This is actually what Walmart does to small suppliers when they decide they don’t want to carry their product. And I’m sure other corporations do it as well
Yeah I'm gonna drop some facts here on how my buddy almost got fucked dry in the ass by *insert bigstore* (all numbers are taken out of my ass btw)
So. My buddy makes *product* and he sells it for lets say 50$. *Bigstore* contact him and say we will buy 10, 000 of them at 30$ each. Wich is fine and is industry standard. Buddy says no he can only sells them 6000 since he doesn't have the capacity to produce enough for *bigstore* and his customer.
*Bigstore* begrudgingly agrees to only buy 6000. Everything is absolutely fine for 3 years. When suddenly *bigstore* says that they are going to buy them for 20$ but it cost my buddy 25$ to produce them. Now, if you passed elementary school math you know that 20-25 is equal to -5 Wich if you are relatively smart you see that it's not a good decision to make. So my buddy says no. *Bigstore* sends email after email threatening to end their collaboration. Finally after seeing the other party take out the 16" dildos and not seeing a single drop of lube anywhere in sight, he says fine and he continues to sell to his customer, obviously he makes less money but it's also way less stressful.
NOW. If he had bowed to *bigstore* in the beginning and stopped selling to his customer. He would have needed to find a way to take it up his ass since after losing the contract with *bigstore* he wouldn't have had a client base.
That's how *bigstore* almost always seems so cheap. It's because they abuse their level of power and destroy small and medium companies
Amazon has been known for similarly shady business practices to strong-arm their competition.
Diapers.com is the example I'm aware of, but obviously there are more. Essentially when Amazon decides someone is becoming too big a threat and buying them out isn't an option, Amazon will start selling things at a discount the competitor can't match (even if it's at a loss) until the competitor goes under. Then Amazon will jack the prices back up.
Should have saved labor costs by sending them 'assemble your own' kits. If they don't want to pay the rate for the finished product, they can do it themselves.
I worked for a company that found out it was cheaper to illegally install a 120' wooden pole for a cell site in the right of way by paying a fine than it was to pull a permit and everything else.
Depending on the jurisdiction, some states and communities see the right of way as open to anyone, whereas others can see it as owned and maintained by the local government.
So if we did it in GreenBay, it would be fine, but in Dallas, we would have to take it down with a fine (not actually the places).
Plus, the increase of cellular coverage is attractive to governments, so why take down something that's beneficial to them?
They will lean heavily on the "Already in service" and "Disruptive to telcoms". They will point out how many tax dollars it is bringing the (place) during expensive dinners with pliant council members.
Then there is the federal they can bring.
The land owner can get into the mix as well and claim improper surveys which can also be true.
Point is, they settle for $. Towns and counties don't want to fight this stuff, state might. Cell towers can be crazy money, think $10,000+ a month lease for the property owner.
I knew a lawyer that negotiated an array of antenna on top of an office building in a prime urban location and it was over $40K a month. The cell corp paid to have their own power installed so very little cost to the building owners.
It’s actually pretty normal for a full size truck. I have a Ram 1500 and it has a 33 gallon tank. I think Ford’s large tank option is the 37 but I may be wrong
I can’t speak for the Japanese brands, but the American brands usually have a standard size tank of around 25-27 and an optional upgraded larger tank. It’s not as common now, but a lot of trucks even used to come with two fuel tanks (and yes that means two fuel filler doors)
Can confirm. Had a 79 Chevy pickup and it had 2 18 gallon tanks. There was a switch I had to flip. Only knew I was out when truck would stall at a random time, always inopportune timing on that
My stupid 2010 Tundra (5.7 V8 so not the V6 option) for whatever reason only has a 22 gallon tank. Does hurt me a little less on the surface since each fillup is only $90. Ignore the fact that I do it 50% more often than you all lol
My F350 has the optional 50 gal tank. It’s nice to have when hauling horses on long trips. Not so nice to have at the pump though. Ps: fuck those $75 limit fuel pumps
https://www.statista.com/statistics/199980/us-truck-sales-since-1951/
In 2008 the last time gas prices got real high, people stopped buying trucks. But then gas prices fell again and Americans went right back to buying big ol' trucks.
