Has Shell cut its pay at pump limit everywhere .? Now £60

[anonymous-user]

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[anonymous-user]

I rarely do pay at pump but noticed that today,
I thought it was because I used a debit card with not much cash left in the account

[Axionknight]

The only time I have ever seen a limit other than £99 is when using a Maestro card, which was limited to £70 at any station visited, which was a sod when driving a Volvo 850 T5R with a 15 gallon tank :P

[A900ss]

I filled at a Shell on a Bristol yesterday. I normally can't pay at pump as I have a fuel card but yesterday I was in the weekend car, so my cash.

£60 limit as well.

[Cliftonite]

Whenever I have breached the £99/£100 limit a polite word with the nice man behind the counter has sorted it. Why would they turn trade away?

[Jon999]

Cliftonite said:

Whenever I have breached the £99/£100 limit a polite word with the nice man behind the counter has sorted it. Why would they turn trade away?

I don't quite get what you mean maybe I'm missing the point but surely by going in and having a chat you might as well pay in the shop anyway? I had a £60 limit the other day too, pump stopped at just over £59.

[JungleJim]

My local esso station limited to £89. It cut out at 89.05

[McWigglebum4th]

anonymous said:

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What?

You found away at pump that worked
impossible

[dave87]

Yup, £60 at my local too. Ridiculous as all it means is I have to stop, put the fuel hose back and go through the procedure again, this time to get another £10-30 worth of fuel (depending on how empty my tank was to start with).

Pointless, annoying, and I can't see how it saves or protects them from anything?

[Bebee]

Tesco is still £99 limit at the pump

[theboss]

I hit a £60 limit at an Esso garage recently... the first time I'd paid at the pump in a while as I'd previously written them off as useless precisely because of these limits - when even £99 is too little if you're filling a large tank from empty.

It does make you wonder what quantity of fuel the average customer purchases...

[Drive Blind]

for me

Maestro card = £60
CC = £99

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anonymous said:

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That is hillarious!

Perhaps forward this to your bank, to further the amusement, and see what they say..?

[AudiWurst]

theboss said:

I hit a £60 limit at an Esso garage recently... the first time I'd paid at the pump in a while as I'd previously written them off as useless precisely because of these limits - when even £99 is too little if you're filling a large tank from empty.

It does make you wonder what quantity of fuel the average customer purchases...

At a guess, probably half a tank or maybe three quarters of a tank? Not many people run the car down to the low fuel light and then fill up to the brim.

I would imagine the limit is just about enough for most people. What's the fuel tank size on a typical medium size car these days - 55-60 litres? £60 at current prices (£1.279/l) is 47 litres, so that's three quarters of a tank on an average family car.

Can appreciate that the £60 limit is a problem for barges or big 4x4s, but they're a relative minority in most of the UK (although perhaps not in Tonker's corner of Surrey).

[Bill Carr]

The Shell pay@pumps rarely seem to be working round here.

Maybe it's a cunning ploy to get you into the shop to buy some overpriced sandwiches and orange juice?

[TheTurbonator]

There's always been a £60 limit here ooop north in Leeds.

[Dave Hedgehog]

I always pay at the till

[Sensibleboy]

Bill Carr said:

The Shell pay@pumps rarely seem to be working round here.

Maybe it's a cunning ploy to get you into the shop to buy some overpriced sandwiches and orange juice?

We have a brand new Shell station nearby and pay at pump machines weren't even fitted - as they want to get you into the shop.

[hedgefinder]

this happened to me regularly when running a chevy suburban with the long range fuel tank. Pump would reach the £99 limit then shut off....simply replace the handset and reset to zero and remove and start filling again... then pay both bills....always worked for me..??

[Olivera]

£60 would only get me between 1/3rd and 1/2 a tank in my Jag!