How many have done this at a petrol station?

happened to me years ago on my motorbike, but it was a local station and they knew i fill up there every week so it was cool, i just went home n fetched the cash.
 
I think I have done this a few times tbh the more I think about it. Usually leave something as collateral thinking about it like my stereo face off bit.

Haven't done it for a while as I tend to plan my petrol station visits around the cheapest stations these days.
 
GlasgowTitan said:
I work in a garage and frankly this sort of thing happens far too often. Dude comes to the counter after putting in £45 of Optimax and says he has no wallet, so I ask if there is anybody they can phone, as I can can take their card number over the phone. Before I've even finished the question I get "NO", ffs man try harder next time. Also at the moment shell gor rid of the chip and pin systems (coming back though) and the number of retards that aren't even using their own card is ridiculous. They even try to sign for it when the card says Mrs A Smith and its a bloke standing signing the name Alison. When I say why are you signing for it when its not your card, all I get is "but you should have chip and pin". NO, you should use your own money you tard.

/rant at petrol station ******* :mad:
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it happens every single day. retards who think i'll cave when they tell me they dont have a single friend or family member with a bank card who can pay for them. I dont - my best record for keeping them there is 4 hours. I dont see why i should fill out a d.p.a knowing full well they have no intention of paying up. its amazing how people suddenly realise they have cash or another card when you keep them waiting an hour or so.
 
West said:
See thats the thing too... I stuck £20 in my tank, and in my 1.6 that will last me about 60 to 70 miles at most... I hate todays fuel prices :(
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Have you been filling someone elses car up by accident?
 
Would it not be a good idea to have pumps where you input the amount of money you have, and then it dispenses that exact amount into your car.

Instead of putting in £10.01 when you only have £10 on you, make a lots of sense if you ask me?
 
Yeah i did that in stratford upon avon the other week!..I had to give my misses a bell to get her to pay over the phone lol..Sorry james.millar :p
 
MrMatteh said:
but they have cameras reading your front plate!
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What happens if youre parked too close to the car in front for it to read the plate? Or you dont have one? Does it not let you have any petrol?
 
rs125 said:
Yeah i did that in stratford upon avon the other week!..I had to give my misses a bell to get her to pay over the phone lol..Sorry james.millar :p
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LOL thats no problem... people forget things, its only human. quick phonecall = job done, no worries. But how can anybody say they have no family or friends with a bank card. their boss doesnt have one, their work collegues dont have any ect ect. That's what gets me.


That and people smoking on the forecourt. again - everyday.
 
DannyDan said:
What happens if youre parked too close to the car in front for it to read the plate? Or you dont have one? Does it not let you have any petrol?
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not likely. the pumps are operated by the cashiers. computer controlled pumps are asking for trouble.
 
DannyDan said:
What happens if youre parked too close to the car in front for it to read the plate? Or you dont have one? Does it not let you have any petrol?
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If the cameras can't read the plate for any reason I think it has to be authorised manually by the chap.
 
DannyDan said:
What happens if youre parked too close to the car in front for it to read the plate? Or you dont have one? Does it not let you have any petrol?
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Interesting. When I got my new front bumper, I drove around without a front plate for about 2 weeks. Went to numerous petrol stations and didn't have any problems at all actually.

I got pulled over once when a police car pulled out of a junction in front of me. He flashed his lights and signalled to pull over. I just said I was on my way to get a new plate... in another week ;)

Then, when I pulled into a petrol station a few days later I noticed a traffic cop on a bike at the far end of the forecourt. He watched me pull in, park up at a pump and go inside.

When I went inside, he moved his bike around to where my car was. The cashier asked if I had a plate on the back and warned me that the cop will probably follow me out of the petrol station and pull me over.

Sure enough, as I got back in the car and started to set off, the biker was putting his gloves on. :( I never did see him again after that :confused:

Hefner said:
Saw this on the news a while ago and thought it was fairly amusing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4928000.stm
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LOL, that's all well and good. But what if someone has a cough that sounds like a car starting up. Will the spikes come up and stab them through the foot? Or what if you pay for petrol, but the pump doesn't update. Spikes through your tyres even though you didn't do anything wrong.

Would the petrol station pay out for damages?
 
When 'pay at the pump' was first introduced at my local Tesco, I inserted my card, filled up and started to drive off when a man with thinning grey hair started waving his arms about shouting "he hasn't paid, he hasn't paid". It was hilarious! I carried on driving and left it to someone else to explain ;).
 
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