In article >,
Robert Klute > wrote:


> Yes, the gas station does put a hold on the card for an agreed upon
> amount. I should have been explicit about that, sorry. The agreed upon
> amount will depend upon the station, as will the amount you can pump.
> Large chains will sometimes take on some additional risk and allow the
> customer to pump more than the automatic hold amount.

I'm going to guess that if you own a big rig that customarily takes 100
gallons at a time, and you go to a fueling station that caters to
trucks, with the extra wide and extra tall spaces for fueling, that the
limit isn't US$70 or anything close to that.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA