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Author: Doug Smith W9WIDoug Smith W9WI Date: Jan 20, 2007 15:39
I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code
before you can pay at the pump.
Franklin, Kentucky is now one such place.
At multiple pumps at two different stores, it was impossible to enter my
ZIP code. I'd push a number key, and it might beep. Or it might not.
Or it might wait five seconds and *then* beep. 746 - 3771446 - 3714 -
on the third try at the first store, the hell with it. Figured it *had*
to work better at the other store across the street. I'm an excellent
touch-typist, surely I can figure out how to enter "37146" on a number pad?
Apparently not.
Gas is 16 cents a gallon cheaper in Franklin, but that doesn't do any
good if you can't get the pump turned on.
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Author: Boston BlackieBoston Blackie Date: Jan 20, 2007 16:36
On 2007-01-20 17:39:02 -0600, Doug Smith W9WI said:
> foreigners CANNOT pay at the pump.
Excellent, Smithers.
We don't want them ferriners feeling (inhale) COMFptorable, now, do we?
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Author: MrWonderfulMrWonderful Date: Jan 20, 2007 16:52
Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
> I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
> stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code
> before you can pay at the pump.
>
> Franklin, Kentucky is now one such place.
>
> At multiple pumps at two different stores, it was impossible to enter my
> ZIP code. I'd push a number key, and it might beep. Or it might not.
> Or it might wait five seconds and *then* beep. 746 - 3771446 - 3714 -
> on the third try at the first store, the hell with it. Figured it *had*
> to work better at the other store across the street. I'm an excellent
> touch-typist, surely I can figure out how to enter "37146" on a number pad?
>
> Apparently not.
>
> Gas is 16 cents a gallon cheaper in Franklin, but that doesn't do any
> good if you can't get the pump turned on.
>
> Since this next step in the harassment of the customer will inevitably ...
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Author: Paul StevensPaul Stevens Date: Jan 20, 2007 16:53
Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
> I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
> stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code
> before you can pay at the pump.
>
> Franklin, Kentucky is now one such place.
>
> At multiple pumps at two different stores, it was impossible to enter my
> ZIP code. I'd push a number key, and it might beep. Or it might not.
> Or it might wait five seconds and *then* beep. 746 - 3771446 - 3714 -
> on the third try at the first store, the hell with it. Figured it *had*
> to work better at the other store across the street. I'm an excellent
> touch-typist, surely I can figure out how to enter "37146" on a number pad?
>
> Apparently not.
>
> Gas is 16 cents a gallon cheaper in Franklin, but that doesn't do any
> good if you can't get the pump turned on.
>
> Since this next step in the harassment of the customer will inevitably ...
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Date: Jan 20, 2007 16:56
"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
news:45B2A80E.70300@invalid.invalid...
> I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
> stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code before
> you can pay at the pump.
>
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Author: Boston BlackieBoston Blackie Date: Jan 20, 2007 17:01
On 2007-01-20 18:52:25 -0600, "MrWonderful" aol.com> said:> Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
>> I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
>> stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code
>> before you can pay at the pump.
>> Franklin, Kentucky is now one such place.
>>
> *Shirley,* you have bigger problems than this~!
> How much is gas in Franklin if it is 16 cents less than elsewhere? And
> how much is it elsewhere? and Where is elsewhere?
> I regularly have to enter my Zip when using a credit card, maybe it's
> merely a programming prob.
> uh, : ) Lala
I never give my real ZIP code. And once a month my friends, and their
wives and I get together, we have a big party, singing, drinking,
dancing the rock and roll and then we all throw them in a big pile and
one by one we retrieve a new Kroger's' card.
Keep 'em guessing, that's my motto.
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Author: Boston BlackieBoston Blackie Date: Jan 20, 2007 17:03
On 2007-01-20 18:53:30 -0600, Paul Stevens bellsouth.net> said:> Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
>> I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
>> stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code
>> before you can pay at the pump.
>> Franklin, Kentucky is now one such place.
>>
>
> Yep, Mapco has been doing it (in at least a couple of Nashville
> stations) for a few months.
>
> Some Shell stations are randomly (the pump's computer decides)
> requiring the customer to come inside for ID verification,
> before turning the pumps on. I've seen a few people drive
> off without gas, instead of deal with the hassle.
You can count me among those who will drive away directly, well maybe I
might tell the attendant why. I have too many credit cards to be
bullied by one of them.
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Author: KDKD Date: Jan 20, 2007 17:08
On Jan 20, 5:39 pm, Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
> I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
> stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code
> before you can pay at the pump.
I encountered this on a recent trip home from Chicago to Nashville at
some little convenience market / gas station (run by an Indian guy -
natch). I accidentally put in the wrong zip code (37204 instead of
37205) and I was instructed to "see the attendant" who then authorized
the pump. I didn't ask, but I figured the request for a zip code was a
security measure to make sure that the person pumping gas is the person
whose name is on the card.
-KD
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Author: JGJG Date: Jan 20, 2007 17:53
On 20 Jan 2007 17:08:31 -0800, "KD" gmail.com> wrote:
>On Jan 20, 5:39 pm, Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
>
>> I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
>> stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code
>> before you can pay at the pump.
>
>I encountered this on a recent trip home from Chicago to Nashville at
>some little convenience market / gas station (run by an Indian guy -
>natch). I accidentally put in the wrong zip code (37204 instead of
>37205) and I was instructed to "see the attendant" who then authorized
>the pump. I didn't ask, but I figured the request for a zip code was a
>security measure to make sure that the person pumping gas is the person
>whose name is on the card.
Of course it is. But Doug's point is well taken regarding postal
codes.
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Author: Boston BlackieBoston Blackie Date: Jan 20, 2007 18:26
On 2007-01-20 19:08:31 -0600, "KD" gmail.com> said:
>
>
> On Jan 20, 5:39 pm, Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
>
>> I'd been hearing about it on the travel.usa-canada newsgroup - that gas
>> stations in some places are now demanding one enter their ZIP code
>> before you can pay at the pump.
>
> I encountered this on a recent trip home from Chicago to Nashville at
> some little convenience market / gas station (run by an Indian guy -
> natch). I accidentally put in the wrong zip code (37204 instead of
> 37205) and I was instructed to "see the attendant" who then authorized
> the pump. I didn't ask, but I figured the request for a zip code was a
> security measure to make sure that the person pumping gas is the person
> whose name is on the card.
>
> -KD
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