gas pump mfgrs.

[Harvey M. Taylor]

When are the gas pump mfgrs going to wise up? I mean, install a device similar to the ones found on snack and cold drink machines. It could read a 1,5 or 10 dollar bill. The pump clicks on programmed to dispense that much fuel and shut itself off. none of this'withdraw card quickly', no zip code, no ;see cashier', Just put in your money, get your gas and go. Boy, are we creekers smart or what? Maybe the word is Avant garde or something like that. Max

[Ken Fitzgerald]

IIRC as a child in the 50's I can remember my Dad paying for gas in Wyoming using silver dollars that the gas pumps accepted.

[Caspar Hauser]

A fuel filled atm.. hmm..

[Mitchell Andrus]

When are the gas pump mfgrs going to wise up? I mean.....

They have. The cost to harden a gas pump/cash vault against theft is prohibitively expensive. Emptying the cash at the end of the day is hazardous to the employee's health too.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but that's the way it is.
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[Caspar Hauser]

It would be nice to be able to specify at the pump the amount of fuel to be dispensed, either in dollars or gallons.

[Matt Meiser]

Buttons like that would be nice--it always confuses the clerk at our local station when I say I want 10 gallons of diesel. I've had to do the calculation myself for the really dumb ones.

[Jim O'Dell]

A fuel filled atm.. hmm..

Hey, it will save the thieves some time! Get gas, steal the atm.
I have this mental picture of an old beat up pickup truck dragging this contraption behind it by chain, with the gas hose and nozzle bouncing behind it on the 10:00 news Jim

[Jim Finn]

Had gas pumps like that in Milwaukee ... about 1965 or so.

[Chris Kennedy]

Not for cash, but these pumps exist. In Australia, for ages they have had buttons for a cash amount of gas (petrol) to dispense. It's been about five years since I was last there, but they have had them for a couple of decades (at least). As I recall, there was a 5, 10, 20, (maybe 50), and a Fill It option. You paid inside or with an ATM card at the pump.

Cheers,

Chris

[Van Huskey]

There was a line of stores in South Carolina a few years back that had those, I don't know if they still do.

[Dave Lehnert]

Why make it easy to pay cash at the pump when they can get you to use there credit card at 21% interest.

Would be handy to just put in a bill at the pump.

[Bruce Page]

Dispensing the change is where it gets complicated.
You know someone is going to insert a ten and their car is only going to take $7.41.

[Bryan Morgan]

I think those in charge are trying to get rid of paper money. Can't track people when they use it....

[Mitchell Andrus]

I think those in charge are trying to get rid of paper money. Can't track people when they use it....

They're making tin foil hats much thinner these days too. I wear two when I go outside.
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[Brian Elfert]

Doesn't ARCO have pumps that takes bills? Maybe it was another chain, but I have seen pumps that take bills.

I don't understand the fascination with paying with cash. Cash can easily be lost or stolen. I usually carry a minimal amount of cash and pay everything via credit card. My credit card is paid in full at least once a month and often multiple times a month.

I know there is the merchant fee, but cash and checks cost money to handle too. All the armored trucks you see aren't free and banks sometimes charge businesses for deposits. Small businesses like cash because they probably handle the deposits themselves. (They also may not report it all to the IRS.) Debit cards are the least expensive way to take money electronically if they aren't processed like a credit card.