EFTPOS at pump - Do you use it ??

**sunhuntin** · 16th December 2005, 09:34

i just recently started working at the local bp's [yep...at least 3 different ones at any time! LOL] and i was told that i had to at least be seen to go outside [unless another staff member got there first] and we also got a drilling on monday to ask for aa cards, oil/water checks, etc. when it comes to serving the bikes that come in, i always ask if they are ok and 9 times outta ten they tell me they will fill the tank, which is cool. i go and serve elsewhere or talk about their bikes, the weather and if theres any rides coming up soon. i also dont mind when they wear their lids inside to pay, if i thought theyd know me at any site, id say "when im behind the counter, leave your helmet on!"

i did used to use the pak n slave site, but since i got rough treatment from them at the end of my contract, i boycotted and filled elsewhere and havent filled there since! now i only go in there to big friends on the staff and make sure nothing gets done! LOL

since the staff numbers are small enough, everyone knows everyone at least by site, if not name, so that means i dont bother removing my lid as they recognise me and my bike [seems im the only biker!!] also means i get cheap coffee...was told last night i didnt have to pay at all [we give free coffee to police and firefighters] i said, i aint any of em, so im payin, lol.

**Big Dave** · 16th December 2005, 09:36

Originally Posted by Flyingpony

Had to prepay for my petrol.

On your bike from dead empty? - what's that $6?
They're idiots.

**inlinefour** · 16th December 2005, 09:38

The only petrol stations around here that have that are a few down town. I tend to allways support the local up the road and they all know me and like to yack about the bike. They'll be in for a shock soon as when I rock up on the TT350, they can fill it up

Where as no one but myself will do it to the CBR

**el milanes** · 16th December 2005, 09:40

Mobil really annoys me. They turn off the eftpos so you're forced to pay inside and maybe buy some expensive chips or drinks. But then they complain if you don't take your helmet off.
Usually the eftpos of pumps in the middle are always off. From 7pm all are supposed to run on eftpos, but not always, it depends on them.
At Pak&Save they complaines because I didn't get off the bike, but then I explained that not having a center stand, I can't refill it completely if I don't do that. Plus having it between your legs is safer than holding it with a hand while refilling with the other one. They really piss me off sometimes

**Yokai** · 16th December 2005, 09:44

It's Prepay 100% of the time in the US - be thankful.

So far Mobil Greenlane, Mobil K'Road and Mobil Quay Street have EFTPOS at pump... I love it...

I hate the prepay thing completely... especially when that is how EFTPOS at the pump works ANYWAYS!...

You swipe, you enter your number - a charge is authorised for some amount of money. You can fill to that amount of money...

Why have Prepay at that point?!!!???? - It's already there!

Stupid people not realising how the machine is set up ...

**Karma** · 16th December 2005, 10:07

Surely when you use the Eftpos pay at pump you've put in your card, as well as PIN, therefore you've effectiviely 'prepaid' anyways?

Only garage I usually use is the Quay Street one next to McDonalds, it's right on the way home from work so nice and handy.

Sit on the bike, swipe the card, enter the pin, fill the tank, grab receipt and leave. Easy.

**mv.senna** · 16th December 2005, 10:18

I love the eftpost at pump concept so much, that in preference i'll go to mobil....(at the northcote one sometimes this means riding around a couple of pumps til you find one where the eftpos option is actually turned on), but it's worth it to be able to avoid dealing with the teeth pulling type process that waiting to "pay at the counter inside" has become.

and, if the eftpos at pump isn't an option on any of the pumps, then i'll either bail to another gas station, or make a big fuss about it at the counter....(being a chick, i'm good at that sort of thing)

**sunhuntin** · 16th December 2005, 10:23

Originally Posted by Weasel

Surely when you use the Eftpos pay at pump you've put in your card, as well as PIN, therefore you've effectiviely 'prepaid' anyways?

Only garage I usually use is the Quay Street one next to McDonalds, it's right on the way home from work so nice and handy.

Sit on the bike, swipe the card, enter the pin, fill the tank, grab receipt and leave. Easy.

weasel....the way i understand it, the funds at the pay at pumps dont come out until you hang the nozzle back up. therefore if you put in for $10 to fill your bike and hang the pump up without filling, nothing comes out of your account.
from what ive read, the prepay [going inside to pay] the funds come out before you fill and hang the nozzle up. if you repay $10 and you only get $8 in, i dont know what happens to the leftovers. maybe your meant to put the $2 in a can and take it with you? lol.

