accsys wrote:
prepilot_3ck wrote:
AND those rotten car gas pumps are slow, and shut off at $50-$100. By the 3rd run of the credit card, my card is being flagged by fraud protection.
The way we have avoided the credit card problem for the last ten years is for the DW to go inside and give them the credit card and get them to turn the pump on. Sometimes they ask for an approximate amount so they can get approval but then only charge for the actual amount filled. It works every time and we have no problems filling, even our 100 gallon DP.
orn the rare occasion i need to run the card twice i'll ust two different cards. but i try to drive on the top half of the tank if we're in a new area and there's no Flying J along the route. one tip...we get a new Next Exit book each year. it supposedly marks which gas stations are Big Rig friendly. our experience is their idea of Big Rig is sometimes...usually...a 22' class c.