Posted on 09/16/2025 5:00:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Just say no
I might do it (under the right conditions) but I would always insist on pumping it into their car myself and terminating the transaction myself.
But most people would just refuse, and I wouldn’t blame them a bit. It is sad we have to be this way now.
But that is how it is.
Does that whole deal not seem odd to people? Somebody offers to pay you cash, which they could easily walking into the station and pay the attendant, in exchange for putting that same amount on your card, and that doesn’t trigger some kind of alarm in your head? Seriously?
Maybe an unattended station?
Perhaps the system is different in Spain. My question here would be: If this guy has cash to pay for his gas, why doesn’t he just go inside and give it to the cashier for that amount on Pump Whatever? Why does he need it on my credit card?
Are the pumps still open at some stations after the shop/booth closes?
Maybe things are different in Spain.
Yes, if he has the cash, tell him to pay it himself.
Maybe his ex-wife is working the counter?
Missed seeing your comment before posting mine.
Someone approached me at a gas pump and asked if i could change $100 into twenties. Not being trained in spotting counterfeit money, I declined.
Maybe.
I can’t speak for most, I only refuel at gas stations that are open, and ones that I can walk in and hand the attendant cash. I might do credit/debit inside on the odd occasion, and pay at the pump with card only when going inside is not an option.
The safest option is to say no. It might feel awkward in the moment
Then he’d be filling bottles and sticking rags into the necks.
My response: “Sorry no, its a company car and a company card”
Debit card merchant fees are a lot less in Europe and Canada.
When in Europe, I use my debit card to pay whenever possible.
Why would anybody be stupid enough to do that? Such gullible, naive people.
I was leaving a rest stop in another State one day and was approached by a younger male at my driver's side window. I'm a female, and was in my early 70's at the time. My car door was locked as it usually is the minute I get in. I rolled the window down a slit to hear what he was saying. He asked if I had any extra money to help him and his traveler's. I said "no," rolled up the window, and hit the gas. 25 years in uniform in NY State's prison system makes me leery of everyone. I'm in my 22nd year of retirement, and I'm just as security conscious as the day I retired.
Was heading downtown the other day on the train. There was a homeless looking young guy who came up to my son at first. He said he needed to call someone and he wouldn’t touch my son’s phone. He just wanted the number to be called. I intervened and I was questioning whether to do it or not on my phone, but I don’t know what number we would have called. He said it was his mother. Not sure what kind of scam he could have been doing, but who knows these days. I declined.
My thought also.
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