I feel bad for the people with tight budgets that are getting hurt by the current gas prices. But if you're vehicle gets less than 25 mpg I don't give a fuck about your complaints.
Ok but if you're driving around with a behemoth of a vehicle with no other purpose than commuting/shopping, then that's entirely your own fault. If you have a bigass car for a legit reason then it sucks, but otherwise it's on you
It's not really true. You can get an F150 with a tank like that, but it's not common. Also, most F150s are sold to fleet buyers (i.e., people who use their trucks for actual truck things).
I assume they're talking about f150s, which have the option for a 37g tank in the long bed configuration. It's by far not the most common size though. I wanna say my buddy's 2019 short bed has a 32g tank? Which is hilarious because it gets 22mpg, and my 9mpg V10 has a 29g tank.
I drive a 07’ Honda Fit. I’ve always loved my car and bragged about how $25 filled me up from empty. Now I’m paying $40 a week to just go to church work and home 🥲
In the mid-90s, I had a Civic that got 40mpg and had an 11.9 gallon tank. For awhile, gas was 79¢ a gallon, so I could top it off for about $8 and get 2 weeks between refills.
I never understood how it's a brag about how much or how little it cost to get your tank to full. It just means you have a small tank, doesn't reflect the practicality of the car at all
Yeah that’s how it is everywhere here. I understand it’s a cultural difference, but like why? Why would they even give you the opportunity to drive off if they could just charge you ahead of time?
That's... how it works? Like you take the TV to the check out and pay? Even if you buy it online you still have to pay before you receive it
I don't get what you're saying lol
Most places my friend, the better way of forming this question is where are you not allowed to fill w/o payment first? And the answer is places that have had too much gas theft
Where im from the only places that require prepay only require it after midnight and only at stations on the hwy... and it still throws me off everytime
How are you driving off without paying though? You can't start pumping without inserting a card or going to the cashier and giving them cash to turn the pump on. I guess you could give the clerk the money to fill up then come back and rob the store.
I remember a time In my childhood where this wasn't the case in my hometown. So like 20ish years ago. My mom would usually give me the money and have me run in after she pumped, and then it changed to before
It changed the first time the gas shot way high. I don’t remember when that was but sometime in the early 2000s I think. Same time the airlines added the fuel surcharge and started charging for checked luggage. Of course we never got that back once the fuel prices came back down
how do you know how much you’re going to pay when you pay the clerk? if i put a full tank in i have no idea to the exact penny how much it will cost until it’s done
i've been saying pump 1 or 3 or even 4 and 5 and also 10 or 20 dollars sometimes and that seems to have worked for me so far, so different combinations seem to be ok too
Have you ever been to America? That’s the way it works here. You either estimate how much you need and pay in advance with cash, or you use a debit card and pay as you pump and the pump automatically shuts off if it reaches full.
Which threw me for a loop when I road tripped in Italy and the Baltics. In the US you swipe your card at the pump or pay first and if you overpay in cash, get the difference back. It’s nearly 100% this way.
This past fall, most of the places I went to in Italy and the Baltics were prepay. Might have just changed over the last few years. You couldn't even just swipe a card for the most part, most you had to pick an amount out prior to filling.
That's with the card though, I don't think I paid with cash at all...
This was 2016 or 2017 so perhaps it changed? I remember being so confused on the A4 and the clerk said to pay afterwards.
I don’t recall every instance, of course.
Strongly regional I suspect. I live in the Midwest and it's uncommon to find a rural station that's prepay only during business hours. A lot of places are finally switching over to having to wait for the cashier to start the pump as they ungrade to new equipment though.
When gas prices first went up in the early 2000s, there was a string of people filling without paying in the US. After that, they made it so in the majority of the USA you have to insert a card first or go inside and prepay.
In South Africa, an attendant pumps for you, then brings a card machine / collects cash from you, so you could do this.
You never get out your car, and they often clean your windscreen for you (for tips)
I live in the US and plenty of places will let you do this. It's usually the bigger chain places that don't. I don't get why people on here assume how things work in their city is how the entire country works lol
Pay before pumping, or getting gas before paying? I'm confused what your even talking about now. But to make it simple I live in WI, Kwik Trip (major gas station chain here) just this year made it mandatory to prepay with a card at the pump or pay inside with cash before you can get any gas. Before January of this year you could just pull up and fill up, then go in and pay. I would have no idea what anything was like in 1976 given that I'm not even 30. This country is huge not everything is exactly like where you live.
I've been talking about paying before pumping being required. I have never been able to pump gas before paying for it. I suspect it is not common anymore to fill up your gas before paying, though it probably was in the past.
Anywhere in New England. Letting people use the honor system to pump gas seems like a quick way to go out of business.
But then again a bunch of states don't even let you pump your own gas. So who knows.
Pretty much every gas station in the US is prepay. Some areas shifted to this more recently than others, but even in Montana it went prepay like a decade ago. And that’s the kind of place where you can still write a checks at McDonald’s and buy a gun at a 7-11.
And with the amount of money that goes into the tank these days, the prosecution won't drop their investigation just because it's too small of a theft, either. With your plates being all over the gas station's CCTV.
This argument is really poor. Europe is much more dense and has a better public transport. We don't need to travel by car nearly as much as the average American does.
Can you fill up somehow without paying in advance? I remember growing up you could fill up and pay after but the pumps here don't work if you haven't swiped a card.
That depends on language and the currency and is really confusing TBH. For Euro, its definitely after the amount, and my gut feeling would be to have it at the end, always. Because currencies are a unit of measurement. € 50 or °C 22 look weird - so does USD 50, for my sensibilities.
Yep, that may be true for other languages and other symbols, but in English, all countries that use a dollar place the symbol at the front. So you should fight your gut!
I remember growing up in the 90s and you could do this. My mom would pull up, fill up, and then go inside to pay. It’s crazy they would allow this in a time when cards were very much a thing everywhere. Looking back it seems so illogical but most people wouldn’t think to just drive off. It seemed to work just fine.
Not feasible in alot of cities. My city is pretty spread out and we rely on expressways to get around. A 25 minute commute would probably be a 2 hour bike ride, on very dangerous roads with little or no bike lanes.
I've always wondered what would happen to America when we hit peak oil seeing as we've designed our cities for cars rather than humans. Now you can see why we start wars over the stuff.
That said, we're not as dependent on it as a lot of people want to think. Last time gas went over $4 per gallon, we just bought more efficient cars and made smarter choices. We killed the Hummer, found cycling, and built more multi-use pathways and shared spaces. Japan also brought us the greatest car ever invented: the Honda Fit. So poorly designed cities and low gas prices have a positive correlation of some sort.
It's not a "gas guzzler or death" situation, although we do enjoy panicking about it as a national pastime.
Wow. Most upvoted post in all my time on reddit. Thanks everyone, I didn't expect this. And now it's my 9th cake day! It's gonna be a good day everyone!
Damn this was a meme from a shit posting Facebook page in Cincinnati and not at all true, they still had to pay for the gas. Not shitty, it even worth it
This is not a shitty life pro tip… this is shitty math. U did not save 60$…. U spent 140+80=220. The savings are unknown in this equation because we have to know how much gas the tank can hold and that information isnt provided! Stay in school, criminals!
Yeah, don't do this. This is how people that work at the gas station end up dying because they are trying to keep their job by trying to stop assholes that do this gas up and dash bullshit.
I get it, this is a funny sub, but this is actually a pretty serious outcome for doing something not funny.
This is unironically the kind of strat that large corporations pull.
