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Post by MotorCityRadioFreak » Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:25 pm

Matt wrote:
Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:12 pm
Rate This wrote:
Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:20 pm
Turkeytop wrote:
Mon Sep 12, 2022 7:27 pm
Speedway and Sunoco.
I used to work at Speedway… what did these two do?

You know this is more fun if you describe what pissed you off…
He found out both are in on the top secret "middle class" gas deal where if you pay with the app, you get gas for $1.75, whereas the working class stiffs are still paying double that AND they have to prepay.
I am guessing he hates Kroger and that bastard loyalty card. :lol :lol


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Post by MotorCityRadioFreak » Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:28 pm

Rate This wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:02 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:28 am
Rate This wrote:
Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:20 pm
Turkeytop wrote:
Mon Sep 12, 2022 7:27 pm
Speedway and Sunoco.
I used to work at Speedway… what did these two do?

You know this is more fun if you describe what pissed you off…

I decided to try this revolutionary new payment method I've heard so much about. "Pay at the pump."

I pulled into Speedway and inserted my credit card when prompted. It just disappeared. Swallowd up by the works. And it didn't come back. The attendant had to open up the gas pump and disassemble the mechanism inside to retrieve my card.

He suggested I try another pump. When I inserted my card at the next pump it came up with a message "Credit card payment unavailable at this time."

I sped out of Speedway and drove to the Sunoco down the street. I tried four different pumps and got four different lame excuses. "Chip error." "Declined." "Flutny." "Please try again later." I gave the pump a good solid kick, leaving a noticeable dent in the front of it.

I left there and drove five miles out of my way to a WaWa station, where my credit card was accepted.

So, from now on, I know, if I want to avoid the indignity, humiliation and inconvenience of prepay, fill up at WaWa.
You could also walk in and say “I’d like $40 on pump 7” and walk out and pump.
This is what I do. Pay at the pump is rife with fraud. And it doesn't matter what class you represent....


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Post by Turkeytop » Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:47 pm

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So the way that works is you overestimate. We have these fancy things called computers and whatever you pump the total is automatically adjusted to that when you finish pumping. So if you say $50 and pump $47 it’ll charge you… $47. You’re basically having the computer hold your card information and when you are done pumping it fills in the blanks.

So, if I give the guy two twenty dollar bills, but it actually needs $44 to fill my tank,, this computer will allow me to run over by that amount?


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Post by matt1 » Wed Sep 14, 2022 4:21 am

So far, the Marathon gas station & the Citgo gas station in Sanford, MI is NO Pre Pay at the moment but maybe next year!!



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Post by Rate This » Wed Sep 14, 2022 4:49 am

Turkeytop wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:47 pm
Rate This wrote:
Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:22 am

So the way that works is you overestimate. We have these fancy things called computers and whatever you pump the total is automatically adjusted to that when you finish pumping. So if you say $50 and pump $47 it’ll charge you… $47. You’re basically having the computer hold your card information and when you are done pumping it fills in the blanks.

So, if I give the guy two twenty dollar bills, but it actually needs $44 to fill my tank,, this computer will allow me to run over by that amount?
I assumed you were using a card. How middle class of me. Best give them 60. Surely you can do the math to allow you to know you have say a quarter of a 20 gallon tank and at $4 a gallon you’d need at least $60 meaning you give the guy $70 or $80, go pump and then go get your change.



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Post by Turkeytop » Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:41 am

So, I go inside, wait in line, then give the guy my money, I go back out and pump my gas, Then, I go back in and wait in line again to get my change.

That's a great system, alright. >:


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Post by Rate This » Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:01 am

Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:41 am
So, I go inside, wait in line, then give the guy my money, I go back out and pump my gas, Then, I go back in and wait in line again to get my change.

That's a great system, alright. >:
Correct…. It keeps everyone honest.



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Post by Turkeytop » Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:31 am

Rate This wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:01 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:41 am
So, I go inside, wait in line, then give the guy my money, I go back out and pump my gas, Then, I go back in and wait in line again to get my change.

