On 10/7/2010 4:00 PM, Metspitzer wrote:
On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:23:28 -0500, wrote:

Metspitzer wrote:
I have a friend who just started driving a semi truck. He says that
if you use a credit card for fuel, you pay 6 cents on the dollar more.

Is this true?

A little Googling shows there are fleet cards. I hope that is what he
is talking about. I didn't find where a standard credit card cost any
more at the pump.
...

Local stations may charge less for cash purchases than by credit
card--you'll not see it except by observing individual station charges,
not on the credit card side.

Wouldn't they have to change pumps to pump less fuel for credit
purchases? The price per gallon is posted on the pumps.

Not for the pretty common electronic displays on pumps. I can't remember
the last time I saw any sort of mechanical register and preset price on
a gas station pump.

There is a truck stop a few exits away on the Interstate that has a
large electronic sign right by the Interstate that displays three prices:

regular gas $x.xx
diesel cash $x.xx
diesel credit $x.xx


It would either have to be that or charge you more than you pumped on
your credit card statement.