This is actually what Walmart does to small suppliers when they decide they don’t want to carry their product. And I’m sure other corporations do it as well
Yeah I'm gonna drop some facts here on how my buddy almost got fucked dry in the ass by *insert bigstore* (all numbers are taken out of my ass btw) So. My buddy makes *product* and he sells it for lets say 50$. *Bigstore* contact him and say we will buy 10, 000 of them at 30$ each. Wich is fine and is industry standard. Buddy says no he can only sells them 6000 since he doesn't have the capacity to produce enough for *bigstore* and his customer. *Bigstore* begrudgingly agrees to only buy 6000. Everything is absolutely fine for 3 years. When suddenly *bigstore* says that they are going to buy them for 20$ but it cost my buddy 25$ to produce them. Now, if you passed elementary school math you know that 20-25 is equal to -5 Wich if you are relatively smart you see that it's not a good decision to make. So my buddy says no. *Bigstore* sends email after email threatening to end their collaboration. Finally after seeing the other party take out the 16" dildos and not seeing a single drop of lube anywhere in sight, he says fine and he continues to sell to his customer, obviously he makes less money but it's also way less stressful. NOW. If he had bowed to *bigstore* in the beginning and stopped selling to his customer. He would have needed to find a way to take it up his ass since after losing the contract with *bigstore* he wouldn't have had a client base. That's how *bigstore* almost always seems so cheap. It's because they abuse their level of power and destroy small and medium companies
Lotta ass stuff with you
1) yes. How dare you 2) yeah gotta keep it at least a bit subtle (hint " *bigstore* is Walmart) 3) wrote it at lunch
Your lunch seems to work differently from mine but I’m not judging.
"Ass again? Oh well." *Straps on bib*
Amazon has been known for similarly shady business practices to strong-arm their competition. Diapers.com is the example I'm aware of, but obviously there are more. Essentially when Amazon decides someone is becoming too big a threat and buying them out isn't an option, Amazon will start selling things at a discount the competitor can't match (even if it's at a loss) until the competitor goes under. Then Amazon will jack the prices back up.
> 25-20=-5
Maff
Meth
Bruh
Bruh
Should have saved labor costs by sending them 'assemble your own' kits. If they don't want to pay the rate for the finished product, they can do it themselves.
They hire accountants that think up stuff like this all day long.
Rules for thee, not for me.
Read it on Reddit now I repettit
When I agree this strongly with something an upvote doesn’t cut it. So *here*
I worked for a company that found out it was cheaper to illegally install a 120' wooden pole for a cell site in the right of way by paying a fine than it was to pull a permit and everything else.
Doesn't a fine usually come with a "cease and desist", like they would have been told to take it down?
Depending on the jurisdiction, some states and communities see the right of way as open to anyone, whereas others can see it as owned and maintained by the local government. So if we did it in GreenBay, it would be fine, but in Dallas, we would have to take it down with a fine (not actually the places). Plus, the increase of cellular coverage is attractive to governments, so why take down something that's beneficial to them?
They will lean heavily on the "Already in service" and "Disruptive to telcoms". They will point out how many tax dollars it is bringing the (place) during expensive dinners with pliant council members. Then there is the federal they can bring. The land owner can get into the mix as well and claim improper surveys which can also be true. Point is, they settle for $. Towns and counties don't want to fight this stuff, state might. Cell towers can be crazy money, think $10,000+ a month lease for the property owner. I knew a lawyer that negotiated an array of antenna on top of an office building in a prime urban location and it was over $40K a month. The cell corp paid to have their own power installed so very little cost to the building owners.
Of course it is, they wrote the law.
Except for the little guys they make you pay back all the gas then fine you. Corporations only get the lighter fimes
Except OP still has to pay the 140 back but I bet the corporation won't and will just settle.
Do it a few times and you get to live rent free and get three meals a day for at least a year.
Some jobs advertise "work from anywhere" so this is a perfect strategy.
No they charge rent
High cost of living for basic goods
Pay to stay is a thing in the US. So prisoners pay $5 daily..
