If you drive a car in Albania, like I do, then you have to put fuel in it every so often. And like every Albanian you too worry about the high prices that you pay for it.
I have to go through the same ritual of putting fuel in my car every week or sometimes more often than that, depending on how much I use the car. And like every good Albanian, I try to find out the best fuel station so that I can get good quality fuel for the same expensive price that fuel stations charge everywhere. And it seems that nobody gives a …. about it!
Anyway, now on, besides the constant concern over fuel quality and its price, I have to start worrying about the amount of fuel I get every time I take the car to any fuel station!
What is going on ?
According to a recent investigation by the satire show Fiks Fare broadcasted on Top Channel, most of the petrol stations that they had investigated would not give you the exact amount of fuel that you would pay them for.
It was always a little less, and sometime a little more, depending on the petrol stations and it would range from 50 to 100 ml for every 10 liters of fuel. The responsible state authorities would always place a seal on the fuel pumps after every control that they would conduct, but then these would be broken and the pumps somehow re-calibrated to earn the owner(s) of the fuel pump a few extra Lek on the liter. This was very widespread as the investigation of Fiks Fare suggested very convincingly, at least I do not have any doubts that it is true.
I have not been able to find the Fiks Fare video for it, but this is another of their shows which may be of interest as it speaks about another type of overpricing fraud, that for the purchase of food like vegetables, and other daily food necessities.
Fiks Fare Video
