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Topic: pay at the pump
esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Sat 10/29/11 11:07 AM
ok, the darn rangers blew it. that should have been enough aggravation, but i guess the gods of things that get under your skin are on a roll... so i pull into my neighborhood gas station/convenience store and manage to find an open pump in the multitude of hurried motorists wanting gas. looking towards the store i notice the line is long (i'm still getting over the ranger loss)so to avoid upsetting myself any further, i decide to pay at the pump. everything is going by the numbers until the screen prompt comes up with "do you want a receipt" select yes or no. i select yes and after a few seconds the screen prompt reads "cashier has receipt". something tells me that if i hit the handicap help button, the clerk is not going to come to the pump with my receipt at this point i could drive away without a receipt and probably forget to deduct the amount from my account register later, or walk into the store for the receipt. thing is i'm sure the long line followed by a "helpful" clerk would have made me feel like drop kicking a kitten over a two story home so the million dollar question is: why have a "pay at the pump" option if the payee still has to go inside the store for a receipt

The_Pete_Man Joined Sat 09/15/07 Posts: 21383	Sat 10/29/11 11:33 AM
Hmmmmmmm...........I guess I'm lucky..........here in CT, at most of the gas stations, when you pay at the pump, the "credit/debit" part of the pump spits out a reciept if you press "Yes".....

esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Sat 10/29/11 11:56 AM
in a perfect world the rangers would have ended the series in game six and the receipt would have printed at the pump. alas the rangers go down in history as back to back world series losers, and the clerk still has my receipt

manOfewwords Joined Wed 10/22/08 Posts: 29908	Sat 10/29/11 12:57 PM
next time just steel the dam gas

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sat 10/29/11 01:02 PM
ok, the darn rangers blew it. that should have been enough aggravation, but i guess the gods of things that get under your skin are on a roll... so i pull into my neighborhood gas station/convenience store and manage to find an open pump in the multitude of hurried motorists wanting gas. looking towards the store i notice the line is long (i'm still getting over the ranger loss)so to avoid upsetting myself any further, i decide to pay at the pump. everything is going by the numbers until the screen prompt comes up with "do you want a receipt" select yes or no. i select yes and after a few seconds the screen prompt reads "cashier has receipt". something tells me that if i hit the handicap help button, the clerk is not going to come to the pump with my receipt at this point i could drive away without a receipt and probably forget to deduct the amount from my account register later, or walk into the store for the receipt. thing is i'm sure the long line followed by a "helpful" clerk would have made me feel like drop kicking a kitten over a two story home so the million dollar question is: why have a "pay at the pump" option if the payee still has to go inside the store for a receipt haaa,, I feel your pain a couple of weeks ago, I had a similar pain At the gas pump, swiped the card , but it read 'please see cashier', I was in a hurry so just decided to get gas later and drove away When I went to use my card later it had a 0 balance, so I checked my account and found that the ninety or so dollars I had in it had been debited (to the penny) on one transaction when I called my bank to complain , they explained to me that the pumps take out something like 127 dollars for any debit card transaction upfront I always pay at the pump, and never saw this transaction on my card before, I told them She said that is because the 127 dollars is like a security deposit (do they think I drive a range rover?) to make sure they get the cost of the gas I use and that they return the difference once my final cost is tallied at the pump yeah,, be careful with those cards and those gas stations,,,

Cutiepieforyou Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 43085	Sat 10/29/11 01:32 PM
ok, the darn rangers blew it. that should have been enough aggravation, but i guess the gods of things that get under your skin are on a roll... so i pull into my neighborhood gas station/convenience store and manage to find an open pump in the multitude of hurried motorists wanting gas. looking towards the store i notice the line is long (i'm still getting over the ranger loss)so to avoid upsetting myself any further, i decide to pay at the pump. everything is going by the numbers until the screen prompt comes up with "do you want a receipt" select yes or no. i select yes and after a few seconds the screen prompt reads "cashier has receipt". something tells me that if i hit the handicap help button, the clerk is not going to come to the pump with my receipt at this point i could drive away without a receipt and probably forget to deduct the amount from my account register later, or walk into the store for the receipt. thing is i'm sure the long line followed by a "helpful" clerk would have made me feel like drop kicking a kitten over a two story home so the million dollar question is: why have a "pay at the pump" option if the payee still has to go inside the store for a receipt I have often wondered this myself. There is one gas station that I go to that where this happens quite a bit. It would be nice if the clerk could come out to us with the receipt wouldn't it?

