Yeah, same here (most of Europe).
But I think Americans pay first then fill.
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Nightwind@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t know. In my country no gas can be paid unless the nozzle has been placed back. The machine registers as “still pumping”, and the gas station attendant sees this and cannot process the payment. Why you would do this any other way baffles my mind.
sonovebitch@lemmy.world 9 months ago
key@lemmy.keychat.org 9 months ago
It used to be common to pay after in America decades ago. But paying after means you can drive off without paying. Stations calculated the cost of occasionally needing to reattach the hose VS the cost of more frequent theft. This was at the time when card payments at the pump became popular so the cash payer group that’s inconvenienced by the change got smaller anyways.