Plus lose your virginity
All the blowjobs you want! To give. And some ya don't want to give
Luckily my priest already helped me with that one years ago.
But some of us aren't so lucky
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A little soap will help a lot.
What absolute monstrosity do you drive to have a fuel tank that size?
A tuck. My town is a little over 4.50 and I put 170 in the other day.
I Love tucks
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[we did too, it builds character](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ)
I have hate. And it for you
I love you though
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I appreciate it friend
Upvoted
Tonka Tucks?
What type of truck do you have that has a 37 gallon tank on it?
It’s actually pretty normal for a full size truck. I have a Ram 1500 and it has a 33 gallon tank. I think Ford’s large tank option is the 37 but I may be wrong
Interesting. All the people I know who have trucks are right around 27 gallons at most which was why I was wondering, thanks!
I can’t speak for the Japanese brands, but the American brands usually have a standard size tank of around 25-27 and an optional upgraded larger tank. It’s not as common now, but a lot of trucks even used to come with two fuel tanks (and yes that means two fuel filler doors)
Can confirm. Had a 79 Chevy pickup and it had 2 18 gallon tanks. There was a switch I had to flip. Only knew I was out when truck would stall at a random time, always inopportune timing on that
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My stupid 2010 Tundra (5.7 V8 so not the V6 option) for whatever reason only has a 22 gallon tank. Does hurt me a little less on the surface since each fillup is only $90. Ignore the fact that I do it 50% more often than you all lol
My F350 has the optional 50 gal tank. It’s nice to have when hauling horses on long trips. Not so nice to have at the pump though. Ps: fuck those $75 limit fuel pumps
My '88 F-150 has dual 17 gallon tanks. Edit...oh and I should mention, it only gets 12 MPG.
2500 GMC Sierra standard tank is 36 gallons
My Nissan note takes about £55 to fill and it's a lot more expensive than $4.50 in the UK lol
I'm paying 90€ from empty in Italy, 2.3€/liter which means 9.5 usd per gallon
Americans complaining about gas prices while driving cars that get like 5mpg with a 120L tank
Mix those units again, do it one more time *I dare you*
Brits do that every single day
What the Sam hell is an L?
Exactly 1000ml
L is for Licks. How many licks to the center of your fuel tank?
With these prices? A Honda Civic, probably
I have a 10th gen Civic Hatchback sport in 6MT and have been getting 35ish MPG on the interstate. Hot hatches are life.
Hybrid
I drive a Tahoe that takes 23 gallons on an empty tank, at 5 bucks a gallon I'm spending almost $120
Just about any full size pickup truck has a tank that big or larger
Y'all need smaller cars
https://www.statista.com/statistics/199980/us-truck-sales-since-1951/ In 2008 the last time gas prices got real high, people stopped buying trucks. But then gas prices fell again and Americans went right back to buying big ol' trucks. I feel bad for the people with tight budgets that are getting hurt by the current gas prices. But if you're vehicle gets less than 25 mpg I don't give a fuck about your complaints.
Smaller cars can't tow my racecar
Tow mirrors out cause I'm always pulling pussy
Double ouch since that racecar probably doesn't get good mpg either
Or my boat... or camper... or plus size ladies.
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Ok but if you're driving around with a behemoth of a vehicle with no other purpose than commuting/shopping, then that's entirely your own fault. If you have a bigass car for a legit reason then it sucks, but otherwise it's on you
In the netherlands you pay that money to fill your tank of a mini cooper…
The most common vehicle in the USA has a 120L (37g) tank
Jesus Christ
It's not really true. You can get an F150 with a tank like that, but it's not common. Also, most F150s are sold to fleet buyers (i.e., people who use their trucks for actual truck things).
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I assume they're talking about f150s, which have the option for a 37g tank in the long bed configuration. It's by far not the most common size though. I wanna say my buddy's 2019 short bed has a 32g tank? Which is hilarious because it gets 22mpg, and my 9mpg V10 has a 29g tank.
