Vent: The gas station pump limit ruined my whole cash budget plan

I was in Phoenix last Tuesday at a Circle K, trying to fill up for a road trip to see my sister. The pump stopped at $75 and wouldn't let me go past that, but my tank needed like $82 to hit full. I had just switched to using cash envelopes for the month, so I had the exact bills in my hand, but the pump froze and made me go inside to pre-pay the rest. The clerk took another 10 minutes because they had to run two separate transactions, and by the time I got back out, someone had parked behind me and I couldn't move. Now I know to always pre-pay in increments under 75 bucks, but has anyone else hit this cap at a chain station and had to deal with the double trip? It's such a dumb little rule that messes up a tight budget.

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lewis.troy17d ago

You ever see a guy try to prepay $60 at a pump and the card reader eats his card, so he's stuck wiping bird crap off his windshield for 20 minutes while his buddy films it? That was my coworker last month, exact same limit trap.