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£99 deposit on fuel.

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  • [Deleted User]
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    It's probably to get get folk away from using pay at pump and get them in the shop to spend money on other things. Not sure this works with ASDA as I don't think they have many fuel station shops, mostly unmanned or just pay booth. Plan would work great for Sainsburys and Morrisons as they have a shop at every fuel station.
  • agrinnall
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    Deleted_User wrote: »
    It's probably to get get folk away from using pay at pump and get them in the shop to spend money on other things. Not sure this works with ASDA as I don't think they have many fuel station shops, mostly unmanned or just pay booth. Plan would work great for Sainsburys and Morrisons as they have a shop at every fuel station.

    They had shops long before they started to install pay at pump facilities, so I doubt if your conclusion is correct.
  • 50Twuncle
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    Asda have scrapped the whole idea after public outcry !
  • 50Twuncle
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    edited 10 May 2018 at 5:50PM
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    agrinnall wrote: »
    As it was a credit card it was not your money that was being reserved anyway, so it had zero impact on you.

    It was apparently taken from your account and sometimes not repaid for two or three days
    How does that NOT AFFECT YOU ?
  • [Deleted User]
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    agrinnall wrote: »
    They had shops long before they started to install pay at pump facilities, so I doubt if your conclusion is correct.

    Shop takings decline since introduction of pay at pump. Ramp up charge for using pay at pump = more folk back in the shop. Simples.

    I'm on about the fuel station shop, not the supermarket the fuel station is attached to.
  • facade
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    The problem wasn't/isn't the ring fencing of the money, it was/is the unbelievable Banking "system" that means even in the 21st century, the simplest of electronic transactions takes many days rather than happening instantly.

    How difficult is it to ringfence £99, dispense fuel upto a maximum of £99, 2 minutes later charge £30 out of the ringfenced money and instantly release the rest?

    If you only have £30, ringfence £30, dispense a maximum of £30 , charge the correct amount and release the rest?

    Not exactly Rocket Science.
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • [Deleted User]
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    it's called rip off Britain.
  • custardy
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    Deleted_User wrote: »
    Shop takings decline since introduction of pay at pump. Ramp up charge for using pay at pump = more folk back in the shop. Simples.

    I'm on about the fuel station shop, not the supermarket the fuel station is attached to.

    Great theory,not so great when many Asda stations dont have a shop.
  • [Deleted User]
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    custardy wrote: »
    Great theory,not so great when many Asda stations dont have a shop.

    I already said that not for ASDA as they are unmanned or booth, but great for Sainsburys and Morrisons.
  • Ectophile
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    Deleted_User wrote: »
    it's called rip off Britain.


    It's called a storm in a teacup.
    If it sticks, force it.
    If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
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