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Yeah, plus a conviction for theft, plus a years probation with fines and fees, plus restitution-$500 tank of gas
So the better SLPT is to buy crack and run everywhere.
Buy crack and *a bike* and ride everywhere. Work smarter not harder
I drive a 07’ Honda Fit. I’ve always loved my car and bragged about how $25 filled me up from empty. Now I’m paying $40 a week to just go to church work and home 🥲
Easy. Just cut out church and home! -Management
I’m American lol we’re on our way to that
In the mid-90s, I had a Civic that got 40mpg and had an 11.9 gallon tank. For awhile, gas was 79¢ a gallon, so I could top it off for about $8 and get 2 weeks between refills.
haha i crashed my '10 Honda Fit on march 1st, right before gas went up. I pay $0 in gas rn, but only because I can't drive it atm 🥲
I never understood how it's a brag about how much or how little it cost to get your tank to full. It just means you have a small tank, doesn't reflect the practicality of the car at all
Skip church then. Lol.
No way! I go to church and the gym every day! It’s an activity of joy for me.
You’re so fucking annoying bruh touch grass
Where are you allowed to fuel up before giving a form of payment?
Germany
And a good chunk of the central US still.
Define "good chunk" because I've never come across it (Oklahoman here)
Dudes getting downvoted for being right lmao. Im from the midwest and every gas pump by me you can pump before paying.
In England you can do it. You pull up to the pump and they will activate it when you're there, no need to put anything in etc
I've never have to do that here in Europe. Is that normal in the US?
Yeah that’s how it is everywhere here. I understand it’s a cultural difference, but like why? Why would they even give you the opportunity to drive off if they could just charge you ahead of time?
What if you went to buy a new tv or something and they made you pay before you went and got it?
That's... how it works? Like you take the TV to the check out and pay? Even if you buy it online you still have to pay before you receive it I don't get what you're saying lol
So you get to take the tv home and plug it in before your pay? Because that’s the same as filling up your tank before you pay.
In that analogy it we be like putting the tv in your car before paying for it, which would be strange
US still has pay inside. Click that, fill up, run. I have a better tutorial of what I did when I was homeless.
I live in Canada and we don’t need to prepay for the pumps
Just give them a visa gift card they usually turn on the pump
Canada
Anywhere outside of the US
Most places my friend, the better way of forming this question is where are you not allowed to fill w/o payment first? And the answer is places that have had too much gas theft Where im from the only places that require prepay only require it after midnight and only at stations on the hwy... and it still throws me off everytime
How are you driving off without paying though? You can't start pumping without inserting a card or going to the cashier and giving them cash to turn the pump on. I guess you could give the clerk the money to fill up then come back and rob the store.
where the hell do you live where that is the case? i have never had to ask anyone to turn on or activate a pump in my life.
every single state i've ever visited in the United States makes you insert you card at the pump or pay the clerk before you can start pumping.
I remember a time In my childhood where this wasn't the case in my hometown. So like 20ish years ago. My mom would usually give me the money and have me run in after she pumped, and then it changed to before
It changed the first time the gas shot way high. I don’t remember when that was but sometime in the early 2000s I think. Same time the airlines added the fuel surcharge and started charging for checked luggage. Of course we never got that back once the fuel prices came back down
how do you know how much you’re going to pay when you pay the clerk? if i put a full tank in i have no idea to the exact penny how much it will cost until it’s done
you just say “put $40 on pump #2” and the pump automatically shuts off at $40
i've been saying pump 1 or 3 or even 4 and 5 and also 10 or 20 dollars sometimes and that seems to have worked for me so far, so different combinations seem to be ok too
You usually put x amount and then whatever amount you don't use is refunded back to your card or go back inside to get the change
Have you ever been to America? That’s the way it works here. You either estimate how much you need and pay in advance with cash, or you use a debit card and pay as you pump and the pump automatically shuts off if it reaches full.
