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Poll: Would you rather pump your gas

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I love pumping my own gas. I always round it to the next dollar or 50 cent mark... why? I have no idea, but it's just something I do.
 
With no difference in price definitely have it done for me. Back when this was the norm they generally would check your oil and clean the windshield as well. Once they added on .10 cents a gallon for this service I was happy to get out of the car and do it myself.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
in NJ our prices are consistently lower than our neighboring states, PA, NY, CT. mb DE is lower, but who wants to live in DE. 😉

anyway, our prices are consistently lower and yet by law we cannot pump our own gas. i don't complain a bit.
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Yeah, but every time I have to pull into a service station along the NJ turnpike I wait in line. 😛

Full service has always seemed more inefficient to me than self service. Maybe I haven't had enough experience with full service stations, but I prefer to pump my own gas.
 
For me, it depends. I often get gas on the reservation (26 cents cheaper per gallon than in the city the other day). I find it ridiculous that people will wait in line 10 minutes for self serve instead of going to full serve. The difference in price is 2 cents/gallon TWO cents. So, to fill up, it costs me an extra 40 cents to avoid being in line for 10 minutes or more. Personally, I think my time is worth at least that much.
 
Oh, and I forgot to mention - I still prefer to have them fill it. There are too many morons who think they should fill it right to the gas cap and end up sputtering gasoline all over the handle. I don't want my hands smelling like gasoline the rest of the day.
 
I do my own pumping.... but I remember when I was younger and there were no self serve at all... full service everywhere....
 
I like doing it myself. Gas attendants don't give a rats ass about your car, and scratch up the paint if the fuel cap is one that hangs.
 
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: rh71
If the attendant has to go back into his booth and complete the payment, I'd rather go to one that I can do it myself anbd pay at the pump. The attendants take forever.
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Around here, the attendants carry a big wallet of change with them, so if you need change, they just hand it to you.
Originally posted by: Triumph
Pump it myself, because every full service I've ever been to, they keep pumping like 5 times after the auto shutoff engages.
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Who doesen't do this?

I've never seen anybody take it out the first time it auto shuts off, self serve or not.

The point is to bring it up to an even number.
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People like you that pay w/ cash should die. I hate it when I'm waiting on line at BJ's Gas, the person finishes up, then goes back into their car to grab their purse, and walk all the way up to the booth to pay. ARRRGH!

Edit: I like to pump it myself. I don't want any gas spillage or metal contact on my paint.
 
Originally posted by: Asharus
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: rh71
If the attendant has to go back into his booth and complete the payment, I'd rather go to one that I can do it myself anbd pay at the pump. The attendants take forever.
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Around here, the attendants carry a big wallet of change with them, so if you need change, they just hand it to you.
Originally posted by: Triumph
Pump it myself, because every full service I've ever been to, they keep pumping like 5 times after the auto shutoff engages.
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Who doesen't do this?

I've never seen anybody take it out the first time it auto shuts off, self serve or not.

The point is to bring it up to an even number.
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People like you that pay w/ cash should die. I hate it when I'm waiting on line at BJ's Gas, the person finishes up, then goes back into their car to grab their purse, and walk all the way up to the booth to pay. ARRRGH!
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Huh. That wouldn't ever happen around here. I take it this happens at self-service stations? 😛

Here's the procedure:

1) Pull up to the pump, the attendant is usually there within 10 seconds
2) State what you want, IE: Fill it with Regular, 10$ Premium, whatever.
3) Wait for pump to finish. During this time, you can get your money ready.
4) Attendant comes back over, puts the nozzel back on the machine, puts your cap on, and takes your money. If you need change, he spends 5 seconds digging in his wallet and hands it to you.
5) Drive off.

There are stations where you have to go inside to pay, but I don't go to them unless I'm getting gas in an unfamiliar area or something.
 
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: rh71
If the attendant has to go back into his booth and complete the payment, I'd rather go to one that I can do it myself anbd pay at the pump. The attendants take forever.
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Around here, the attendants carry a big wallet of change with them, so if you need change, they just hand it to you.
Originally posted by: Triumph
Pump it myself, because every full service I've ever been to, they keep pumping like 5 times after the auto shutoff engages.
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Who doesen't do this?

I've never seen anybody take it out the first time it auto shuts off, self serve or not.

The point is to bring it up to an even number.
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As long as we're generalizing, who pays cash for gasoline anymore? :roll:

http://www.epa.gov/donttopoff/
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: rh71
If the attendant has to go back into his booth and complete the payment, I'd rather go to one that I can do it myself anbd pay at the pump. The attendants take forever.
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Around here, the attendants carry a big wallet of change with them, so if you need change, they just hand it to you.
Originally posted by: Triumph
Pump it myself, because every full service I've ever been to, they keep pumping like 5 times after the auto shutoff engages.
Click to expand...
Who doesen't do this?

I've never seen anybody take it out the first time it auto shuts off, self serve or not.

The point is to bring it up to an even number.
Click to expand...

As long as we're generalizing, who pays cash for gasoline anymore? :roll:

http://www.epa.gov/donttopoff/
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Money is money, it doesen't matter if it comes from your plastic card or what. 😛

As far as the don't top off thing.. I've never encountered any of those problems.

You need extra room in your gas tank to allow the gasoline to expand. If you top off your tank, the extra gas may evaporate into your vehicle?s vapor collection system. That system may become fouled and will not work properly causing your vehicle to run poorly and have high gas emissions.
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It's true that you should leave room in your tank for expansion, but not because of the bolded. It's a vapor collection system, it's designed to handle.. evaporated gasoline. Maybe it's just a poor explaintion.

Hmm.. I dunno. I've never seen anybody overfill their tank to the point that gasoline sloshes out or anything like that.

All the attendants around here round up to the next easiest to pay number if at all possible. I'm almost thinking that maybe our pumps are setup to stop differently or something.
 
Originally posted by: loki8481
assuming prices would be equal and tipping wasn't expected?

I'd rather have someone else do it for me.
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ahh, found someone to quote 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: rh71
If the attendant has to go back into his booth and complete the payment, I'd rather go to one that I can do it myself anbd pay at the pump. The attendants take forever.
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Around here, the attendants carry a big wallet of change with them, so if you need change, they just hand it to you.
Originally posted by: Triumph
Pump it myself, because every full service I've ever been to, they keep pumping like 5 times after the auto shutoff engages.
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Who doesen't do this?
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Around here, no one does.

I've never seen anybody take it out the first time it auto shuts off, self serve or not.
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Living in Oregon, how often do you actually see people use self serve gas pumps?

The point is to bring it up to an even number.
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We all have these interesting things called "Credit cards". You swipe them through the gas pump, and they deduct money from your account. Doesn't matter if it's an even number because you don't need to get change.
 
Pump my own gas and I don't top off. I don't care about rounding to the nearest dollar since there is no point to since I pay with credit card.
 
i'd rather do it myself.
reason being when i pump it myself, i can just drive off and leave when i'm done.
with an attendant, if the gas station is busy, it might take 2-3 minutes after its done for the attendant to get to my car and screw the cap back on.
 
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