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went to fill up at the local station, and they limited me to $75.00!
can't even fill up the tank on that anymore. boo, hiss.
gotta talk to the attendant inside first, in order get more gas than that.
evidently been like that for quite awhile, but was never a problem until gas hit $4.20 a gallon...
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It is a credit card limit from your credit card issuer. Nothing to do with the station whatsoever. Some cards don't have a limit. It is done to cut down on CC fraud from stolen cards. I assume that you have a small gas tank and have never run into this before.
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Gas would have to hit $6.30, and my tank would need to be bone dry before that would become an issue (and I suppose I would need to start using a credit card to pay, instead of cash).
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Some gas pumps have trouble with anything over 99.99. Have to end the transaction and begin another for $100.00 or more.
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Some older pumps are charging by the half gallon and doubling the price.
A flash from the past when gas went over a buck a bucket!
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[quote martin]Some gas pumps have trouble with anything over 99.99. Have to end the transaction and begin another for $100.00 or more.
Here in Germany most pumps are good for 999.9 EuroCents per litre so we are good for $57 a gallon without any changes to the pumps. Current prices are in the $8.50-$10.00 per US gallon so we have a little while to go. Never heard of limits on fuel transactions anywhere in Europe. Not surprising with the prices we pay.
I will be filling up today or tomorrow for the first time in 7 weeks so it will be a "surprise to see what my tank will cost" (I usually put in 44-47 litres 12-13 US gallons)(9.7-10.5 UK Gallons for anyone that cares about these things).
(Renault Modus diesel: Average fuel consumption 5.1l/100km .44mpg(US) 55mpg(UK) over the last 2k miles or thereabouts.)
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The $75 limit is a carry-over from times past, when gas was much less and the cc companies were trying to reduce losses from stolen cc's. They figured that amount couldn't be broached on a fill up of gas.
It never got changed as gas prices increased, and now it is here to give us grief.
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How did you come to the conclusion it is rationing?
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I have experienced the $75 limit a few times in the past and it was only at certain stations, not a credit card limit.
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Credit card limits have been a BIG headache for the truckers (most have a $250 limit in the company cards)
$250 won't fill a truck these days (more like $400) and it makes it hard for cross country truckers to
take advantage of cheaper prices when they find them.
Don't worry though - we consumers are picking up the slack
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