Priceline.com - Prepaid Gas Card

[lisu24]

I tried using the service today..this is awesome! I managed to get 20 gallons at $1.73 a gallon (in San Mateo) and 30 gallons at $1.72 a gallon (in Palo Alto). The people who live in the Bay area realize what a deal this is considering that the average gasoline price in the Bay area is around $1.90. This is not at the cheap gasoline stations either...they are at shells and exxons and 76s. thought i would pass the word along that priceline just started serving the bay area. http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/smile.gif

[acharya]

i got an unbelievable price of 1.58 at shell station is sunnyvale

:-)

[lisu24]

damn! i'm moving back to sunnyvale http://www.gotapex.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Motabota]

I just made my first deal on Priceline.

I got regular 87 for $1.35/gal. That's $.23 less than street price. Sunoco is not my favorite brand, but my old station wagon will do ok with it.

Most regular in my area, Bucks County PA, a suburb of Philly, is $1.60.

Mo

[loki1]

30 gallons of 87 at 1.41 directly across the street from my lab at the 76 in Torrance - Sweet!

[Grizybaer]

Hey, how long did it take you to get the card?>?


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~Grizy
Great, so how much is shipping?

[IlliniFan]

Check this out... regular is about $1.35 a gallon in the Chicago area, my price: A DOLLAR PER GALLON! I have a feeling Priceline is going to be saving me lots of money on gasoline!

[freenet]

I got 1.77 last week in san bruno CA, i checked and its 1.73 now.....not so great considering my local exxon is 1.77 and my exxon mastercard gives me 3% back (about 5 cents/gal) on gas....

[Redcow]

I got 1.47 for 87 octane in my area (Rochester, NY) and the avg price now is around 1.63. go go gadget gas card!


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[fsck]

heh in Columbus, OH its 1.14 for 87 octane and 1.35 for premium 93. Jeez (thats without any coupons or carclub.com discount that i get)

[This message has been edited by fsck (edited 08-16-2000).]

[WakeBdr]

How exactly does this thing work? How do you pay for it?

[nexus9]

Thanks for the info

got 50 [email protected] for 87 gas at 76..
zip code 91748


was buying gas at costco before this..
Chino Hills is 1.43 for 87

[Bandito]

Yah, how do the cards work? Do they work at pay-at-the-pump stations, or do you have to run them like a credit card with the inside teller?

[SmokinToilet]

just a thought...
how is that 5 gallon limit going to work???
is based on every prepay transaction??? or per month...

so like I prepay 50 gallons, so I can go up to 55 paying what ever price I get...

and if I prepay 5 X 10 gallons, do I get 75 gallons? 5 X 10 + 5 X 5

like if I do them in intervals? 10 gals the first week + 4.5gal...
and then the second week order another 10 gals + 4.5 overboard...
and .... etc ???

has any one tried that??? Cuz that way you can still get more gallons out per month...without paying regular price AND the 1.50 service fee.... if you really really need that much gas ...

[lisu24]

it's like prepaid gas. you buy the gas first and then when you're at the gas station, you just run your voyager card through the pump. it's really fast!

[mk12345]

let say i prepaid for 10 gallons. When i fill my gas tank, does the pump automatic stop when it get to 10 gallons or i have to manually stop it?

[loudmouth_92804]

87 at 1.34 at 76. I think this beats all of you. The trick is to select gas station that already have a lower price then the rest. Then you'll get a lower average cost and pick a price a lot lower.

[loki1]

You need to stop it yourself although you can go over by up to 4 or 5 gallons (it's in their FAQ, which you should read) without being charged the increased rate

[lisu24]

i think it's 5 gallons over what you bought, so if you bought 10 gallons, it's up to 15 gallons and if you bought 50 gallons it's up to 55 gallons. you can buy up to 50 gallons every 10 days.

[Grizybaer]

How long does it take to get the card? its been a week already


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~Grizy
Great, so how much is shipping?

