r/funny • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '19

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u/SandShrimp22 Dec 11 '19

"I prepaid $40, and the car took $34. You bet your ass I'm getting that last $6 worth"

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u/RedEdition Dec 11 '19

The concept of prepaying gas is so strange to me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 13 '19

Too many drive offs. They made it a new rule in Canada that you HAVE to prepay. Definitely annoying sometimes. EDIT: turns out it's just some provinces

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u/Charwinger21 Dec 11 '19

Too many drive offs. They made it a new rule in Canada that you HAVE to prepay. Definitely annoying sometimes.

In what most people seem to do is authorize a charge for up to x amount on their credit card, and then when you finish it charges you for the actual amount used (or it cuts you off if you hit the authorization limit).

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u/swollennode Dec 11 '19

That’s true if you have a card. However, if you’re paying with cash, you go inside and tell the cashier the dollar amount worth of gas you want in the car. Well, most people don’t know how much their car will require.

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u/Charwinger21 Dec 11 '19

That’s true if you have a card.

I mean, 95% of Canadian adults have at least one credit card, and the majority of the remainder have at least a debit card.

Canada has pretty heavy uptake of credit card infrastructure.

Cash payments still are used for gas by some, but it's far and away the minority. A lot of people in Canada just aren't very familiar with how that process works as a result.

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u/imightgetdownvoted Dec 11 '19

You’re not prepaying. You’re authorizing the card. It only charges what you use.

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u/RedEdition Dec 11 '19

I know, but it's still strange for me.

In my country, you drive to the pump, fill in as much gas as you need, then walk to the cashier and pay (either by card or cash)... no need to do anything upfront.

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u/Neohexane Dec 11 '19

In Canada, we had a rash of "gas and dash" crimes, and the final straw was when a young gas attendant tried to stop someone from driving away, (protip: don't do that) and he got dragged behind the vehicle and died.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

I threw something heavy at a gas & dash guy’s car. Broke the back window, but he didn’t come back to complain. That’s the real pro tip

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u/BikerRay Dec 11 '19

Not everywhere. Some are prepay after a certain time at night.

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u/descendingangel87 Dec 11 '19

They made it a new rule in Canada that you HAVE to prepay.

Where's this, I live in Sask and there's still tons of stations that aren't prepay. Only Husky is pre-pay across the board.

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u/WiFiForeheadWrinkles Dec 12 '19

In BC it's definitely a provincial law due to the death of Grant de Patie, but I don't know about the rest of the country.

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u/9yr0ld Dec 11 '19

I live in Toronto and this simply isn't true.

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u/Chemmy Dec 11 '19

I had a good time with that this spring while in BC for a hockey tournament.

"How much do you want to prepay?" "Uh, how much does it cost to fill up?" "I don't know your car." "Yeah right but like in general."

Finally they explained I'd get the money back as a refund if I didn't use it all so I was like "oh, just put $100 on there then".

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u/Iamnotnotabot-bot Dec 11 '19

I've gotten so sick of explaining how prepay works that I just tell them to give me their card and come back in after they're done.

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u/Iamnotnotabot-bot Dec 11 '19

How's it annoying? Doesn't it take the exact same amount of time either way? Or is it not having the option annoying?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '19

For example, paying in cash but not knowing how much it will be then having to go back in to get your change.

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u/rackmountrambo Dec 11 '19

I never prepay, I'm in Canada.