On 9/10/2012 8:55 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 9/10/2012 6:04 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:24:31 -0400, pltrgyst >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> That's been the law in NJ since at least 1950. It has nothing to do with
>>> preserving jobs; it's carryover safety provision that has never been
>>> updated because it provides gas stations with an excuse for charging
>>> higher prices.
>>>
>>> -- Larry (pumped his last NJ gasoline at 26.4 cents per gallon...)
>>>
>>
>> But the prices are no higher.
>
> Isn't that the way, they convinced people they'd save money
> by pumping their own gas. There was talk of changing the law
> here in jersey and people were up in arms. Thanks, but no thanks.
>
> Perhaps it's gotten easier with card swiping, but I've pumped my own
> gas over the years and it's a pain in the neck. At least when you're
> used to a nice person coming over and taking care of it for you.
>
> nancy
>

The recent phenomena in my area are full service cash only places. The
rules regarding credit cards are there for the benefit of the banks and
merchants really get nailed especially if someone presents a "rewards
card" because the merchant gets dinged even more for those transactions
to cover the "rewards".

So some places have opted to go cash only and they pump it for you. The
closest place to here is maybe 3 miles away and not only do they pump it
their price is always less than any possible rewards from credit cards
and it is kind of nice to see banks cut out of the process.

The other interesting part about that station is they partnered with a
food store. The regional store always features two things in their adds.
They don't sell adulterated meat (walmart style) and you don't need an
ID card to buy stuff. All of the other local markets have some sort of
gas savings with purchase deals so they got into that. They don't record
any information or ask for an ID and just give you the card. Their deal
is $0.10/gallon off up to 20 gallons with each $100 you spend.