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[Andy B]

At the supermarket I shop in, you pick up a scanner on the way in, scan and pay on the way out. No need for any human interaction.
Similarly, the fuel is card only. No silly kiosks to be seen.

Downsides of kiosks at supermarket fuel stations is their dogged determination to hang on to the 20 year old £99 limit.

Prices have somewhat increased since then

Agreed. It cost me £72 to fill Mrs B's Citroen C3 the other day.

[Doctor Gollum]

I never use pay at pump. Maybe that's the problem... 

you like to use cash for everything don't you .... 

Not since I stopped being self employed, but I take cash on holibobs, mostly for budgeting purposes, and like to have some cash on me otherwise, if only for the vending machine at work.

Not a fan of the £100 contact less limit, and if you pay in the kiosk you're more likely to get a receipt and there is less chance of your card details being acquired.

I know Asda in Norwich doesn't have a kiosk, but there's plenty of alternatives that do.

The kiosk at Tescos in Broadbridge Heath isn't 24 hour, but the one at Three Bridges is, and it's usually cheaper. If I finish around 6am, the Sainsbugs in Crawley opens then, as does Mcdonalds in their car park, so it's opportune for both breakfast and fuel, and is cheaper than Tescos.

To say that there are no alternative places to by fuel in the greater Brackley area is a nonsense, sure they may not be the cheapest, but that's the trade off between convenience and distance. Ultimately it is your choice to be able to buy fuel or not.

A few ppl is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things, especially if it is the difference between having fuel or not.

[Andy B]

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 .....  and if you pay in the kiosk you're more likely to get a receipt

I'm frequently asked if I want a receipt when paying with either of my credit cards  You either say yes please or no thanks

.... and there is less chance of your card details being acquired. ...

I'd say the other way round. Years ago there was a local garage where cards were cloned. The bloke behind the late night window would 'accidently' drop your card & clone it on the floor as he picked it up.

[Doctor Gollum]

.....
 .....  and if you pay in the kiosk you're more likely to get a receipt

I'm frequently asked if I want a receipt when paying with either of my credit cards  You either say yes please or no thanks

.... and there is less chance of your card details being acquired. ...

I'd say the other way round. Years ago there was a local garage where cards were cloned. The bloke behind the late night window would 'accidently' drop your card & clone it on the floor as he picked it up.

The kiosk is more likely to have a working printer

Hereabouts, they hand you the machine, one of the obvious benefits of chip and pin payments. 

[Andy B]

.....
 .....  and if you pay in the kiosk you're more likely to get a receipt

I'm frequently asked if I want a receipt when paying with either of my credit cards  You either say yes please or no thanks

.... and there is less chance of your card details being acquired. ...

I'd say the other way round. Years ago there was a local garage where cards were cloned. The bloke behind the late night window would 'accidently' drop your card & clone it on the floor as he picked it up.

The kiosk is more likely to have a working printer

Hereabouts, they hand you the machine, one of the obvious benefits of chip and pin payments. 

I did say years ago .... 

[Rangie]

All prices reduced here now by around 12p per litre.

[TheBoy]

To say that there are no alternative places to by fuel in the greater Brackley area is a nonsense, sure they may not be the cheapest, but that's the trade off between convenience and distance. Ultimately it is your choice to be able to buy fuel or not.

Aside for the 3 fuel stations in or on the outskirts of town, there are 2 others that are within a 20 mile round trip.  One is Cherwell Valley Services (the one thats been on all the M40 matrix signs for the past month stating no fuel ) and an Esso about half a mile nearer. Which is fine if going that way, but a bit of a drag if you aint, and the Esso suffers from queues due to being a cheaper version of the services for those in the know.

And that's it. 

Its an improvement on pre batflu, as we used to only have 2 in town until about 18 months ago.


But pay at pump is the future, I can't think of any new supermarkets with fuel stations having kiosks.  Its quick, probably more secure, and definitely reduces queues.  Just bloody annoying that they still have a 20 year old limit

[TheBoy]

I'd say the other way round. Years ago there was a local garage where cards were cloned. The bloke behind the late night window would 'accidently' drop your card & clone it on the floor as he picked it up.

Indeed, many of the times my accounts have been compromised, I've been able to pinpoint the garage involved.

Although virtually all retail outlets now have the equipment and train the staff not to go near the customer's card.  Although there are some decent scams still achievable by dodgy staff...

[STEMO]

All prices reduced here now by around 12p per litre.

Hmmm.....I wonder why ours has stayed the same? I just paid £1.72.7 at ASDA for diesel but, on the way home, I passed garages with it as much as £1.79.9.

[STEMO]

I remember, not that long ago, I was getting 100 miles for £12-13, it's nearer £20 now.

[TheBoy]

I noticed Tesco's had dirty diesel for 170.9p yesterday., so its definitely dropping round here.

A fair queue though, as is normal there, due to several pumps out of action.


In fairness to Brackley Tesco, they do put a ruddy get big whiteboard up saying which pumps are buggered, and what fuels they don't have on each pump, so you dont waste time queuing at a pump that doesnt have dirty diesel.  Brackley BP on the other hand...   ...oppsing retards.

[Raeturbo]

I think they just shut some of the pumps off so as they don’t run out too fast

[Sir Tigger KC]

Costco Bristol this afternoon. Diesel: £1.669 Unleaded: £1.519

[Drewomega]

Went into a BP!! garage on Wednesday here in Mallorca and got charged €1.88 per litre. BUT I got back €2.88 from the gobierno as a discount paid by them. Can you see the UK government doing that? Don't think so!   

[Doctor Gollum]

Fuel in Gran Canaria is obviously so cheap and plentiful that they can leave ALL the transfer coaches idling on the airport forecourt