Required to have some pumps Pay at Pump only by law, really?

Grumpy_chap

Biggus_Dickus said:

I’m puzzled as to why Tesco customers would queue rather than use an empty ‘pay at pump’

Friendly conversation with the kiosk staff.🙂

interstellaflyer

Biggus_Dickus said:

sheramber said:

LocaL Tesco supermarket has had two pay at pump only for years,

They are generally empty while the other pumps have  queues.

I’m puzzled as to why Tesco customers would queue rather than use an empty ‘pay at pump’.

Is there a financial advantage to be gained by paying in-store?...points, or vouchers or some such?

The ones who queue surely can’t all be ‘cash’ customers.

Well under new terms of using Pay at the Pump instead of taking £1 and then the rest in a couple of days it is changing to them holding £100 and refunding the balance a few days later, so yes unless you can afford them holding £100 when you only need £20s worth of fuel queuing at another pump is going to be the only option for many.

tower

My company van has a fuel card that requires a signature so I have to use the kiosk. Last week all the pumps were pay at pump and when I told them my problem they switched one of the pump over to both.

Biggus_Dickus

interstellaflyer said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

sheramber said:

LocaL Tesco supermarket has had two pay at pump only for years,

They are generally empty while the other pumps have  queues.

I’m puzzled as to why Tesco customers would queue rather than use an empty ‘pay at pump’.

Is there a financial advantage to be gained by paying in-store?...points, or vouchers or some such?

The ones who queue surely can’t all be ‘cash’ customers.

Well under new terms of using Pay at the Pump instead of taking £1 and then the rest in a couple of days it is changing to them holding £100 and refunding the balance a few days later, so yes unless you can afford them holding £100 when you only need £20s worth of fuel queuing at another pump is going to be the only option for many.

Do Tesco actually take £100 at the moment, or is that card payment ‘uplift’ still in the pipeline ?  (no pun intended)

interstellaflyer

Biggus_Dickus said:

interstellaflyer said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

sheramber said:

LocaL Tesco supermarket has had two pay at pump only for years,

They are generally empty while the other pumps have  queues.

I’m puzzled as to why Tesco customers would queue rather than use an empty ‘pay at pump’.

Is there a financial advantage to be gained by paying in-store?...points, or vouchers or some such?

The ones who queue surely can’t all be ‘cash’ customers.

Well under new terms of using Pay at the Pump instead of taking £1 and then the rest in a couple of days it is changing to them holding £100 and refunding the balance a few days later, so yes unless you can afford them holding £100 when you only need £20s worth of fuel queuing at another pump is going to be the only option for many.

Do Tesco actually take £100 at the moment, or is that card payment ‘uplift’ still in the pipeline ?  (no pun intended)

It's not just Tesco and it's coming soon, I'm guessing because too many people are filling up for a £1 and not having the funds available to clear the balance.

Marvel1

These pay at pumps only, are they contactless to pay by phone? If not then no good for me at times.

[Deleted User]

interstellaflyer said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

interstellaflyer said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

sheramber said:

LocaL Tesco supermarket has had two pay at pump only for years,

They are generally empty while the other pumps have  queues.

I’m puzzled as to why Tesco customers would queue rather than use an empty ‘pay at pump’.

Is there a financial advantage to be gained by paying in-store?...points, or vouchers or some such?

The ones who queue surely can’t all be ‘cash’ customers.

Well under new terms of using Pay at the Pump instead of taking £1 and then the rest in a couple of days it is changing to them holding £100 and refunding the balance a few days later, so yes unless you can afford them holding £100 when you only need £20s worth of fuel queuing at another pump is going to be the only option for many.

Do Tesco actually take £100 at the moment, or is that card payment ‘uplift’ still in the pipeline ?  (no pun intended)

It's not just Tesco and it's coming soon, I'm guessing because too many people are filling up for a £1 and not having the funds available to clear the balance.

I thought this already happened anyway, when I've used Asda / Tesco pumps they state £99 authorised on screen before allowing me to take fuel?

I must admit I've never checked what actually happens to my bank balance in the following days but I usually put £80-£90 of fuel in anyway so can't see it making any difference to me.

oh_really

Use Costco, they're all PAP.

user1977

Marvel1 said:

These pay at pumps only, are they contactless to pay by phone? If not then no good for me at times.

I haven't seen any accepting payment other than by card (with chip & PIN).

interstellaflyer

[Deleted User] said:

interstellaflyer said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

interstellaflyer said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

sheramber said:

LocaL Tesco supermarket has had two pay at pump only for years,

They are generally empty while the other pumps have  queues.

I’m puzzled as to why Tesco customers would queue rather than use an empty ‘pay at pump’.

Is there a financial advantage to be gained by paying in-store?...points, or vouchers or some such?

The ones who queue surely can’t all be ‘cash’ customers.

Well under new terms of using Pay at the Pump instead of taking £1 and then the rest in a couple of days it is changing to them holding £100 and refunding the balance a few days later, so yes unless you can afford them holding £100 when you only need £20s worth of fuel queuing at another pump is going to be the only option for many.

Do Tesco actually take £100 at the moment, or is that card payment ‘uplift’ still in the pipeline ?  (no pun intended)

It's not just Tesco and it's coming soon, I'm guessing because too many people are filling up for a £1 and not having the funds available to clear the balance.

I thought this already happened anyway, when I've used Asda / Tesco pumps they state £99 authorised on screen before allowing me to take fuel?

I must admit I've never checked what actually happens to my bank balance in the following days but I usually put £80-£90 of fuel in anyway so can't see it making any difference to me.

Currently they authorise up to £99 but take £1 initially and the balance a few days later, the new system means you will need £100 available in your bank account or on your credit card to use Pay at Pump and they will hold £100, it generally costs around £60 to fill my car up so I'm damned sure I don't want £40 sat in limbo  with the clearing company making money out of it.