That's a great system, alright. >:
Correct…. It keeps everyone honest.
So, while they all pretend to offer pay at the pump as an option, it really doesn't work. It's just a trick to waste the custmer's time and make them angry. That's all we need, is more angry drivers on the road.


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Post by Matt » Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:55 am

Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:31 am
Rate This wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:01 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:41 am
So, I go inside, wait in line, then give the guy my money, I go back out and pump my gas, Then, I go back in and wait in line again to get my change.

That's a great system, alright. >:
Correct…. It keeps everyone honest.
So, while they all pretend to offer pay at the pump as an option, it really doesn't work. It's just a trick to waste the custmer's time and make them angry. That's all we need, is more angry drivers on the road.
Pay at the pump, WITH A CARD, works 100% of the time. I've also never seen a pump where it takes your card in like an ATM...


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Post by Rate This » Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:11 am

Matt wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:55 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:31 am
Rate This wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:01 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:41 am
So, I go inside, wait in line, then give the guy my money, I go back out and pump my gas, Then, I go back in and wait in line again to get my change.

That's a great system, alright. >:
Correct…. It keeps everyone honest.
So, while they all pretend to offer pay at the pump as an option, it really doesn't work. It's just a trick to waste the custmer's time and make them angry. That's all we need, is more angry drivers on the road.
Pay at the pump, WITH A CARD, works 100% of the time. I've also never seen a pump where it takes your card in like an ATM...
Me either… maybe the wrong slot?



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Post by kager » Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:27 am

Rate This wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:11 am
Matt wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:55 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:31 am
Rate This wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:01 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:41 am
So, I go inside, wait in line, then give the guy my money, I go back out and pump my gas, Then, I go back in and wait in line again to get my change.

That's a great system, alright. >:
Correct…. It keeps everyone honest.
So, while they all pretend to offer pay at the pump as an option, it really doesn't work. It's just a trick to waste the custmer's time and make them angry. That's all we need, is more angry drivers on the road.
Pay at the pump, WITH A CARD, works 100% of the time. I've also never seen a pump where it takes your card in like an ATM...
Me either… maybe the wrong slot?
Right now, in a London suburb, there's a phone on the wall in someone's kitchen ringing off the hook with a call from Credit Card Fraud services... :?


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Post by Turkeytop » Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:43 am

Matt wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:55 am


Pay at the pump, WITH A CARD, works 100% of the time.
Pay at the pump with a card worked 14% of the time for me. Failed twice at Speedway, four times at Sunoco and worked the first time at WaWa. I suppose one out of seven aint bad.
kager wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:27 am
Right now, in a London suburb, there's a phone on the wall in someone's kitchen ringing off the hook with a call from Credit Card Fraud services... :?
I get those calls every day at home. It's scammers. "Give us your credit card number so we can correct the fraud."


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Post by Matt » Wed Sep 14, 2022 11:00 am

kager wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:27 am
Rate This wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:11 am
Matt wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:55 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:31 am
Rate This wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:01 am
Turkeytop wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:41 am
So, I go inside, wait in line, then give the guy my money, I go back out and pump my gas, Then, I go back in and wait in line again to get my change.

That's a great system, alright. >:
Correct…. It keeps everyone honest.
So, while they all pretend to offer pay at the pump as an option, it really doesn't work. It's just a trick to waste the custmer's time and make them angry. That's all we need, is more angry drivers on the road.
Pay at the pump, WITH A CARD, works 100% of the time. I've also never seen a pump where it takes your card in like an ATM...
Me either… maybe the wrong slot?
Right now, in a London suburb, there's a phone on the wall in someone's kitchen ringing off the hook with a call from Credit Card Fraud services... :?
:lol :lol :lol


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Post by Circle Seven » Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:08 pm

Turkeytop is just playing you folks.
No one can be that socially inept.



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Post by Turkeytop » Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:11 pm

Circle Seven wrote:
Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:08 pm
Turkeytop is just playing you folks.
No one can be that socially inept.
I never thought of buying gas as being a social activity.

Sure, maybe I'm old fashioned. I should be ordering my gas from Amazon.


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