Fuel Rationing??

[Scooby074]

The place i go has a 200L limit for fuel.

No limit on pay at the pump as im regularly over $100 for a fill up

 

[PoorMansCat]

I have to fill my 2011 F550 atleast once per day, sometimes I have filled it 3 times in one 24 hour period... anyway, with our fleet managed fuel cards, there is no limit set by the issuer.
At some random gas stations, the pump will shut off at $50, $75 or $100... I usually try and avoid these stores in the future since i'm only allowed 3 transactions during a 24 hour period.
The shutdown is being utilized to generate another 3% charge for ANOTHER transaction. Not sure whos doing it, whether its the store owner, the cc processing company... but I believe its just another way to generate some extra revenue....
Same reason soft drinks USED to be sold ice cold out of the coolers, now they're just cool...

 

[ultrarunner]

My first experience with the transaction limit was when I worked at the car dealership years ago...

Part of my job was to gas the vehicles and sometimes I would make a dozen trips just in the morning... that all stopped when the credit card transactions were limited... the Dealership decided it was too much trouble and had a pump installed...

Somewhere there are marketing guys dreaming up ways to increase sales and then you have others that impede sales... in a perfect world....

 

[lockhaven]

I just swipe the card again until I am full, never have I heard of a limit on transactions in 24 hours. My card is used for everything I buy because carrying cash around Baltimore MD. is not good practice.

 

[boggen]

now that i start thinking about it, possible reason for dollar amount limits...

i have had to wait a few good minutes. as the clerk, wrote down info about a drive off and wait for them to call the cops. talk about a pain.

if ya think about it. electronic stores generally have those magnets or like on products. so if you go through door and the item did not get scanned the alarm goes off. once electronic stores go things down other stores started doing this. now i find more and more stuff come with something already within the package and the individual store does not have to stick something on each product individually.

gas stations on another note: someone can easily pull up and drive off, there are no "door alarms" that go off. just cameras, and the clerk/s.

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what bugs me, is that you would think gas stations would start to allow an automatic more amount after going to station so many times within a certain time period using same credit card. vs setting just a flat rate for everything.

in all honesty, i am kinda surprised folks have not started doing "driver license" scanning.

 

[mjarrels]

Just wait until the new debit/credit card fees go into effect. Probably have to swip four times to fill a 12 gallon tank.

mark

 

[clemsonfor]

That's the amount they pre-authorize since they don't know:


I used to hit the $75 limit all the time when fueling my truck, then they raised the pre-authorized limit to $100, which I still occasionally hit. If you have a commercial credit account with the oil company, or you use a fleet payment card, the limits are much higher to allow for fueling large vehicles.

I was wondering this as my loggers truck drivers have credit cards to fuel the trucks up when there out and not able to get to the shop. They get 100 gallons to fill up!

 

[dmccarty]

I was wondering this as my loggers truck drivers have credit cards to fuel the trucks up when there out and not able to get to the shop. They get 100 gallons to fill up!

One of the stations I used to use set a limit on the CC so low I had to run the card three times. The same station gets quite a bit of dump truck, medium duty box trucks, and some semis. They do not have a problem filling up on their company cards. Very frustrating to have to scan three times. I track my mpg so getting three receipts means I have to take time to add up the final price and number of gallons.

I just do not go to that station anymore.

Later,
Dan

 

[clemsonfor]

That's another new one to me. I have a Visa Debit card from my credit union and it's never been used except for cash at ATMs. I'm not sure now, but I think I used it once 2 or 3 years ago.

How in the world do you get money then?

 

[Bird]

How in the world do you get money then?

We don't use a lot of cash; use credit cards instead (and pay in full each month, of course, so there's no interest to pay). And since we use the Discover Card most, there are places such as Walmart, Sam's Club, and Kroger's where you can ask for cash back when you pay. So even if I'm only buying $5 worth of groceries or something, I can get $60 cash also. That avoids ATM fees. I do sometimes wonder just exactly what kind of deals they have, but awhile back Walmart quit giving cash when you used a credit card. Sam's Club and Kroger's did not quit. Then Walmart started again, and I even got a flyer in the mail from Discover Card to use your Discover Card at Walmart and get cash at the time. Since it's about 20 miles one direction or 39 miles the other direction to one of my credit union's branch offices, I don't often go there, but it I happen to be in that neighborhood, I'll stop by and get some cash if I need it.