**Ixion** · 16th December 2005, 10:29

I don't have EFTPOS - too newfangled, but I absolutely HATE prepay. Bike tanks are SMALL. I want to fill it completely. How am I supposed to know how much it will take. And no, I won't leave my credit card with them - the credit card companies specifically caution against this, and if the servo isn't willing to trust me, I ain't willing to trust them. And as for "Prepay in excess and we'll refund any balance" - yeah sure , like I'm going to believe that.

If I'm not dead empty and they insist on prepay , I'll leave, telling them why. If I am dead empty I'll get 3 or 4 litres - just enough to get to the next gas station. And tell them why. Don't suppose they care about losing the sale on the bike, but I do the same in the Pajero , and that's $100 of business they just lost.

From observation I think hardly any of those EFTPOS terminals ta the pumps actually work

**Karma** · 16th December 2005, 10:29

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

weasel....the way i understand it, the funds at the pay at pumps dont come out until you hang the nozzle back up. therefore if you put in for $10 to fill your bike and hang the pump up without filling, nothing comes out of your account.
from what ive read, the prepay [going inside to pay] the funds come out before you fill and hang the nozzle up. if you repay $10 and you only get $8 in, i dont know what happens to the leftovers. maybe your meant to put the $2 in a can and take it with you? lol.

Not sure about the prepay thing cos I've never done it.

But with the Eftpos one it just takes outta your account whatever you use. But once you've started filling the tank there's no way you can stop the transaction from going through on the card. Eftpos at pump is just as good if not better than prepay, and if the garage is going to be dicks about it I'll go elsewhere :spudwave:

**WRT** · 16th December 2005, 10:31

I use it almost religeously. Love it. I scan the screen when I pull up, and if it says "Unavailable" I ride to the next pump, if thats unavailable then it'll be next servo, unless I'm desperate.

One thing to note tho - it "reserves" the funds in your account. You might want to do a search about this, because I know a few people have complained. I'm always paying on visa and never have it maxed out so its not a prob for me, but I know others have gotten up in arms about it.

And when I have hit a pump on prepay, I have always been allowed to fill up without leaving anything behind when I'm on the bike. Just wander up to the counter, say I'm going to fill it but it shouldnt be more than $20, and they go sweet as and unlock the pump for me. Always wear my helmet to the counter as well, have only once been asked to take it off and I never went back to that station.

Also I find when I'm on the bike everyone is more friendly towards me, hows it going, nice bike, whats it like, all that sort of thing. And they let you get away with things like unlocking the pump and wearing your helmet inside. But in the car, different story - your just one of the nameless faces in the crowd and your lucky to get so much as a hello.

Bikes rock.

**Pixie** · 16th December 2005, 10:48

Went to the Gull in NewLynn.Try to pump gas but the pump wasn't reset,so I put the key in the ignition and hold the horn on to get the attention of the moron in the shop.Voice comes over the PA - "pump is on pre-pay".
At 10 am ?
Hop on the bike and ride across the road to the BP

**Test Pilot** · 16th December 2005, 10:51

nah, dont like the idea that it charges me after i enter my pin, it should be fillup first then pay by eftpos

**Test Pilot** · 16th December 2005, 10:52

Originally Posted by Pixie

Went to the Gull in NewLynn.Try to pump gas but the pump wasn't reset,so I put the key in the ignition and hold the horn on to get the attention of the moron in the shop.Voice comes over the PA - "pump is on pre-pay".
At 10 am ?
Hop on the bike and ride across the road to the BP

yeah there doin that shit now cause to many people did runners when the fuel price shot up, annoying ay

**Pixie** · 16th December 2005, 10:52

Originally Posted by Mattyc

Same... If they try make me pay first i normally give a one finger salute and drive to the next Gas station. The thing that really fucks me off is how they are called "service stations" but you never get any service. At gull you expect it - but it really pisses me off when you pull up to a gasser and theres three chodes sitting inside at the counter watching you fill up, Gone are the days when they come take your 20$ and pump your gas for you - there are still a few that do - Mobil on grove road papakura is one, i think Shell clevedon sometimes do as well

It's like Civil Servants who are rarely civil