Pemex pump prices adjusted ?

There are over 650 service stations in Baja Norte, the list represents around 10%. If you go to the http://webapps.profeco.gob.mx/verificacion/gasolina/, you can enter the station number and it will show if any complaints have been filed and what the resolution was.

I took some of the stations from the list and a couple came up with a "yellow" light. The comment section says the station was fined for refusing the inspection. Maybe the despachadores were told not to allow inspections unless the station manager was there. Also, once the inspection was completed, the fine could have been canceled.

My advice is to check the website above, take a measurement if you use a particular Pemex with frequency, file a complaint if necessary with both Pemex Website as well as with Profeco.

I have never seen an inspector at a Pemex or at a station in the U.S. (someone will come along soon and say they see them all the time in the U.S.). In the U.S. it is state driven and the number of inspections depends on the budget for that department. Some pumps get an inspection in a particular state maybe once every six months to a year and some go even longer.

I think it is difficult to say whether a pump is not working properly (not always rigged, can also be faulty, worn out, replacement needed). You really need a system of measures. If not, looking at your gas gauge and the gas pump, taking into account currency conversion, it is guessing.

But It was Profeca that published the list. Are they a toothless tiger? Why have they not stopped the theft? Profeca has the power to shut those stations down. Maybe if 75% of the Pemex's were locked down it would send a message to the thieves.

Moisheh

Problem is, not enough people report it to do anything about it. How many foreigners take the time to go to the Pemex page and file a complaint?

I filed a complaint against a station here near our house. They had tried to sell me an additive that already had the seal broken and the bottle was filled with gasoline.

The next week the station was shut down. You just have to take the time to do something about it. So now we have a list of supposed short changers. How many people will knowingly continue to buy gas from them and then say, "well, that's the price of traveling in Baja". Then Mexico gets a bad rap.

Not to make a comparison, but then was the last time one of us checked a station in the U.S. to see if we were being short changed? It happens regularly.

I can't believe the comment by the next to last poster.....Glad I am not a poster on that forum....:B