The Price on the Electric Sign at a Circle K Gas Stations changed SIx Centsfrom Credit to another word (I think called EZ-Pay) that was Six Cents less.
Quoting Ed Vance to All on 10-30-19 11:06 <=-
I buy Gas at a Shell Gas Station when I have enought Kroger Gas Points
to get the Ten Cent Discount.
The Price on the Electric Sign at a Circle K Gas Stations changed SIx Cents from Credit to another word (I think called EZ-Pay) that was Six Cents less.
I went inside to pre-pay for some Gasoline and walked out to the car
to put the Gas in the tank.
I noticed the Price on the Pump was the higher Credit price, so I went back inside and told someone about the higher price and was told
Circle K has their own refinery now and they don't sell Shell Gasoline anymore.
To get the lower price I have to use a Circle K EZ-Pay Card and then
asked Me if I wanted to buy one.
I said No, and asked for the money back because I didn't want to pay
the same price that people who buy their Gas with a Credit Card is charged.
I remember years ago being told by someone at a store that the Charge
Card Companies give the store Six Cents less than the price on the
receipt when they turned the receipts in to the Company(s).
That Station used to be a Shell Gas Staton and still has the same
color markings as the Shell Stations use, Mostly Yellow and a Red
Stripe.
In My area some of the Marathon Gas Stations have a Circle K Sign,
those Stations are colored Blue though.
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Quoting Ed Vance to All on 10-30-19 11:06 <=-
I buy Gas at a Shell Gas Station when I have enought Kroger Gas Points
to get the Ten Cent Discount.
The Price on the Electric Sign at a Circle K Gas Stations changed SIx Cents from Credit to another word (I think called EZ-Pay) that was Six Cents less.
I went inside to pre-pay for some Gasoline and walked out to the car
to put the Gas in the tank.
I noticed the Price on the Pump was the higher Credit price, so I went back inside and told someone about the higher price and was told
Circle K has their own refinery now and they don't sell Shell Gasoline anymore.
So they aren't honoring the Kroger 10 cent discount...
To get the lower price I have to use a Circle K EZ-Pay Card and then
asked Me if I wanted to buy one.
I said No, and asked for the money back because I didn't want to pay
the same price that people who buy their Gas with a Credit Card is charged.
And they are implementing their own "discount" schedule...
I remember years ago being told by someone at a store that the Charge
Card Companies give the store Six Cents less than the price on the
receipt when they turned the receipts in to the Company(s).
The card companies do charge the merchants for the privilege of letting their customers use a card to charge the purchase.... that is still the case.... ;)
That Station used to be a Shell Gas Staton and still has the same
color markings as the Shell Stations use, Mostly Yellow and a Red
Stripe.
In My area some of the Marathon Gas Stations have a Circle K Sign,
those Stations are colored Blue though.
We have a few Marathon Gas stations here, but no Circle K, that I know of.... ;)
When I started driving in 1965 I bought gas at a Pan-Am Station.
Later they became AMOCO, later the name changed to Standard.
I don't know if Standard is around anymore.
When I started driving in 1965 I bought gas at a Pan-Am Station.
Later they became AMOCO, later the name changed to Standard.
I don't know if Standard is around anymore.
We had Ashland Oil here, which evolved into Super America when it brought out, I think Pure Oil, and now its Speedway.
I know Esso, part of Standard Oil, has been Exxon for many years.
I recall Philips 66, gone.
Signal Oil, gone.
Sinclair, gone.
There are others I can't recall off hand.
Joe
I think some of those are gone from some areas but not others. IIRC, ifSinclair is the one with the dinosaur on the sign, I think I saw some of those on a recent trip.
Quoting Ed Vance to Nancy Backus on 11-10-19 21:21 <=-
I buy Gas at a Shell Gas Station when I have enought Kroger Gas Points
to get the Ten Cent Discount. The Price on the Electric Sign at a
Circle K Gas Stations changed SIx Cents from Credit to another word
(I think called EZ-Pay) that was Six Cents less. I went inside to
pre-pay for some Gasoline and walked out to the car to put the Gas in
the tank. I noticed the Price on the Pump was the higher Credit price,
so I went back inside and told someone about the higher price and was
told Circle K has their own refinery now and they don't sell Shell
Gasoline anymore.
So they aren't honoring the Kroger 10 cent discount...
I don't know about that because when I was at that Station my Kroger
Plus Card didn't have enough points to get a discount.
I was just suprised to learn about their EZ-Pay program was for people
who pre-paid for Gas through buying a card way before needing to put
Gas in their car.
To get the lower price I have to use a Circle K EZ-Pay Card and then
asked Me if I wanted to buy one.
I said No, and asked for the money back because I didn't want to pay
the same price that people who buy their Gas with a Credit Card is
charged.
And they are implementing their own "discount" schedule...
If SIX CENTS less is a "Discount Schedule".
I remember years ago being told by someone at a store that the Charge
Card Companies give the store Six Cents less than the price on the
receipt when they turned the receipts in to the Company(s).
The card companies do charge the merchants for the privilege of
letting their customers use a card to charge the purchase.... that
is still the case.... ;)
Thanks for letting my thoughts are the way Credit Cards work.
That Station used to be a Shell Gas Staton and still has the same
color markings as the Shell Stations use, Mostly Yellow and a Red
Stripe.
In My area some of the Marathon Gas Stations have a Circle K Sign,
those Stations are colored Blue though.
We have a few Marathon Gas stations here, but no Circle K, that I know
of.... ;)
When I started driving in 1965 I bought gas at a Pan-Am Station.
Later they became AMOCO, later the name changed to Standard.
I don't know if Standard is around anymore.
Quoting Joe Mackey to Ed Vance on 11-11-19 08:26 <=-
Ed wrote --
When I started driving in 1965 I bought gas at a Pan-Am Station.
Later they became AMOCO, later the name changed to Standard.
I don't know if Standard is around anymore.
There have been so many mergers, buyouts, etc over the years I have
no idea either. Of course not having a car I don't pay that much attention. We had Ashland Oil here, which evolved into Super America
when it brought out, I think Pure Oil, and now its Speedway.
I know Esso, part of Standard Oil, has been Exxon for many years.
I recall Philips 66, gone.
Signal Oil, gone.
Sinclair, gone.
There are others I can't recall off hand.
Quoting Mike Powell to Joe Mackey on 11-11-19 13:53 <=-
We had Ashland Oil here, which evolved into Super America when it brought
out, I think Pure Oil, and now its Speedway.
I know Esso, part of Standard Oil, has been Exxon for many years.
I recall Philips 66, gone.
Signal Oil, gone.
Sinclair, gone.
There are others I can't recall off hand.
Joe
I think some of those are gone from some areas but not others. IIRC,
if Sinclair is the one with the dinosaur on the sign, I think I saw
some of those on a recent trip. I think that Philips 66 might still be around in certain regions also.
Exxon pulled out of our area, but apparently are still around in
others (at least I think I still see ads on TV for them!).
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