a garage and explained the situation, after which the bloke filled up the tank and bid us farewell. It was nice to drop on a trusting chap. When we got home my mate sent hima cheque in the post.

 

RE: It's theft

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That would be attempted theft. </p>

The question with the petrol is wether you are dishonestly appropriating the petrol. If it is a genuine mistake then common sense will prevail in 99.9% of occasions. However, if the Police did think there was something suspicious then the question of dishonesty would be one for the courts.</p>