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I have not seen a single gas station in California that does not accept credit or debit cards for 10 years, let alone in the Bay Area. If they do exist, it’s m
by stass 9y ago
I have not seen a single gas station in California that does not accept credit or debit cards for 10 years, let alone in the Bay Area. If they do exist, it’s most certainly a tiny minority.
- sidlls 9y agoThe AM/PMs I've seen in the peninsula take debit cards and cash only. There's one debit card station to serve all the pumps.
- cardiffspaceman 9y agoRe: SV is so backward. My AM/PM here in San Diego, Calif, has debit card acceptance at each pump.
- DrScump 9y agoThe AM/PMs I suspect those gas stations are actually Arco.
- nostrademons 9y agoSome of the ARCOs, Alliances, and other small labels are cash/debit only, and their prices are typically $0.20/gal less because of it. You're right, though, they're a tiny minority. All the majors (Chevron/Shell/Valero/76) take credit cards, and you won't have trouble finding one.
- 0800 9y agoIn China, even the beggars accept cards and cryptocurrency. In South-America, street vendors accept cards. FinTech revolution is happening in China, not so much the US/SV.
- Zarath 9y agoWeChat and Alipay yes, but cards and cryptocurrency?
- jxramos 9y agoI'd have to see this on YouTube by several independent sources. Sounds pretty wild, when living standards rise so high the definition of "poverty" becomes more and more absurd.
- qiqing 9y agoI haven't seen a beggar accept cryptocurrency (yet), but I've seen them accept mobile payments. Along with informal farm vendors (e.g., guy on the corner with a bag of oranges on his shoulder) accepting mobile payments.