Thursday, September 01, 2005
Sales of locking gas caps rise with prices
Sent in from a fellow anti-fumer:
Locking gas caps are suddenly becoming popular with people who already have seen tank levels dropping.
"Last week I sold six or seven of them, and we don't usually sell too many locking caps at all," said Andy Moffitt, an employee of CarQuest, 1500 S.W. Army Post Road. A man in his mid-40s came in asking for a locking gas cap early last week. Moffitt said the man told him he went out to his car and found a tube hanging from the gas tank opening.
"Apparently he went out while they were still siphoning from it," said Moffitt. The price of a locking gas cap ranges from $11.99 to $15.99.
USA Today reported that AutoZone, the nation's largest auto parts chain, sold more than 10,000 locking gas caps last week, up more than 60 percent over a typical week.
# posted by Fumers @ 9:45 AM 
