PrePay SUCKS! Name and shame the gas stations.

[Fatjim]

Not one of the stations I go to has prepay. But we don't live in Wankerville do we?

[Swoop]

If the monkey dosen't want to come out of its enclosure, leave the pump nozzles on the ground as you leave...

[Krusti]

BP Geyser in Rotorua sucks big fat arse IMHO.

I really don't give a shit why they have prepay, all I care about is that, given the choice, why should I give my money to someone who has decided to make my life more difficult & waste my time?

The Shell station up the other end of Fenton St are good - they actually often have someone on the forecourt! at a service station! who'da thought?

Cheers
Clint

Hahahaha BP Geyser, the other day my mate and I out for a ride, fuelled up at said servo, place busy as like always.

Wait in line to pay...."pump 9 mate"....turned out after a long wait that some other poor soul had paid for that fuel. Luckily he was standing by me in the line and worked it out for the attendant.

I thought my idea of me getting my fuel for free was good but I seemed to be the only one with that opinion

So...........eyeballing the person on pump then authorising the fill does not always work...

[Finn]

Not one of the stations I go to has prepay. But we don't live in Wankerville do we?

I don't recall Lower Hutt ever being in the "Forbes - Best places to live in the world" report.

[Qkchk:Me]

Up at the ATNR at Walkworth last Thursday night. Its 10pm and time to head home. Qkkid mentions something about 'need some gas' before we headed south back to Auckland. "I'll meet you there" - meaning the MOBIL station in Walkworth, while I suited up, he headed off.

After getting my shite together, I arrive at MOBIL WALKWORTH to find Qkkid extremely pissed off. "What's up" I enquire. "Went to put a $20 in the Night-Draw (the one put your money into when they dont want you in the shop afterhours) and the f$#kn prick jammed it on my hand." Not only did this jurk do it on purpose and with enough force to bruise Qkkids fingers and shave off some skin from his knuckles, he had the nerve to tell him to "wait his turn" while he was fartarsing around in the shop. To be honest he was quite lucky he only got some verbal reference thrown at him . Seems the guy on the counter was a couple of sandwitches short of picnic and obviously had snuck out the window from his Mama.

So stay away from MOBIL WALKWORTH or risk having your head slammed in the door!

[Winter]

They went and rebuilt the station - you know, the general store look. I have no idea why, but they put the cashier's counters at the back of the store where they can't see what's going on out on the forecourt - so it doesn't matter whether they know you or not.

All the new mobils are like that, and isn't it obvious? You now have to walk past more isles of in-store specials to pay. Supports the OP's conspiracy theory.

[ManDownUnder]

If I can, I will do this as my bike only takes 8 litres and often only takes $5 to fill it.

62.5c/litre???? WOO HOO!!!!!!!

[marty]

bp cambridge - hate going there but it's covenient. i just toot the airhorns - they turn them on. they seem to have a delay though - even when turned on they can take 10-15 secs to start pumping?

mobil cambridge is shit. they have stopped being open 24 hours for some reason - crap service following them is my guess.

challenge cambridge (just up the hill into town heading north after the bridge) is my pick - they'll always fill for me, and the pumps are always on.

BP leamington is good - pumps always on, someone often on the forecourt.

will be interesting to see what the new shell is like - they were pretty good before - nearly always had someone out on the forecourt.

like many others, i refuse to queue twice for gas.

[WRT]

Another thing petrol stations seem particularly bad for: printing your full credit card number and expiry date on your reciept - a lot of them still do it. Don't ever walk off without your reciept, or throw it in the forecourt bin. Course, this applies to any store, but seems especially bad in petrol stations.

For what it's worth, I also tend to avoid prepay only service stations.

[idleidolidyll]

Confirmed by an industry insider - well in must be true them - pffftt

BTW: Chatting to a minimum wage worker who works night shift at Shell is not an industry insider.

Nope, as confirmed by someone who provides on court distribution and stock management systems to gas stations and who is involved in developing said systems.

[idleidolidyll]

If the monkey dosen't want to come out of its enclosure, leave the pump nozzles on the ground as you leave...

Now THAT is a bloody good idea!

[Str8 Jacket]

They must be nicer in Wellington lol I go to the BP Otaki station - alot - maybe they recognise me but they turn the pumps on automatically - I have seen them do this for other motorcyclists. Same with BP Taranaki St - near Te Papa. They just turn the pumps on.

Yep, everytime I go to stations with prepay tanks in Wellington they have always unlocked them for me as well and I have never had to ask. Guess we're lucky huh!

[idleidolidyll]

Not one of the stations I go to has prepay. But we don't live in Wankerville do we?

WallyTown, Wankerville; they're all somewhere south of Pokeno aint they?

[BuFfY]

Mobil lets you choose I think. The one in Mt Eden never works for me. So I stand there and swipe my card a few times, give up and just pump it and go in. It is a pain cause I only really go there if I am empty as and then I get suck in more traffic.
Would be a pain filling up on the bike as you wouldn't know exactly how much to key in huh

[Finn]

Nope, as confirmed by someone who provides on court distribution and stock management systems to gas stations and who is involved in developing said systems.

Postec or Provenco?