Dang! I wonder if it is just in my area in CA or all over CA that does that. Any CA people notice this at their local volero? I went past another valero today on the way to the gym. They only charged an extra 7 cents for using ccd....sigh.

 

That is really rotten!! I would damn sure get fuel elsewhere.

 

Anytime you use a card anywhere, the card company is skimming a few percent. It's just a fact of life. If a station is charging say $3.50/gal., they're paying close to 10¢/gal. to the credit card company to offer you the consumer the convenience.

Same thing if you charge a meal, or a pair of shoes, or whatever.

It's the American way.

 

Ive seen that before in my drives across the country, but I cant remember where...not that it makes a difference..

 

And most places will absorb that cost to give their customers the convenience or will set a minumum for paying with a credit card. I wonder what sets valero's gas (at least in the ceres/modesto area) apart from any other commodity/service? That's my real qualm.

 

im in texas as well, no valeros here do this....

i've seen a few truck stops that do this but only for deisel fuel.

 

In certain states you can't legally charge a fee for using credit cards vs. cash (per Visa's laws) however, there's a few places that have found a way around that, in this case they don't charge a fee per say they just charge more, but 3% more is insane, that means they're processing at about 3% when in reality visa, mastercard and discover are all at about an average of 2% right now (for fee's). Granted all of this is based on transaction volume and how much they process a month....