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I had them turn the pumps off on me when I had first registered my van, had the plates sitting beside me on the seat. I got to about $20 of fuel before they shut down the pump.
Young dude came out (who I swear must work 24/7) and got halfway to me before he recognised me and was all apologetic. One advantage of always using the same servo. Couple of weeks ago I filled and left my wallet at home, he was good, just asked not to take too long coming back with my wallet haha. |
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If servos gave me sh_t I would just get my fuel some place else. I have never had an issue.
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I'd get a Tesla just to not have to use servos anymore .... slow-4rse pumps, cant pay at pump, long queues inside....
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i wouldnt blame any servo operator for refusing service to an unplated car .
earlier this year i filling up at my local servo , and i noticed the burgundy VE commy in front of me had no rear number plate , the thought occurred to me is this young dude up to no good ? i thought nah he probably just lost his plate . Any way after he drove off without paying . ........... the thought occurred to me he didnt make eye contact , he looked away the whole time , on the dark side of the servo , and he just put the pump away and casually drove off very matter off fact . i questioned my console operator mate inside if the dude was a drive off , .....yep he replied . they really need more cameras on these places . |
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Funny enough there is a wall of driveoffs at a big servo near my work. Ive noticed its mainly jacked up utes (with trade stuff in the back) and cars that people cant afford to run after buying them (expensive suvs and euro cars).
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I had to show ID and the paper permit Steve (happened the day I got the wagon registered, before I screwed the plates on back at home)
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Hi. and when the price of petrol changed it only went up 1 or 2 cents a gallon about every 6 months. I remember a Shell "spokesman" saying that they would never be able to change the price of petrol like that when they went to the metric system as 1 or 2 cents per litre would be like 4 1/2 to 9 cents per gallon and they would never get away with that. Cheers MD
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I can see us heading the same way. I understand servos want you in the shop to upsell you, but it's got to be about cost v profit. How much would it cost to keep a shop fully stocked, wages for employees, security systems and all the other associated extras to run the store. Whereas having an unmanned store, no wages, security, etc, ect has to be a cheaper option for the servo. I wouldn't bother me going to a servo, not going into the store and having to pay at the pump. It would be even better if the price of fuel came down because of it.
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These operators should spend some time in a major supermarket if they want to see theft. It's getting progressively worse.
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Now you have to walk in there & wait to pay while the attendant is making coffees, selling cakes, condoms or all sorts of other crap to a long line up of people! ![]() I recently noticed I had a blown parker globe on my Commodore one evening & had to go to 4 of these garbage stations to fine one that sold standard fitting stop/tail light globes! They are certainly not "service" stations anymore! |
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, garage remote battery or even a light bulb is near impossible, while you can find every brand of condom and lubricant imaginable at a servo. Most servos have become a joke, guess they worked out what sells rather than what a servo should stock ![]() |
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A pretty sad state of affairs really. Sent from Galaxy Note 4 |
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Boy I just came out the front door of my mums old peoples home and had some say 30 yo death adder looking nut case walk by looking at me as if he was going to kill me, I thought, ok he is obviously mental ! another moron on crack or something. I am sick of that type trying to be walking about lording it over others around the place, as if they were king s--t ! I don't know if when they see me they fear me directly and try to put a brave face on. |
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I wondered about how the "pre-paying" for fuel worked when we were in Vegas...how do you know how much you're going to need??
Turned out to be easy...the servos we went to were simple. Put your ATM card in, then your pin, and the machine unlocks and you fill up as much as you want. Once finished and you hung the nozzle up again, it spat your card out. Of course you could preset the amount you wanted as well if you weren't filling up. |
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![]() I don't remember light bulb manufacturers or even oil companies giving us these types of incentives. Heinz even sent a rep into the store one night at around 2am (a very attractive young lady) to set up shop and give free samples of baked bean pasties and sausage rolls to customers. Junk food companies and general producers of crap provide more incentives to the fuel companies. There would have to be a much larger margin of profit per unit too. |
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Ok if these cameras are linked into Vic Roads to check if a car is registered before letting a customer fill up what happens with cars registered in another state ?
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Seems most of the Caltex servos here in SA have pay-at-pump facilities again.
When I had toddlers (late 2000's) I used to only use servos that had pay-at-pump - was much easier than getting the kids out to go in and pay, and most servos had them back then - but then they all vanished a few years back. Good to see them coming back again, and glad the servo doing them is not BP as I boycott OTRs. And on the nostalgic side of the discussion - remember when pretty much every servo had a small mechanic workshop attached? |
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Never been to an American servo that wasnt prepaid. Seems to work there, and to stop the rampant thievery it should work here too.
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I noticed some do this too really ticks me off. I wonder if they earn a little bit of interest on your money before it comes back to you ?????
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The costs would be huge to implement your idea over the cameras. Trust me, my company toyed with the idea of coming up with a product that would link your rego plate with your bank account and therefore filling up with petrol would be as simple as getting out, filling up, waiting for the green tick on the petrol pump to say funds approved and you can drive off. But the costs are huge with little benefit.
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