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sat 10/29/11 01:44 PM
I had that happen once, where I clicked pay at pump, used my debit and then it wouldnt print my receipt but told me I could get it inside. I thought to myself, 'screw that' and got in my car...the clerk came out and followed me a few steps like he couldnt beleive I would think for myself instead of follow the directions. As if I was driving off with out paying. its a load of poo. @load of poo,,,,

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 10/29/11 01:51 PM
ok, the darn rangers blew it. that should have been enough aggravation, but i guess the gods of things that get under your skin are on a roll... so i pull into my neighborhood gas station/convenience store and manage to find an open pump in the multitude of hurried motorists wanting gas. looking towards the store i notice the line is long (i'm still getting over the ranger loss)so to avoid upsetting myself any further, i decide to pay at the pump. everything is going by the numbers until the screen prompt comes up with "do you want a receipt" select yes or no. i select yes and after a few seconds the screen prompt reads "cashier has receipt". something tells me that if i hit the handicap help button, the clerk is not going to come to the pump with my receipt at this point i could drive away without a receipt and probably forget to deduct the amount from my account register later, or walk into the store for the receipt. thing is i'm sure the long line followed by a "helpful" clerk would have made me feel like drop kicking a kitten over a two story home so the million dollar question is: why have a "pay at the pump" option if the payee still has to go inside the store for a receipt Or use online banking and be able to see a list of all your transactions and your updated balance.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sat 10/29/11 01:55 PM
ok, the darn rangers blew it. that should have been enough aggravation, but i guess the gods of things that get under your skin are on a roll... so i pull into my neighborhood gas station/convenience store and manage to find an open pump in the multitude of hurried motorists wanting gas. looking towards the store i notice the line is long (i'm still getting over the ranger loss)so to avoid upsetting myself any further, i decide to pay at the pump. everything is going by the numbers until the screen prompt comes up with "do you want a receipt" select yes or no. i select yes and after a few seconds the screen prompt reads "cashier has receipt". something tells me that if i hit the handicap help button, the clerk is not going to come to the pump with my receipt at this point i could drive away without a receipt and probably forget to deduct the amount from my account register later, or walk into the store for the receipt. thing is i'm sure the long line followed by a "helpful" clerk would have made me feel like drop kicking a kitten over a two story home so the million dollar question is: why have a "pay at the pump" option if the payee still has to go inside the store for a receipt Or use online banking and be able to see a list of all your transactions and your updated balance. Ya know, I could do that with B of A, but my bank right now has a much less descriptive website so it only lists something as debit or credit when it first posts, and I still would have the same predicament of them taking that money out of my account,,,

mssilverfox Joined Sat 12/08/07 Posts: 10529	Sat 10/29/11 01:56 PM
At some gas stations its a fairly long walk to the cashier.. The last 2 yrs I have had 3 surgerys on my leg/foot so I prepay with my card and yes, how many times have I had to go inside to get my receipt... burns me up!!

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 10/29/11 02:23 PM
ok, the darn rangers blew it. that should have been enough aggravation, but i guess the gods of things that get under your skin are on a roll... so i pull into my neighborhood gas station/convenience store and manage to find an open pump in the multitude of hurried motorists wanting gas. looking towards the store i notice the line is long (i'm still getting over the ranger loss)so to avoid upsetting myself any further, i decide to pay at the pump. everything is going by the numbers until the screen prompt comes up with "do you want a receipt" select yes or no. i select yes and after a few seconds the screen prompt reads "cashier has receipt". something tells me that if i hit the handicap help button, the clerk is not going to come to the pump with my receipt at this point i could drive away without a receipt and probably forget to deduct the amount from my account register later, or walk into the store for the receipt. thing is i'm sure the long line followed by a "helpful" clerk would have made me feel like drop kicking a kitten over a two story home so the million dollar question is: why have a "pay at the pump" option if the payee still has to go inside the store for a receipt Or use online banking and be able to see a list of all your transactions and your updated balance. Ya know, I could do that with B of A, but my bank right now has a much less descriptive website so it only lists something as debit or credit when it first posts, and I still would have the same predicament of them taking that money out of my account,,, Bank of America is not the only one with online banking. I chose a bank that has really good online banking so that I could see exactly what was happening with my account whenever I wanted.

