|
Forums39
Topics40,277
Posts326,614
Members26,829
| |
Most Online4,031
Dec 15th, 2024
|
|
|
Posts: 767
Joined: January 2017
|
|
#71313
10/17/2015 03:53 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,631
Traveler
|
OP
Traveler
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,631 |
Cadisco in Orient Bay now has a credit card pump for gas. You can get gas at the CC pump even after the station is closed.
Same price as cash and $1 equals 1 Euro.
Some may be happy to know this.
|
|
|
 .
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 13,606 Likes: 5
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 13,606 Likes: 5 |
Yes! That is excellent news!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 |
Ok...not to be a Debbie Downer but if the non-manned CC pumps work anything like those in France you will need a chip and PIN card to use it. The new chip and sign cards do not work in unmanned devices..found that out the hard way
Last edited by boucharda; 10/17/2015 04:03 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 13,606 Likes: 5
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 13,606 Likes: 5 |
Ugh. Good point. We'll find out next month unless someone posts sooner.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 84,622 Likes: 38
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 84,622 Likes: 38 |
I prefer to be able to use a card at the pump regardless, so that is good news. But what are their normal hours of operation? If they are open until 8 or 9 PM, being able to buy gas after the station is closed might not be too big a deal.
Carol Hill
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,631
Traveler
|
|
OP
Traveler
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,631 |
They have long hours closing at 9 or 10 but it is nice not to have to have cash at regular hours too now. They usually have the best prices on the island. I don't know if the other Cadisco stations have the new pumps. The Orient Bay station was just redone.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 13,212
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 13,212 |
Chip and pin cards are the way to go now everywhere so that is great news!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 3,278
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 3,278 |
I've gotten two new chip cards in the past month, but no pins. Guess that's not either issuers priority.
"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest" 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 837
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 837 |
Wouldn't they charge you in euros? If they do, it would no longer be 1€=1$ when paying with credit.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 273
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 273 |
In Canada, we might not have many credit cards that don't charge a forex fee, but at least almost all the cards have a chip, PIN and a magnetic strip so we can use them pretty much anywhere <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 13,212
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 13,212 |
We certainly do! It has been a very long time since we have had to sign a credit card receipt. Pay pass is very popular as well for any transaction under $100.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,933 Likes: 1
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,933 Likes: 1 |
I have Chip and Pin cards, and Chip and Sign cards. These days on SXM, I'm not sure that I would like to be the sole person buying fuel late at night. I'll buy my fuel during the day.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 5,166 Likes: 4 |
Yup, Canada and many European countries have had chip/PIN for a while. No clue why the US banks went only half way with the new cards....like anyone can read the sig after you sign anyway.
I never could grasp the point...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 331
Traveler
|
|
Traveler
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 331 |
How does the pump know to charge you dollars instead of euros?
|
|
|
|
|
.
