On Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:50:30 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Leon wrote:


I think Chevron and Texaco have make that list of places to avoid.
They want you to buy a farkin gift card with cash to get the same
price that the competition is offering. Then if you don't use the
whole amount they get to use your money until you come back. So
effectively they charge you 20 cents per gallon to use a credit card
to pay.

It's worth seeing if those gift cards have an expiration date. A lot of
retailers put time limits on their gift cards. You pay cash for them, but
if you don't use them before the time limit hits, they become a gift to the
store. That's sleezy.

OTOH, they have to keep them on their books. A "reasonable" expiration (5
years?) shouldn't be an issue.