Petrol Station Con?

springate

Do you think that all pumps at petrol stations should have a button to select an amount of fuel in multiples of £5.00 up to £20.00? The times Ive been into a station and and no how much I try I end up paying that extra couple of pence because of the sensitivity of the pump! I know they have this in Spain so why not in the UK?

enfield_freddy

my local has a jar on the counter , you chuck your odd copper in , and retrieve it when a copper short.


yes I agree that you should be able to pre set the amount .

r2015

How is it a con.


Just aim to put multiples of £4.99 up to £19.99 in the tank.


I use a cashback credit card for petrol, can't remember the last time I paid in cash.

EssexExile

You pay a penny over but you get the petrol over too. What's the problem?

kev_min

The pumps at my local Tesco have exactly that feature, I can not recall the values you can select but they are there to be used.

onomatopoeia99

I just fill it up to the top. Going to the petrol station is a chore I'd rather do as infrequently as possible and it's not like it saves you money to only put £5 in each time, as you still use the same amount of fuel to cover the same journey. Any savings from having a few less kilos to accelerate are likely to be offset by additional trips to fill up.

InsideInsurance

Clearly not a con on the basis you are paying what you have taken.

Cannot say I've ever had an issue of dispensing the amount of petrol that I want and been doing it for over 20 years. As others have said, if you want to pay cash and concerned about going over the amount of money you have then aim to put in just under.

Stevie_Palimo

Solution go to a pre pay garage/pump and save the extra penny or two.

frugalmacdugal

Hi,

should be the same as when checking the tyre pressures, if you go a bit over you just deflate, no extra charge.

stator

kev_min wrote: »

The pumps at my local Tesco have exactly that feature, I can not recall the values you can select but they are there to be used.

I tried to use those once, couldn't get them to work though.

AdrianC

frugalmacdugal wrote: »

should be the same as when checking the tyre pressures, if you go a bit over you just deflate, no extra charge.

So there should be a way to remove the the extra fuel from your tank and return it to the petrol station's storage...?

And what if the person ahead of you in the queue had misfuelled his car, then took advantage of that to drain his tank of the mix of petrol and diesel?