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30-06-2021, 10:35 AM
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https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...it-pay-at-pump

Mastercard, Visa and American Express changed their rules.

Tesco said: “Under new rules implemented by Mastercard, Visa and American Express, we must now request authorisation from your card issuer for up to £99.
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30-06-2021, 10:49 AM
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They have probably been ripped off in the past by a few unscrupulous card users Cinders, and we are all having to pay the price. However, recently I've been paying for a lot more things with cash including my diesel.

PS: Tesco don't take American Express cards here for some reason... Not that I would ever have one....
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30-06-2021, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
They have probably been ripped off in the past by a few unscrupulous card users and we are all having to pay the price. However, recently I've been paying for a lot more things with cash including my diesel.


Same here, Foxy.
Everyone knows where they are that way.
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30-06-2021, 10:56 AM
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Same here, Foxy.
Everyone knows where they are that way.
...Morning Mupsy....

Quite right, cut out the middleman and improve your security. No names, addresses, pin numbers, passwords or lists of annoying emails, job done with no comebacks....

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30-06-2021, 11:34 AM
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Re: Pay at Pump charge

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
They have probably been ripped off in the past by a few unscrupulous card users Cinders, and we are all having to pay the price. However, recently I've been paying for a lot more things with cash including my diesel.

PS: Tesco don't take American Express cards here for some reason... Not that I would ever have one....
One slight problem with that OGF is where can you easily get cash these days? My building society branch closed, the bank branch closed with advice that I could use another branch, that one is further out meaning a 25-mile round trip. Cash machines I don't much like using for safety reasons, even those are reduced in number. I resorted to getting £50 'cash back' at the supermarket but now I only shop once a month so less opportunity to get cash. Originally this was due to the lockdown, but now I keep to that as mixing with more people means taking more risk.

This news item and the £100 deposit applies only to using the machine at the pump, from what I can understand. All we have to do is walk a few yards and pay at the kiosk to avoid this situation. Good exercise and something to get rid of the weight gained during the lockdown perhaps!
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30-06-2021, 12:55 PM
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I never pay at the pump. For some illogical reason I don't trust the pump. Anyway, I often buy bits and pieces at the kiosk when I go in.
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30-06-2021, 04:20 PM
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We always "Pay At Kiosk" at Tesco so we can get the points.

One thing that crossed my mind when I read about this was it would potentially stop those intent on "bilking" i.e. filling up and driving off without paying for the fuel at supermarket fuel stations.
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30-06-2021, 06:19 PM
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We only ever fill up at unmanned stations because they’re always at least 10 pence per litre cheaper. Pay with our Mastercatd credit card that gives us bonus points on all purchases that we can use for train journeys and hotels. Last time I used the points we got a return rail trip Stockholm to Copenhagen plus three nights at a four star hotel.
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30-06-2021, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Ullabi ->
We only ever fill up at unmanned stations because they’re always at least 10 pence per litre cheaper. Pay with our Mastercatd credit card that gives us bonus points on all purchases that we can use for train journeys and hotels. Last time I used the points we got a return rail trip Stockholm to Copenhagen plus three nights at a four star hotel.
Other than the cashier at the kiosk I would reckon 99.9% of our petrol stations are unmanned. Gone are the days when someone actually filled the tank for you and also would inflate the tyres and clean the windscreen. Our fuel is reckoned to be the most expensive in the world anyway, unless anyone knows differently that is?
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30-06-2021, 09:32 PM
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Actually the UK isn’t even in the top ten for the highest price for petrol. You come in seventeenth after several other European countries.

https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/gasoline_prices/
 
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