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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:07 AM Original message |
Have you seen: gas stations refusing credit cards, asking for cash? |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. I haven't seen stations refusing credit cards |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That was how it used to be, twenty years ago... |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not refusing, but having two different prices for cash and credit |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. I do know that sometimes they ask for your zip code as a security measure |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I think they ask you so that they can charge the right sales tax. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. no...sales tax is local to the facility selling the product |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. When they ask me to do it I always type in 55555. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I used to use random numbers, but Mobil will reject the card |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. So you live in Young America MN then? |
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HiddenCSLib (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Zip code requirement |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. 2 things |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I call them drones because they are NEVER apologetic about this corporate-demanded bit... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. A gas station not far from us requires employees to write down EVERY license plate # |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. Actually, I just experienced this the other day. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Do the credit card fees apply if you are using a Visa Debit card? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I'm about 90% sure that the station does. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. I've seen just the opposite, actually. |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. 74 miles on a SCOOTER?? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. yes and sometimes if you pay cash its 0.10$ cheaper |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. I just ordered chinese food delivered, and they stopped accepting cards! |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. not where i live. |
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