Starling connected card for pay at pump

northwalesd

sheramber said:

Asda petrol stations are all pay at the pump with no kiosks at all.

Well that's not correct, our Asda fuel station has a drive through kiosk, as do most of them round here (north Wales). But it does also have some pay at pumps, which are available even when the kiosk is closed (day or night).

Nasqueron

Band7 said:

Spooky241 said:

..... my problem is 9 times out of 10 I don't have my purse with my cards with me when I need the fuel and I don't live near the petrol station. I was thinking if the connected card could be used at the pump I could leave the card in the car and always have it when needed.

Do you normally have your phone with you? If so, you can pay with Apple/GooglePay. You might have to go to the cashier to pay as not all petrol stations take contactless.

Whenever I've been at the fuel pumps they tell you not to use the phone even for a points card scan - some of them also demand chip and PIN for the card pay at pump so your mileage may vary.

penners324 said:

Spooky241 said:

Band7 said:

Spooky241 said:

..... my problem is 9 times out of 10 I don't have my purse with my cards with me when I need the fuel and I don't live near the petrol station. I was thinking if the connected card could be used at the pump I could leave the card in the car and always have it when needed.

Do you normally have your phone with you? If so, you can pay with Apple/GooglePay. You might have to go to the cashier to pay as not all petrol stations take contactless.

Yea I do but they are normally closed when I go so has to be contactless. Guess I will just get a connected card and try it for myself and see if it works.

I've never seen a petrol station closed but still let you use the pumps. Surely they'd have an outside hatch / window to let payments take place.

I've used one in Scotland, you paid at a box on the wall for a pre-set amount which then cuts off the pump when you reach the amount

GeoffTF

sheramber said:

Asda petrol stations are all pay at the pump with no kiosks at all.

My local Asda has both. Pay at the pump is 24/7, but the kiosk is open for limited hours only.

Barkin

GeoffTF said:

sheramber said:

Asda petrol stations are all pay at the pump with no kiosks at all.

My local Asda has both. Pay at the pump is 24/7, but the kiosk is open for limited hours only.

My local Tesco's the same. 

flaneurs_lobster

I thought there was a blanket ban on using mobile phones on petrol station forecourts? 

Same reason you can't use them on aeroplanes or in hospitals - any use will result in explosion and giant ball of flame. 

km1500

it's the 10kV battery inside them that's the problem.

Nasqueron

flaneurs_lobster said:

I thought there was a blanket ban on using mobile phones on petrol station forecourts? 

Same reason you can't use them on aeroplanes or in hospitals - any use will result in explosion and giant ball of flame. 

It's one of these silly "just in case" things of an impossible scenario that they think worst case, could happen. Mythbusters did an episode where they basically recreated the workings of an engine with petrol vapour and the optimum air/fuel mix used for ignition and still couldn't get it to ignite by using the phone. Ironically, you are actually far more likely to be the source of a problem with an electrostatic discharge getting out of the car potentially causing it. They managed to get it done with women's underwear rubbed on a fur car seat (based on stats in the US that women are 6x as likely to get back into their cars while refuelling) but again, it required a fuel mix again akin to an engine that would never happen just during fuelling. They did it again on a revisit episode a year later and again confirmed using the phone cannot cause a petrol station fire. 

flaneurs_lobster

Well the women's underwear and furry seat covers will have to go.

At least I can stop putting my phone in a bucket of sand when I visit BP.

Slinky

grumbler said:

penners324 said:

Spooky241 said:

Band7 said:

Spooky241 said:

..... my problem is 9 times out of 10 I don't have my purse with my cards with me when I need the fuel and I don't live near the petrol station. I was thinking if the connected card could be used at the pump I could leave the card in the car and always have it when needed.

Do you normally have your phone with you? If so, you can pay with Apple/GooglePay. You might have to go to the cashier to pay as not all petrol stations take contactless.

Yea I do but they are normally closed when I go so has to be contactless. Guess I will just get a connected card and try it for myself and see if it works.

I've never seen a petrol station closed but still let you use the pumps. Surely they'd have an outside hatch / window to let payments take place.

You are mistaken.

On topic: I always use a credit card, but tried Chase debit card once (with more than sufficient balance) and it was rejected.

Chase card worked OK for us this weekend at Asda (£99 limit required on the card).

TadleyBaggie

I’ve also used Chase at an untended Asda recently. No issue, correct amount was taken within 24 hours.