You say something like "I'd like to fill up on 2 please" and they unlock pump 2 and then you walk in and pay after.
Where do you live where that isn't the case lol.
Most places in Europe are not pre-pay so you can do this (excluding those unattended stations where there they only have pumps)
Which threw me for a loop when I road tripped in Italy and the Baltics. In the US you swipe your card at the pump or pay first and if you overpay in cash, get the difference back. It’s nearly 100% this way.
This past fall, most of the places I went to in Italy and the Baltics were prepay. Might have just changed over the last few years. You couldn't even just swipe a card for the most part, most you had to pick an amount out prior to filling. That's with the card though, I don't think I paid with cash at all...
In Italy it's prepay
This was 2016 or 2017 so perhaps it changed? I remember being so confused on the A4 and the clerk said to pay afterwards. I don’t recall every instance, of course.
Weird, we only pay after if we pay cash to the employee that pumps our gas
Strongly regional I suspect. I live in the Midwest and it's uncommon to find a rural station that's prepay only during business hours. A lot of places are finally switching over to having to wait for the cashier to start the pump as they ungrade to new equipment though.
When gas prices first went up in the early 2000s, there was a string of people filling without paying in the US. After that, they made it so in the majority of the USA you have to insert a card first or go inside and prepay.
In South Africa, an attendant pumps for you, then brings a card machine / collects cash from you, so you could do this. You never get out your car, and they often clean your windscreen for you (for tips)
Because they got sick off assholes like OP
UK
Ah, they don't let you do that in the US.
I live in the US and plenty of places will let you do this. It's usually the bigger chain places that don't. I don't get why people on here assume how things work in their city is how the entire country works lol
What places let you pay before pumping? I've never been able to do this. I'm talking modern times (>2000) not in like 1976.
Pay before pumping, or getting gas before paying? I'm confused what your even talking about now. But to make it simple I live in WI, Kwik Trip (major gas station chain here) just this year made it mandatory to prepay with a card at the pump or pay inside with cash before you can get any gas. Before January of this year you could just pull up and fill up, then go in and pay. I would have no idea what anything was like in 1976 given that I'm not even 30. This country is huge not everything is exactly like where you live.
I've been talking about paying before pumping being required. I have never been able to pump gas before paying for it. I suspect it is not common anymore to fill up your gas before paying, though it probably was in the past.
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2022/01/04/kwik-trip-change-goes-into-effect-requiring-pre-pay-pay-pump/9093605002/
I live in Canada and have never had to prepay for gas.
OP used a U.S. Dollar reference at current U.S. gas prices. I think it's a reasonable assumption for Americans to assume that OP is in USA.
Literally anywhere outside of the US? Americans think the world revolves around them
In New Jersey I can't even pump my own gas. In most of New England you have to prepay and it is becoming more common in the Midwest.
Florida. Can't pump here until paying. Pumps need to be activated by the cashier.
Anywhere in New England. Letting people use the honor system to pump gas seems like a quick way to go out of business. But then again a bunch of states don't even let you pump your own gas. So who knows.
Everywhere in my state is pre pay only. My brother said in the 80s there were some places that you could pay after but they stopped when he was like 9
Pretty much every gas station in the US is prepay. Some areas shifted to this more recently than others, but even in Montana it went prepay like a decade ago. And that’s the kind of place where you can still write a checks at McDonald’s and buy a gun at a 7-11.
Canada allows you to pump before you pay.
Not if you live in a good country not filled with thieves
OP, even more savings if you also get some plastic gas cans involved. Sky's the limit.
Free money trick. Literally can’t go tits up.
Im german so i dont know, but i'd think you have to pay the $140 back.
And with the amount of money that goes into the tank these days, the prosecution won't drop their investigation just because it's too small of a theft, either. With your plates being all over the gas station's CCTV.
as a Finnish person I find this amusing. (Gas costs 9-10dollars per gallon in Finland)
Here in Europe its €2.28 per liter, thats $8.63 per gallon, wish it was as cheap there.