TxsGal3333 Joined Tue 09/05/06 Posts: 76392	Sat 10/29/11 02:31 PM
Hummm well I go to the pay at the pump. But since I don't need to keep my receipts I don't find my self in that position. Normally what happens is the pump runs out of tape if they don't refill the tape then it will tell you to see the cashier.....most will not tell you that........and blame it on the pumps...

esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Sat 10/29/11 02:35 PM
Hummm well I go to the pay at the pump. But since I don't need to keep my receipts I don't find my self in that position. Normally what happens is the pump runs out of tape if they don't refill the tape then it will tell you to see the cashier.....most will not tell you that........and blame it on the pumps... well with technology today you would think the pump would be able to alert the clerk if the tape was empty. after all, isn't paying at pump about not having to go into the store

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 10/29/11 02:40 PM
Hummm well I go to the pay at the pump. But since I don't need to keep my receipts I don't find my self in that position. Normally what happens is the pump runs out of tape if they don't refill the tape then it will tell you to see the cashier.....most will not tell you that........and blame it on the pumps... well with technology today you would think the pump would be able to alert the clerk if the tape was empty. after all, isn't paying at pump about not having to go into the store I bet they do get an alert that the receipt tape is empty. That doesn't mean it will get changed immediately, though.

esebulldog Joined Wed 08/05/09 Posts: 22342	Sat 10/29/11 03:09 PM
I bet they do get an alert that the receipt tape is empty. That doesn't mean it will get changed immediately, though. so if the pump can alert the clerk that the tape is empty, than it stands to reason the pump could also alert the customer BEFORE the transaction

Troublebug Joined Sat 09/11/10 Posts: 10912	Sat 10/29/11 03:13 PM
AWWWW Sorry Bulldog! I know it sucks when it happens. And I am SOOOO with you on the notification before you pay. There has to be some way of letting the cashier know the tape is out, and then someway of letting the custoomer know that they are gonna have to go inside after they already tried to save time.

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sat 10/29/11 03:31 PM
I bet they do get an alert that the receipt tape is empty. That doesn't mean it will get changed immediately, though. so if the pump can alert the clerk that the tape is empty, than it stands to reason the pump could also alert the customer BEFORE the transaction Either leave without a receipt, or go complain to the cashier about not getting a receipt at the pump. There really isn't much else to do in that situation.

winterblue56 Joined Sun 12/12/10 Posts: 2465	Sun 10/30/11 04:40 PM
Awww....sorry about your loss(s) . Actually I was rootin for you guys even tho we lost to ya . I would have said "do ya think you can get off your lazy ars and get some paper in the gas machine out there!" Not really...just go with it

Simonedemidova Joined Mon 11/15/10 Posts: 8952	Sun 10/30/11 04:47 PM
I dont even like getting gas unless i can pay at the pump...Its rough enough you have to have a key to unlock my gas cap...plus here you have to pump your own gas too...I hear some states it is illegal to even pump your own gas. I swipe my card often or pay cash at the pump every time and the receipt is spit out there at the pump. I usually dont want my receipt and just say no. Every month i have to clean my wallet out of a million receipts and its a pain in the rear...especially cuz half them you have hold onto for every piece of crap you buy that never works..then you have to find that sucker three weeks later...

navygirl Joined Sat 06/02/07 Posts: 8118	Tue 11/01/11 03:59 PM
ok, the darn rangers blew it. that should have been enough aggravation, but i guess the gods of things that get under your skin are on a roll... so i pull into my neighborhood gas station/convenience store and manage to find an open pump in the multitude of hurried motorists wanting gas. looking towards the store i notice the line is long (i'm still getting over the ranger loss)so to avoid upsetting myself any further, i decide to pay at the pump. everything is going by the numbers until the screen prompt comes up with "do you want a receipt" select yes or no. i select yes and after a few seconds the screen prompt reads "cashier has receipt". something tells me that if i hit the handicap help button, the clerk is not going to come to the pump with my receipt at this point i could drive away without a receipt and probably forget to deduct the amount from my account register later, or walk into the store for the receipt. thing is i'm sure the long line followed by a "helpful" clerk would have made me feel like drop kicking a kitten over a two story home so the million dollar question is: why have a "pay at the pump" option if the payee still has to go inside the store for a receipt That is strange as the gas pumps here just spit out the receipts so we don't need to go in the station for a receipt.