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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: RI Bob C]
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06/10/2015 11:45 AM
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Bob_Dot said: Have learned not to "fill it up" but to order in $20 increments. The gauge should read 35 guilders for $20. I would never have thought of this had I not been reading TTOL. Great tip!
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: OBorbust]
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06/10/2015 01:01 PM
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Now, why in the world would you do that first? If I were going to make a complaint, I would make it to someone inside the store. I'm not sure that I wouldn't do just as the OP did and just let it go. But to call the police would certainly NOT be my first reaction.
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: OBorbust]
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06/10/2015 01:55 PM
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OBorbust said: Why ?? Because the person that had this happen to said the gas station person was gruff and said pay up then leave. Going in the store would be a waste of time. If the person acts that way.. you have basically bought the dog. Calling the police is a waste of their resources. It's as silly as the idiots in the US who call because they felt they didn't get enough fries at McDonalds. Going inside to complain is reasonable. But $3-$5 is worth police response? I don't think so.
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: kish]
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06/10/2015 02:53 PM
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WE do exactly the same. At some stations you really do have to watch and I have heard before that the service station mentioned is one to monitor closely.
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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06/10/2015 03:12 PM
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SXMScubaman said: 89 guilders is exactly $49.72. Yeas, if you Google the conversion of 89 Netherlands Antillean Guilders to US Dollars it comes up $49.72, which is very close to another source I checked. So the $55 is about $5 too high.
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: BeachKitten]
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06/10/2015 04:00 PM
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Re: Gas Station Experience
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06/10/2015 04:46 PM
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GaKaye said: You figure if he makes five bucks off of every American customer who doesn't know any better, he's making a pretty good haul, in addition to his paycheck. Not that I am saying it's ok to scam, but his paycheck isn't much. Minimum wage in SXM is Naf 8.75 or $4.86 an hour.
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: WILLVINO]
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06/10/2015 05:10 PM
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if you go back in the posts from around three years ago...the same thing happened to me at the same station.!!!! for a nissan versa, with only a half tank pumped...the idiot there charged me SIXTY BUCKS!!!!! i told him [censored]....but we were on our way back to return the car...and had all our suitcases in the back. i wanted to call the cops...and just sit there, but my wife was getting [censored], and didn't want to be late since we were leaving. i have never returned to that station, and have warned people here and others i know on island, that they should stay away from that station. "fool me once, shame on you...but no way was i going to get fooled a second time''!!!!
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: WILLVINO]
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06/10/2015 06:10 PM
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Sharing your experiences is good and I think you handled it well. As you say, it is not the money, but the manner in which you were treated that is concerning.We can all learn from the experiences of others so thank you for informing us.
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: WILLVINO]
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06/10/2015 10:40 PM
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What islandgem said. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> We can all learn something from each other's experiences.
I think you handled it well. No sense getting in an argument or calling the police over $5.
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: PreK176]
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06/11/2015 03:36 PM
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We always buy in increments of $20 also. When we bought gas just this morning at the Texaco on the Dutch side going towards Mark's Place from Simpson Bay, there was a sign with the exchange rate (1.75 to 1) on the pump itself and the pump was in US dollars. Ed went inside, handed them a $20, and pumped his own gas. No problems.
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: SharonfromSXM]
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06/12/2015 08:18 AM
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Good for you, Sharon! Go get 'em!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Gas Station Experience
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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06/13/2015 08:20 AM
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It's difficult sometimes to stay in the "vacation mode" and at the same time not let people take advantage of you. It has happened to us as well. We always fill up the day before we are leaving the island, or go back to a station where we have had a pleasant experience.
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