Petrol - no means to pay declaration?

Car_54

dannyrst wrote: »

What if the OP knew that the card was no longer accepted when he went to fill up...thinking he'd get a tank full of fuel for free?

Surely no-one who posts on here could be that stupid?;)

photome

yet another wind up on the motoring board...has to be.

Whichever way you look at it the OP is at fault, if it isnt a wind up

assuming there were stickers on the pump

custardy

at our work (in cases of fuel card issues) the petrol station is asked to produce an invoice.
Which is then passed onto the fuel team for payment.

Talc1234

Happened to me too with a company car and shell card

I paid and my employer for reimbursed me

The cashier is on minimum wage and doesn't give a f***

force_ten

may as well close this thread now because the op must be in jail by now

Lost_Property

A practical solution to this would be to approach a petrol station that DOES still accept the cards, wait for someone friendly-looking with a big car and ask them if they wouldn't mind allowing you to pay for their fuel on your card whilst they give you the cash - you can both go in together and explain to the cashier or just to verify to the other person that the card is kosher. Maybe offer a fiver back for the favour, if need be. Then you can go back with cash to the original garage.

In London you can't pay cash on a bus so it's not unusual for a traveller with no Oyster or contactless card to offer the fare in cash to a stranger who then uses one of their cards. It's a similar scenario.

Head_The_Ball

Lost_Property wrote: »

A practical solution to this would be to approach a petrol station that DOES still accept the cards, wait for someone friendly-looking with a big car and ask them if they wouldn't mind allowing you to pay for their fuel on your card whilst they give you the cash - you can both go in together and explain to the cashier or just to verify to the other person that the card is kosher. Maybe offer a fiver back for the favour, if need be. Then you can go back with cash to the original garage.

In London you can't pay cash on a bus so it's not unusual for a traveller with no Oyster or contactless card to offer the fare in cash to a stranger who then uses one of their cards. It's a similar scenario.

Surely most people would assume it was some sort of scam and refuse to get involved.

Also most people pay for fuel with a card and not with cash.

The OP would need to wait for someone with an unsuspicious nature and with £50 in readies to chance by.

That could be a long wait.

The OP also risks being sacked for abuse of the card.

BeenThroughItAll

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

Surely most people would assume it was some sort of scam and refuse to get involved.

Also most people pay for fuel with a card and not with cash.

The OP would need to wait for someone with an unsuspicious nature and with £50 in readies to chance by.

That could be a long wait.

The OP also risks being sacked for abuse of the card.

Yeah, and they'd assume you were some kind of nutter.


I actually had to do this once, on a smaller scale. Had to go to Croydon from Suffolk, and went through the Dartford toll as it was then. Rocked up at the tollbooth and... no cash. All I had was a credit card I'd fortuitously picked up in a letter that had just been delivered that morning on leaving the house and stuffed in my briefcase with my other mail.


I got turned back from the tollbooths and they chucked me back onto the other carriageway. I pulled over at the first opportunity and loitered near the sandwiches in a garage until a man came in looking at them. I offered to pay for his lunch if he gave me the cash, which he kindly agreed to - but the look he gave me when I asked was absolutely priceless.

boliston

Lost_Property wrote: »

A practical solution to this would be to approach a petrol station that DOES still accept the cards, wait for someone friendly-looking with a big car and ask them if they wouldn't mind allowing you to pay for their fuel on your card whilst they give you the cash - you can both go in together and explain to the cashier or just to verify to the other person that the card is kosher. Maybe offer a fiver back for the favour, if need be. Then you can go back with cash to the original garage.

In London you can't pay cash on a bus so it's not unusual for a traveller with no Oyster or contactless card to offer the fare in cash to a stranger who then uses one of their cards. It's a similar scenario.

I bet some log is made linking fuel card to car registration to avoid fraud - if this was ever found out by the owner of the fuel card it would be almost certain dismissal and possible criminal charges.

AdrianC

I've had to ask people paying by card if they'd please take my cash, too - in France, on a Sunday, in the days when UK cards wouldn't be accepted by French pay-at-pump.