A Plenergy gas station in Alfafar, in the Valencia community, Spain, was on the scene of an unusual situation that attracted hundreds of drivers. For a few hours, gasoline was being sold at just 13 cents per liter, far below the usual prices. The anomaly, caused by a computer error, generated long lines and even led to local police intervention.
According to the Zap.Aeiou portal, diesel remained in normal values, about 1,179 euros per liter, but gasoline became the center of an unexpected race. Drivers rushed to fill the deposits, while others arrived at the scene attracted to the passage of the message.
Queues, traffic and police intervention
According to the same source, the demand was so high that queues quickly formed that conditioned traffic around the post. Local police had to intervene to organize the flow of vehicles and avoid incidents, as the trigger of cars increased from minute to minute.
Despite the confusion, many managed to fuel and go out with the deposit practically full, paying only a fraction of the usual price. The episode generated comments among the residents, who describe the moment as an unexpected opportunity.
What Spanish Law says
Adds the publication that, in Spain, the law determines that the price that appears in the price must be respected, even if it is an error. This means that customers who fueled during the period when gasoline was 13 cents paid exactly this amount. Therefore, drivers who supplied, for example, 54 liters of gasoline paid only seven euros to fill the warehouse.
It refers to the same source that the anomaly was corrected as soon as detected, but enough to generate an episode that was marked in the memory of those who were in Alfafar that day.
Plenergy also operates in Portugal
The portal also explains that Plenergy also has put in Portuguese territory, although the incident has only been verified in Spain. The situation raised questions between consumers, who shared social networks images of queues and comments about the rarity of the event.
It should be noted that the case in Alfafar ended up without larger incidents, but with many drivers to feel that they had an opportunity that will hardly be repeated.
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