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you pay after you pump where your from?
I'm going to make a wild guess; but New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) maybe?
You mean where "are" you from? I believe the comment says the man is from New Zealand (Hawke's Bay)... I say that next time check before you purchase, I always verify my cash before getting gas. I pay after it's pumped.
We pay after we've put the petrol in our car in Australia, unless it's late at night
You just have to guess. Usually half a tank will cost me approximately $15, so once you figure out how big your tank is it's not too hard to estimate how much you'll pay to fill it up. I usually pay for gas with my debit card though, so I don't have to worry about going back for change or paying again if it isn't enough.
The OP is from New Zealand. One New Zealand dollar does not equal one US dollar.
If you pay by cash, you insert more than you think you need (or less if you can't afford to) and get the change from the cashier after. If you pay by card, you swipe your card and then pump gas. I've never seen a station where you paid afterwards, not in California anyway. That sucks, but damn that's expensive for gas. You should get a prius.
the NZ dollar is worth significantly less than the US dollar, so more dollars for petrol there. I'm from Australia, I've been to California once, and although I knew how many litres is in one gallon, I had no idea how many gallons of petrol our hire car took, and how to work out how much money the appropriate amount of gallons would be needed, so my first guess was a bit off but we at least had enough to get around for a day!!!
I have never paid before I pumped. Where are YOU all from!? Obviously not from where I am lol But, there are pumps with the option to pay before. Usually the pump stops when you hit the amount (say, you paid 15$, so the pump would stop automatically when it tallied to 15$... in merely requires basic estimation skills and for you to know your car) @OP: This is why I always check that I have money before I do anything.
@ #137: I live in BC, Canada and in Feb08 a new law was passed where you must pay first then pump no matter the time of day (before I think it was just after dark). This happened because of a young gas station attendant that tried to stop a drive-off customer and ended up getting run over by the car and dragged down the street to his death.
You can either pay before or after in the U.S.!! I've seen it done both ways where I'm from; some gas stations make you pay before with cash to prevent people from stealing. Others don't care as much. OP: That sucks for you! Find whoever 'borrowed' that from you and, er, pay them back. With your fist.
The gas slows and stops when it gets to the prepaid amount. FAIL!
I am from New Zealand and we always pay for petrol afterwards. Not everybody in the world is from America, seriously.
... Why was my comment rated down? "Where are you from? Obviously not from where I am!" I just answered my own "rhetorical" question. I wasn't trying to be a bitch. In fact, jeeee, I seemed to also mention that you can pay before around here too.
Dude... shit goddamn I'm from BC too, I completely forgot about that. Way to depress the shit outta me, I remember I was just starting to drive when that happened and it messed with my head big time. :/
in response to several comments on here: yes we pay after we pump, unless it's at night. no NZers don't usually say gas, we say petrol, but I've noticed some people say things more like Americans... their shows kinda dominate our tv, plus movies, so I guess that has an influence. $100 is NZD so with $1.60 per litre for petrol (not sure what that converts to in gallons - we don't use that measurement) it could easily cost $100 to fill a car... mine costs about $90 and its only a 1995 1800cc Honda Accord - imagine what a V6 or V8 would cost? and groceries... depends on what you like! if i bought budget stuff it would be about $50 per week, but I spend $70ish... so the OPs friendly thief could have expensive taste or be buying for more than one!! so no this is not a fake FML! why doesn't everyone concentrate more on the actual FML instead of playing misinformed minor detective?!!
You give them however much money and tell them what pump you're at and the pump stops automatically when that amount is reached.
exactly
What the? Are you smoking? Every gas station I've seen is pay after in Cali.
Here in Australia, we pay after we pumped the petrol in the tank. Maybe because of trust issue?. To those who still think that paying after sounds fake. I guess you guys need to travel to different places MORE! FYL people!
I'm from Canada and every gas station around here is pay after, although some now have the option to prepay at the pump with a debit/credit card. The only time I use the prepay though is if I only have like 20$ to put in, because it automatically stops when you hit your paid amount, so it's easier.
$100 to fill up your tank? Wow.
NZ$1 =/=US$1
NZ$=US$2
US $1 != $NZ $1
k so what the ****, how much is a New Zealand dollar worth in america?
I can easily spend close to $100 to fill my tank in Canada with the premium gas (which is better for your car)
About .80cNZ= 1US. And gas in NZ is 2.29 a lt
"borrow" some money back from them
100 bucks for food? what do they eat man
It's $100 AUD. Not $100 USD.
I love the exchange rate at the moment :D Guess the GFC has to have some sort of upside haha
It's NZD not AUD
Exchange rate is approx 1USD = 0.75NZD at the moment. So what, it'd be like US$133?
Whoops that's 1NZD = 0.75USD... so around US$75
it's great isn't it!!! pity it wasn't like this when I went to the USA earlier this year!! I only got US75c to the dollar, not 92!!!! but flights were cheap as.
I've always been so scared of that happening to me! I would have no idea what to do... maybe just stand there and cry or beg money off other drivers haha
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complete fail at being first :) you pay after you tank up in everywhere i have heard of, as you wouldnt know how much to pay otherwise!
In most places in the US you pay before you pump. Then they measure out how much you payed for and only give you that much. That way people don't just fill up and drive away.
ydi for having a car that needs 100$ for a full tank. Reduce Reuse Recycle! stop killing the earth with your inefficient vehicle.
First of all, NZ$100 = US$75. Second of all, nothing in the fml indicates the efficiency of the vehicle so we don't know how often he fills up his tank.
New Zealand uses dollars? also he could have had a larger fuel tank installed so he'd have to stop for gas less often.
Depends where you're from. In the netherlands, it will cost you that, EASILY, if not more.
The current price for gas in Hawkes Bay, NZ is $1.69 (I'm assuming per liter). That's $6.41 per gallon, which is $4.82 per gallon in US dollars using the current exchange rate. His $100 of gas only bought 15.6 gallons. That's the size of tank a small to mid-size car has. Next time think a bit before saying someone "deserves it for killing the earth with an inefficient car."
just because it has a big tank/costs a lot to fill doesn't mean it uses a lot.
petrol is quite a bit cheaper in the USA than in Australia or NZ.
mercy - I read that as "homos and beggars" at first.
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you pay after you pump where your from?
$100 to fill up your tank? Wow.