A man who thought he was filling up his car with petrol for £1 has admitted he "feels like a w**ker".
With the cost of fuel skyrocketing, many are on the hunt for the cheapest price when it comes to petrol.
And Mike J Ind thought he'd found a bargain when he believed he'd only paid £1 for fuel at Tesco.
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Mike thought it was his lucky day when he pulled up at the Tesco pay pump station to put £10 worth of fuel in as it only showed he'd paid £1 on his bank statement.
Not wanting to waste any time, he drove back round and filled his car up again and was surprised to see that again, he only charged £1.
Taking advantage of the 'deal', Mike then filled up the other two cars at home and shared the 'bargain find' with his friends.
Writing on Facebook, Mike said: "So thought it was my lucky day today as put a tenner of fuel in and noticed it only took £1 on my card so went back round and filled it right up. Again just a £1 taken. Went home and swapped cars over and filled that up and another £1 so filled the last car up and another £1. Thinking it was my lucky day and 3 cars full for £4 so put it on a couple of chats i am in letting people know."
However, his bubble was soon burst as someone pointed out that the bargain didn't exist.
Unknown to Mike, when you use Tesco pay at pump station, £1 is taken from your account with the rest of the balance deducted at a later date.
This means Mike's '£1 transactions' will actually add up to form a total of £40.
Mike was quick to see the funny side though, as he wrote: "What a w***er I am. Thought it was too good to be true.
"Never get anything in life for free and I don’t know how I managed to get this far in life."
The Facebook post has since gone viral, being shared more than 3,700 times.
It has left many people in stitches, with some users saying they would also have thought there was a £1 offer on fuel.
One admitted: "Something I'd do tbh," while another added: If I didn't know I for sure would've done this."
However some people couldn't understand how Mike had made the mistake, as one user wrote: "How the hell did you get through life till now, just wow."
Mike didn't get offended by the comment though, and instead chose to keep poking fun of himself.
He updated his Facebook profile picture to an edited picture of himself at a petrol pump, and wrote: "Me at Pump 6 today thinking I was getting a bargain tank of fuel for a £1. Was so happy."
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