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CA Man Fired After Selling Gas For 69 Cents A Gallon: Report
A gas station manager was fired after he accidentally sold gas for a much cheaper price than the state average.
CALIFORNIA — A manager at a Golden State gas station was fired last week after the station offered gas for 69 cents a gallon for several hours, KTXL reported.
A man posted a video of the astonishingly low gas deal at Rancho Cordova Shell gas station on his Instagram. "We got to fight these gas prices some how 69 cents a gallon I am loving this!" he wrote.
John Szczecina was fired from the station but his sister, Paula Jackson, who started a GoFundMe for him, says he was erroneously reprimanded for a "glitch" that the station was unable to halt for three hours, according to the fundraising page.
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The effort had raised $24,087 by Saturday.
Jackson said he is being held responsible and could be sued.
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The average price for a gallon of regular gas in California was $6.40 in California on Saturday, according AAA.
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