I recently signed up for the Upside app, which gives you cash back on gas. Even though this station had relatively high-priced gas at $3.49 a gallon, the app would have given me 61 cents per gallon back, for an effective price of $2.88 a gallon - awesome deal, right?
So off I went, excited to try the new app. First thing I noticed upon pulling up was at least half the pumps were out of order. Strike one. I paid at the pump with a credit card, pumped my gas, but the pump would not print a receipt. Strike two. I had to walk inside for a receipt.
Then, I scanned the printed receipt with my phone, using the Upside app, when I noticed that the receipt's time stamp was incorrect, by about 20 minutes. Because of that, I was unable to get any cash back for my purchase. Strike three.
When I walked back inside to inform the clerk that their receipt's time stamp was incorrect, and that it made me lose out on $6 for that fill-up, she said there was nothing she could do. She wasn't even apologetic. Last time I ever set foot in this place. read more