Sheetz - "Good bye to love"

[wpshooter]

Dear April (Sheetz representative):

Nothing personal, but after Sheetz?s decision sometime last year to require me to come into your service station and pay for my gas before I was allowed to pump any gas, I have decided that that concluded my further dealings with Sheetz. And NO, I am not going to fill out some silly form that will give me permission to pump my gas first and pay for afterwards.

If Sheetz and some of the other major retail gas distributors think that they are in a position to dictate to their customers, then they are going to find out that they have a lot of smaller competitors out there that are going to wind up taking a lot of their business.

If Sheetz does not want to take the proper measures to deal with a small loss of revenue from a few dishonest people driving off and not paying for gas without inconveniencing their reputable customers, then they have already lost my business and probably are going to loose the business of a lot of other customers.

Have a great day.

 

[Kirby]

No, you have a great day.

 

[BlackTigers]

Debit/credit card

.....?

 

[Delita]

I'm not sure what the difference is between them. A majority of people pay with credit/debit anyway and if you do pay with cash why does it matter to go in and pay before you pump or go in and pay after you pump. You are going in to pay either way.

 

[Raduque]

Sheetz doesn't have Pay at the Pump anymore?

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Seriously? L2use a debit card. For a short period of the short period of time I worked in a gas station like 6 years ago we allowed pump before you pay and it was a huge pain in the ass dealing with drive offs and watching for them and such. They were the last ones that allowed it in the area so everyone looking to steal gas went to them. I haven't witnessed a gas station that didn't require prepay of some sort in a very long time.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Originally posted by: Delita
I'm not sure what the difference is between them. A majority of people pay with credit/debit anyway and if you do pay with cash why does it matter to go in and pay before you pump or go in and pay after you pump. You are going in to pay either way.

If you go in before hand you have to guess and if you over guess you have to go back in to get your change. Not that I think it's bad they make you prepay, but I can see why people wouldn't want to prepay cash.

 

[wpshooter]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Debit/credit card

.....?

Is there some kind of law that says that every thing you want to buy these days has to be purchased by everyone in the world on a debit/credit card ? Good old American cash was invented before debit/credit cards were ever even thought of !!!

If they have passed that law, I missed it.

Over use of debit/credit cards and the abuse of the credit allowed by them and other instruments of credit are one of the big reasons that this country is in the financial troubles that it currently finds itself.

Thanks.

 

[effowe]

The little revenue that they lose from you is nothing compared to what they would lose if they reinstated pump then pay.

 

[wpshooter]

Originally posted by: AyashiKaibutsu
Seriously? L2use a debit card. For a short period of the short period of time I worked in a gas station like 6 years ago we allowed pump before you pay and it was a huge pain in the ass dealing with drive offs and watching for them and such. They were the last ones that allowed it in the area so everyone looking to steal gas went to them. I haven't witnessed a gas station that didn't require prepay of some sort in a very long time.

You have not looked around very far !!!

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Debit/credit card

.....?

Is there some kind of law that says that every thing you want to buy these days has to be purchased by everyone in the world on a debit/credit card ? Good old American cash was invented before debit/credit cards were ever even thought of !!!

If they have passed that law, I missed it.

Over use of debit/credit cards and the abuse of the credit allowed by them and other instruments of credit are one of the big reasons that this country is in the financial troubles that it currently finds itself.

Thanks.

Okay. Let's say you want to buy a candy bar.

You have to pay for it BEFORE you get to eat it. Which means you pre-paid for the candy bar.

I don't see why you want this to be any different with gas?

 

[nakedfrog]

I'm not sure I can think of a gas station around here that doesn't require you to pay before pumping if you're not using a card. I did run across one at a lake way out in western Nebraska, but the pumps were so old they had analog displays.

 

[wpshooter]

Originally posted by: Delita
I'm not sure what the difference is between them. A majority of people pay with credit/debit anyway and if you do pay with cash why does it matter to go in and pay before you pump or go in and pay after you pump. You are going in to pay either way.

Does your vehicles have some kind of device that tells you exactly how much gas it will take to fill it up ? Mine does not.

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Debit/credit card

.....?

Is there some kind of law that says that every thing you want to buy these days has to be purchased by everyone in the world on a debit/credit card ? Good old American cash was invented before debit/credit cards were ever even thought of !!!