[Grizybaer]

In NYC (Queens) its about 169 for reg, 185 for premium.

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~Grizy
Great, so how much is shipping?

[waasszzu]

I just got two 20 gallons cards for $1.08 here in Indy. It would not let me have 50 gallons at $1.08. I will try again today for another 20 gallons!

[pigpen]

when posting info on gas deals, give your area and what the local price range of gas is going for .

it looks like a there is big variance of local prices around the country.

so, a price of $1.40 could be no deal in one place, and a real steal in another.

thanx
pp

[grappa]

I just got 30 gallons of the Premium for $1.57/gallon (northern VA) for my sparkly new sports car! I'm hoping this isn't only working 'cos it's my first time...


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[Grizybaer]

Damm, i want my card already, i'm already loosing money, not really that much, 3 cents a gal, total 60 cents, but thats about the difference between plus and super.

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~Grizy
Great, so how much is shipping?

[G_Sup]

Wow!!! Just got my card the other day and saved a whopping .29 cents a gallon!!! Wooohooo! Here in Santa Barbara CA we get robbed for gas, it's nice to get a discount.

Gas at reg price was: 40 gallons @ $75.60

I paid $64 with the Priceline card for 40 gallons. Saving's of $11.60!!! Now that can add up!

[Grizybaer]

I opened my mailbox today, NO PRICELINE CARD!!! I WANT MY CARD!!! Aldeady more than a week.

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~Grizy
Great, so how much is shipping?

[G_Sup]

Grizybaer, it took a couple of weeks to get mine.

[asian_panda]

what happen when you receive the card a few week later, and the price has dropped?

dont't you lose more money that way?

[G_Sup]

Panda, you don't buy the gas UNTIL you have the card. So, you can't lose money if you haven't put any down in the first place. Once you get your card there will be a number on it which will activate your account.

[Grizybaer]

Ahhh, a couple of weeks? Yest i bought gas at the pump, 1.73 for premium. I pricelined 1.70 for premium. I'm losing money!!!

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~Grizy
Great, so how much is shipping?

[wised]

Cheap gas is a rare thing... Even though $1.49 for gas doesn't sound cheap it is about $.20 cheaper than street price where I live... cool beans!

[pd123]

DRAT! This doesn't work in New Jersey! There are no self serve gas stations in NJ.

[asian_panda]

yes i know that you don't buy the gas until you get the card. questions, you offer a bid of gas price when you get the card right, like the airline tix? so say you bid $1.70 and the offer was accepted. then can you get into a situation a couple weeks later when you get the card, and the price has gone below $1.70, then do they adjust the price according to the new price, or you are stuck at $1.70/gallon?

[grappa]

Folks,

You DO NOT lose money if the price of gas drops below your bid price! According to the user agreement (which you have to click "I Agree" to when you sign up), IF the price of gas goes below what you bid, you just let them know and they refund you the difference after you've pumped! So you never pay more.

The only way I could see you losing money is if
a) you didn't follow the rules and got your gas elsewhere, then tried using the card and incurred the pump-price of the gas + $1.50 processing fee, or
b) you sat on your card over 90 days and didn't let Priceline know you hadn't used it, and so subsequently lost ALL the gas you'd put on the card.

Unless I'm misunderstanding something (I can usually comprehend things I read pretty well, but everyone makes mistakes) it's not hard to use and it seems like a pretty good deal.

G

[ganb]

I prefer carclub.com for gas savings. They give you a refillable Master card Credit card. You have to add money to it and can use it like any other CC at gas stations. All (yes, ALL) gas purchases are 10% off. This is really helpful when u make long trips where you cannot use pre-paid priceline stuff. And there is no need of finding a particular gas station each time. Plus you can find the cheapest gas prices around and get 10% off on that. (Reimbursement of $500 Deductible is an added bonus )

Ganb

[kail]

Got gas here in Circleville Ohio for $1.00 a gallon!!! Reg. price $1.35. LOVE this Priceline thing!