BP pump policy

[zeocen]

Meh, who needs help to use a bowser.

I've never had to pre-pay at a so called pre-pay station, usually eye contact with the person behind the register is enough.

But primarily I aim for Mobil anyway, with eftpos at pump.

Same here, I have a Mobil just down the road and always use eftpos, so convenient for a biker hehe.

[Big Dave]

Reason for no eft-pos at pump is that the bank holds up to $100.00

You need a better bank.

[Devil]

Reason for no eft-pos at pump is that the bank holds up to $100.00 until the transaction is fully cleared ..

This is ONLY with credit cards, and i'm pretty sure it's just weekends/public holidays, but dont quote me on the second part.
Plain old eftpos from current or savings works fine and it only takes the exact amount.

EDIT: Re: Eftpos at pump being out of order. This can be for many reasons, the most common is that it is out of paper. The terminal will still work despite the message, you just wont get a receipt. Try it some time

[avgas]

i have no issue with it, just put eftpos at the pump and im in and out.
but then what about all the 14 year olds that need the job?

[Hitcher]

I cant wait to see what happens when a whole posse of bikers arrive en mass to fill up...

Carnage. The 24-hour servo in Wairoa shuts up (literally) in the evenings. It is attended, but the operator remains locked inside the premises. In the 2005 Grand Challenge, a bunch of us rocked up at Wairoa about midnight where the previous bunch were still in deep-and-meaningfuls with the lady in the shed about prepay volumes, pies and drinks. We lost about half an hour's riding time fannying around there. And the pies were cold.

[imdying]

This would be a good time to be buying security torx screws to hold your cages plate on with... cheaper and easier than pissing about having to explain it wasn't you... cause if I were a runner, I'd be stealing a plate to do it with from now on.

BP not actually wanting to sell me petrol easily, that's fine, I'm never going to buy petrol from them again now, so it won't affect me.

[Chrislost]

Reported on news that from today BP will only turn on the petrol pump after the attendant has viewed the car has a registration plate fitted. This is all to do with those who arrive without plates fitted and drive away without paying.

How will this affect us filling up bikes; if the cameras can only see the front of the bike? I am interested to hear of what happens over the next few days as bikes line up for filling at BP.

my local BP is like this, i usually just wave to the young lady at the counter and the pump gets turned on for me...

[Skyryder]

I don't like prepay on princple. I expect to be treated with some honesty and respect as a 'valued' customer. The principle of prepay is that of suspicion and dishonesty by 'all' customers. As a nation of indaviduals we allow ourselves to be treated in this disgraceful manner. And why? Simply because the oil companies and sevice station owners put profit before customer integrity. I see a prepay sign I ride away. I will not part with my money to anyone who treats me with such contempt. Not going to change the world; don't expect it too but I have on the odd ocassion got off my bike or out of the car walked into the service station and simply told the assistant that because of their policy they have lost my buisiness. 'Wot' next? Barriers in the forecourt, barbwire and machine guns.

Skyryder

[geoffm]

The gas stations have disabled Eftpos at pump because they lose all the sales of choccie bars etc from punters in the shop - that is where they make the money. All the stations that had it seem to have taken it out.
I don't do prepay. If you don't want my money, I am not forcing you to take it.
Geoff

[-George-]

The new system just means when a car pulls up the attendant has to hit 2 buttons to allow the pump to work, half the time they can have the pump ready to go as the customer is pulling up. If you don't have plates on your car it shouldn't really be on the road .. if theres a reason why it has no plates go in and explain briefly and im sure you'll have no troubles geting the pump authorised. Bikes don't do drive offs really from what I've heard so the plate thing shouldn't be an issue.

Petrol stations (like someone said earlier) gain pretty much nothing off selling the petrol (4 cents per litre i think it used to be) , so it doesn't really matter how much you fill up, the money is made in the store of drinks etc.

The person behind the counter doesn't make the rules , being an asshole to them won't help anything, and next time you go in they'll probably be the asshole and "forget" to authorise your pump.

I think people these days are either just lazy, impatient, or just angry at the world and need someone to take it out on.

Petrol stations don't owe you shit, to them stopping drive offs and thefts is more important than someone having to wait a few extra seconds for their pump to be authorised.

I have had no problems so far wearing all my bike gear (helmet etc) into the stores around either.

I really don't see what the problem with all this is, I fill up my bike atleast twice a week travelling quite a bit for work and study and can handle 5 minutes at the local station every now and then.

[Dargor]

The point about bikes using less petrol so there less important customers is wrong
Bikers tend not to be theaving prims.
Bikers are competent/able to work the pumps them selves.
Prims often get less than bikers dispite being in a cage thus visit the station more often thus steal more and smell.

[BIGBOSSMAN]

I work at a shell station, if we see someone without plates we stop there pump and tell them they have to pre-pay.

When on prepay if someone asks us to let them full up we authorize it and there's no problem.
I cant understand why people are so scared of prepay, i had some guy almost in tears over it.

If people didnt steal from us we wouldnt have to do it, but with prims about, what would you do .. thats legal.

I'm sick of being treated like a criminal because some gene-deficient fucktards have buggered off without paying their bill. Prepay is ok at the pump, but get fucked if I have to wave my arms like some fricking loony in order to get served.
I'll take my business elsewhere thankyou.

[Usarka]

The person behind the counter doesn't make the rules , being an asshole to them won't help anything, and next time you go in they'll probably be the asshole and "forget" to authorise your pump.

the staff should blame the bosses for this, they're making them execute the "rules" knowing full well that it pisses the honest customers off.

i don't get mad i go elsewhere simple (as do a whore load of others)

[Big Dave]

Carnage. The 24-hour servo in Wairoa shuts up (literally) in the evenings.

As they do on Remuera Rd.

[mbazza]

I'd happily pre-pay the $4.50 my 10 day commute costs!. Don't need to though, staff are usually laughing themselves silly over something. May be the sight of me on the scoot! Cheers