If they have passed that law, I missed it.

Over use of debit/credit cards and the abuse of the credit allowed by them and other instruments of credit are one of the big reasons that this country is in the financial troubles that it currently finds itself.

Thanks.

Take your business elsewhere, but please don't cry about it.

 

[TruePaige]

Dude, if you fill out a form ONCE they give you a card and you never have to pre-pay for your cash transaction.

Or you could use a credit/debit card and that works too.

You are just looking for something to bitch about.

The pennies a gallon profit on gas makes it so for one drive off it takes 50-80 non-drive offs to pay it off if you base it purely on gas purchases.

Edit: Also you said they will "loose" business. You sounded real professional there.

 

[wpshooter]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Debit/credit card

.....?

Is there some kind of law that says that every thing you want to buy these days has to be purchased by everyone in the world on a debit/credit card ? Good old American cash was invented before debit/credit cards were ever even thought of !!!

If they have passed that law, I missed it.

Over use of debit/credit cards and the abuse of the credit allowed by them and other instruments of credit are one of the big reasons that this country is in the financial troubles that it currently finds itself.

Thanks.

Okay. Let's say you want to buy a candy bar.

You have to pay for it BEFORE you get to eat it. Which means you pre-paid for the candy bar.

I don't see why you want this to be any different with gas?

It is different. Think about it a little bit.

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: Delita
I'm not sure what the difference is between them. A majority of people pay with credit/debit anyway and if you do pay with cash why does it matter to go in and pay before you pump or go in and pay after you pump. You are going in to pay either way.

Does your vehicles have some kind of device that tells you exactly how much gas it will take to fill it up ? Mine does not.

If I go hand the nice lady at the counter a $20, she'll turn the pump on for me.

Once I fill up, I go back in and either pay the difference or collect my change.

 

[KLin]

I bet sheetz is heartbroken by the OP's decision to buy gas elsewhere. They might just close up business.

 

[JDub02]

i :heart: sheetz. i always stop there when i'm up north.

i pay with a CC, so i don't really care about the OP stance. if he can't get with the times and use a debit/credit card, then that's his problem. i read the comment about credit card debt. if that is an issue, use a debit card. just like electronic cash .. you can't spend it if you don't have it.

 

[aircooled]

0/10 Rant.

Pre-pay, fill out the form, use debit/cc, or go somewhere else. It's not like they instituted pre-pay just to annoy people. It's a logical business decision.

 

[murphy55d]

LOL I'm sure Steve Sheetz is losing sleep over this.

You're the only person I've EVER heard of who was upset about this policy, and I live in the town where Sheetz was STARTED. We probably have 15 stores within 15 minutes driving.

Use a card or get a GAS CARD.

 

[Glitchny]

lol oh noes you have to walk inside twice if you guess too high on how much it'll cost, or spend 10min filling out a sheet 1 time. Get a debit card or quit crying. LOL

 

[ultimatebob]

Dude, where in the hell do you live? Here in Connecticut, NOBODY allows you to pump first and pay later anymore. If they did, people would have been robbing the stores blind while gas was over $4 a gallon.

 

[Delita]

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: Delita
I'm not sure what the difference is between them. A majority of people pay with credit/debit anyway and if you do pay with cash why does it matter to go in and pay before you pump or go in and pay after you pump. You are going in to pay either way.

Does your vehicles have some kind of device that tells you exactly how much gas it will take to fill it up ? Mine does not.

It takes a limited amount of brain power to identify how much gas you current have a how much you will need to be near full. You don't have to be exactly full every time if going back inside is that big of a deal.

 

[Babbles]

Sheetz >>> OP

Originally posted by: wpshooter

Originally posted by: Delita
I'm not sure what the difference is between them. A majority of people pay with credit/debit anyway and if you do pay with cash why does it matter to go in and pay before you pump or go in and pay after you pump. You are going in to pay either way.

Does your vehicles have some kind of device that tells you exactly how much gas it will take to fill it up ? Mine does not.

I would just like to point out that in fact many cars do. My 2002 Grand Prix has a computer read-out on how much fuel was used, therefore I have an idea on how much fuel to pump in. However I use a debit card when paying so it really doesn't matter. Anyhow my point is that actually quite a few cars have dashboard readouts that provide such information.

In summary your weak rant is weak.