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by monkpit 990 days ago
If you steal gas you can afford lots of things, so this logic doesn’t really track.

Also, you assume that someone wouldn’t just sell the gas they stole, which is probably very much worth the small investment in tools.

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It's better to just return it to a different gas station. Selling gas is more difficult than you might think because of rampant dilution/adulteration in the secondary market. Can't just go door to door saying "Hey I bought too much gas" or "My car only takes 93 octane" -- nobody trusts anyone anymore.

When you make a return without a receipt you generally just get store credit instead of cash. If you don't need some chips and tallboys, you can typically sell the credit to someone behind the station for .3 to .4 of the face value. That isn't great but since the gaming machines only take cash its a solid way to get liquid.

How could you return gas to a gas station? Why/how would they take it back, especially with no receipt?
Just act normal and ask for the manager. Like the parent comment noted "probably very much worth the small investment in tools." Be sure to get one of the fancy black rubber hoses instead of the green ones so things look more professional.