Comments on: Have Gas Station Owners Been Reading No Credit Needed? http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/06/20/have-gas-station-owners-been-reading-no-credit-needed/ Debt Reduction Rocks - We Are Living Debt Free! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Galpin Honda http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/06/20/have-gas-station-owners-been-reading-no-credit-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-216022 Galpin Honda Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:34:30 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1264#comment-216022 I live in Los Angeles have never ran into a gas station that didn't accept both credit and debit cards. Any gas station who would pull a stunt like that around here would quickly find themselves out of business. I live in Los Angeles have never ran into a gas station that didn’t accept both credit and debit cards. Any gas station who would pull a stunt like that around here would quickly find themselves out of business.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/06/20/have-gas-station-owners-been-reading-no-credit-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-164067 Jeff Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:58 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1264#comment-164067 Sam wrote "...And then I have change in my hand and I might end up buying a juice or coffee and the .65 I saved is no longer a savings. Philip wrote: "... If forcing cash payments means ever a small percentage of people will buy more items inside they will come out well ahead I bet." No one is forced to pay cash; simply shop at a different gas station. Just as some other stores don't accept credit cards, not all gas stations accept credit cards; just as most dry cleaners require payment in advance, some gas stations require payment in advance. Simply choose which station has the service and/or convenience you want and shop at that station. I mean I like Shell gas but I prefer to pay Freestate gas prices; for the life of me I can't find a Freestate that sells Shell at the Freestate brand price. As for buying coffee or juice inside the store; well, don't. I agree you might be tempted because YOU want a coffee or a juice, but you're making, then, the decision to buy it. Do you always buy a pack of cigarettes, a lottery ticket, and a Slurpee everytime you go to 7-Eleven? XMinusOne@gmail.com Sam wrote “…And then I have change in my hand and I might end up buying a juice or coffee and the .65 I saved is no longer a savings.

Philip wrote: “… If forcing cash payments means ever a small percentage of people will buy more items inside they will come out well ahead I bet.”

No one is forced to pay cash; simply shop at a different gas station. Just as some other stores don’t accept credit cards, not all gas stations accept credit cards; just as most dry cleaners require payment in advance, some gas stations require payment in advance. Simply choose which station has the service and/or convenience you want and shop at that station. I mean I like Shell gas but I prefer to pay Freestate gas prices; for the life of me I can’t find a Freestate that sells Shell at the Freestate brand price.

As for buying coffee or juice inside the store; well, don’t. I agree you might be tempted because YOU want a coffee or a juice, but you’re making, then, the decision to buy it. Do you always buy a pack of cigarettes, a lottery ticket, and a Slurpee everytime you go to 7-Eleven?

XMinusOne@gmail.com

]]> By: Hank http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/06/20/have-gas-station-owners-been-reading-no-credit-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-159939 Hank Sat, 09 May 2009 16:05:35 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1264#comment-159939 Gas station owners are nothing but a bunch of rip-off artists that think they are owed everything on a silver platter!! Get over yourselves. It's called business. If any of you gas station operators had an inkling of business sense, you would understand that credit cards are a business too. By making the consumer pay the penalty for your problem with credit card companies, I say too effing bad, live with it. If you can't, go back to your native country dumb-asses!! We are tired of supporting you as__oles! It should be a crime in itself for you to send any of the money you make in the USA back to your foreign-ass country. Either be American or leave! Gas station owners are nothing but a bunch of rip-off artists that think they are owed everything on a silver platter!! Get over yourselves.
It’s called business. If any of you gas station operators had an inkling of business sense, you would understand that credit cards are a business too. By making the consumer pay the penalty for your problem with credit card companies, I say too effing bad, live with it. If you can’t, go back to your native country dumb-asses!! We are tired of supporting you as__oles!
It should be a crime in itself for you to send any of the money you make in the USA back to your foreign-ass country. Either be American or leave!

]]> By: Dmitry from gas cards - pumpandsave.com http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/06/20/have-gas-station-owners-been-reading-no-credit-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-138875 Dmitry from gas cards - pumpandsave.com Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:55:27 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1264#comment-138875 hello everyone, was reading your comments here, and it seems that gas station owners stopped accepting credit cards not because it was a rip-off for them, VISA and MC and the rest of the credit card networks did not change the percentage of what they charge, I think what happen is gas station owners just couldn't live that so much money are going to these companies. Now when gas prices is back to normal no one seems to protest. hello everyone, was reading your comments here, and it seems that gas station owners stopped accepting credit cards not because it was a rip-off for them, VISA and MC and the rest of the credit card networks did not change the percentage of what they charge, I think what happen is gas station owners just couldn’t live that so much money are going to these companies. Now when gas prices is back to normal no one seems to protest.

]]> By: Angela http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/06/20/have-gas-station-owners-been-reading-no-credit-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-117046 Angela Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:27:44 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1264#comment-117046 I get 5% cash back on my credit card and I pay it off entirely every month so I am not going to want to stop that. If gas stations did change to cash only I probably wouldn't shop there because I would have to take my two small children out of their carseats and bring them with me inside to pay. I would not even consider leaving them in the car while I pay. So this is too much of a hassle for me. I have been to a gas station before where their credit card pay at the pump wasn't working and I drove off because of the inconvenience with young children. I get 5% cash back on my credit card and I pay it off entirely every month so I am not going to want to stop that. If gas stations did change to cash only I probably wouldn’t shop there because I would have to take my two small children out of their carseats and bring them with me inside to pay. I would not even consider leaving them in the car while I pay. So this is too much of a hassle for me. I have been to a gas station before where their credit card pay at the pump wasn’t working and I drove off because of the inconvenience with young children.

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