Visa/Mastercard to cap gasoline fill-ups.

You have doubt that the price of gasoline will hit $6 ?

It appears that some are using credit to buy gas and not paying it back or slow paying it back. 10 to 15 mpg will make you broke quick!

 

I've hit the 75$ limit on my discover when filling up our Odyssey with $4.25 gas.
I was kinda surprised and wondered what is going on until I found out there is a limit, lol.

Oh well, only happens once a month that I fill up the Odyssey, so it's not really a problem.

 

All you have to do is run your card twice. They've been doing that here in California at various stations for about a year now.

 

I once had a credit card refused the second time I tried to use it at a gas station - I wanted to put 91 into a car and all they had was 89 and 93 so I was putting in half a tank of 89 and half a tank of 93. The clerk told me it was an anti-fraud protection so I had to use a different card for the second half tank.

 

i see what credit card companies want u to run it twice. they get paid per transaction so its just another way to gouge the consumer... if it comes to that. i will not charge...on my AmEx the limit is 75 GALLONS...not dollars... (of course, i get 3% cash back from Costco, so that might be a Costco limit since they only give u the 3% cash back on the first 75 gallons...)

 

They're not gouging the consumer, they're screwing the station owners, because they're the ones who pay the transaction charge.

 

LOL!! oh really... is THAT how that works??

oh well that really puts my mind at ease, since i never have to worry about any additional expense to use my credit card as long as its not directly applied to me right??

ya right...

 

i just use a debit card

 

If you are denied a second purchase at a pump, the next time go inside and pay for the first purchase (and the second as well). CC companies register the POS different for an inside purchase compared with just sliding it at the pump. There are fewer fraud protections when going inside as the CC companies require store owners to check ID's.

 

Yeah, I'd say THE EXPENSIVE SIDE!

What the heck you doing filling a Prius with Premium fuel???

The Prius is designed to run on Regular.

Besides paying more for gas which won't give you ANY added benefit, you may be ruining your catalytic converter with the added "benefit" of a future repair bill.

Thank God the Prius is so economical to operate.

 

when i was looking for a new car, i considered getting a subaru before i looked at the prius.

needless to say, when i found out my subaru of choice took premium, that killed it for me. but i did research to find out if you could put regular gas in a premium engine.

but all i found were dozens of people asking if they could put premium in their regular car for a "performance boost", only to be shot down by dozens more telling them they were trashing their engines.

but why would you *want* to pay an extra .20/gallon for no added benefit other than getting cozy with your dealer and/or repair place?

 

Assume a normal fill of 9 gallons, reasonable if you aren't draining the tank. You would pay in excess of $8.33 cents a gallon to reach the $75 limit. Fill 8 gallons? $9.37 a gallon.

 

I'd think that gas station owners would be the most upset.

 

I'm pert near speechless.

The catalytic converter which comes with the Prius was designed to last the lifetime of A PRIUS . . . engine cut-off and all. It wasn't designed to handle the damaging high temperatures from cooking off the excess unburnt fuel flowing into it as a result of using a higher octane gas.

Just ask your high octane comrades who have had the unfortunate experience of paying for a new cat.

 

And you don't think the station owners pass that charge on to the customers?