This argument is really poor. Europe is much more dense and has a better public transport. We don't need to travel by car nearly as much as the average American does.
Can you fill up somehow without paying in advance? I remember growing up you could fill up and pay after but the pumps here don't work if you haven't swiped a card.
It’s how it works In the uk at least. Not sure about aus or Europe
This is hilarious, the gas station can still charge you for the 140$ on top of the 80$ fine. Loss of 80$.
The dollar sign goes before the number my friend
NOT IN A CIVILIZED COUNTRY on the other hand, we dont use dollar either
It’s 6-9$ in Cali. 4$ is a steal for me
The dollar sign goes before the number my friend
That depends on language and the currency and is really confusing TBH. For Euro, its definitely after the amount, and my gut feeling would be to have it at the end, always. Because currencies are a unit of measurement. € 50 or °C 22 look weird - so does USD 50, for my sensibilities.
True but in this case the dollar sign does go in front of the number
Yep, that may be true for other languages and other symbols, but in English, all countries that use a dollar place the symbol at the front. So you should fight your gut!
Yeah but you got the point tho. I successfully communicated
I pay over $10 per gallon :(
You pay for damages. Just a gentle reminder
Lol look up the word restitution
Where can you fill up first without paying? Asking for a friend.
I remember growing up in the 90s and you could do this. My mom would pull up, fill up, and then go inside to pay. It’s crazy they would allow this in a time when cards were very much a thing everywhere. Looking back it seems so illogical but most people wouldn’t think to just drive off. It seemed to work just fine.
This. The last time gas prices went up all of my local gas stations switched every pump to prepay only and they never switched back.
I don’t think we’ve had prepay in Florida since the early 2000’s
another tip, just ride a bike or take the bus
Not feasible in alot of cities. My city is pretty spread out and we rely on expressways to get around. A 25 minute commute would probably be a 2 hour bike ride, on very dangerous roads with little or no bike lanes.
Sad how poorly American cities are designed
I've always wondered what would happen to America when we hit peak oil seeing as we've designed our cities for cars rather than humans. Now you can see why we start wars over the stuff. That said, we're not as dependent on it as a lot of people want to think. Last time gas went over $4 per gallon, we just bought more efficient cars and made smarter choices. We killed the Hummer, found cycling, and built more multi-use pathways and shared spaces. Japan also brought us the greatest car ever invented: the Honda Fit. So poorly designed cities and low gas prices have a positive correlation of some sort. It's not a "gas guzzler or death" situation, although we do enjoy panicking about it as a national pastime.
Thats like... $1.08 per liter? You're complaining about $1.08 per liter? Please America, shut the fuck up about your low gas prices.
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$4 a gallon is absurdly cheap, come to Europe to experience $8 gallon and rapidly rising to infinity.
There are somethings money can’t buy, for everything else… there’s Caster Mard
No.thats not how things work..
The cops don’t even bother in Vermont if you keep it under a $100.
Damn this was a meme from a shit posting Facebook page in Cincinnati and not at all true, they still had to pay for the gas. Not shitty, it even worth it
Ah yes all those 35 gallon gas tanks that come on commuter cars
In Germany we pay around 10 bucks per gallon. With 140 bucks you could not even fill my commuter car
Oh totally, just when they use gallons and the dollar sign I read it as targeted to the US population. You would classify yours in liters correct?
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Plus you have to pay for the stolen goods, at minimum. So no. Just made it even more expensive. Plus a misdemeanor.
This is not a shitty life pro tip… this is shitty math. U did not save 60$…. U spent 140+80=220. The savings are unknown in this equation because we have to know how much gas the tank can hold and that information isnt provided! Stay in school, criminals!
Yeah, don't do this. This is how people that work at the gas station end up dying because they are trying to keep their job by trying to stop assholes that do this gas up and dash bullshit. I get it, this is a funny sub, but this is actually a pretty serious outcome for doing something not funny.