Thursday, 13 February 2025

Another petrol station

 


Some people like self serve petrol stations like this one we saw in Christchurch last December as they are a bit cheaper than the average ones around the country. A new one has opened here in Greymouth in the last month that is self serve too and apart from the small difference in price, people are wondering why as we already have 5 petrol stations in town as it is. Most people I've talked to about it are wishing that perhaps a cheaper supermarket or a kmart could've been built there.

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16 comments:

Tom said...

...all gas in self serve here!

Jan K. alias Afanja said...

Nice shot. In the Netherlands and in my hometown we also have more and more self-service stations.

Bill said...

Gas is self serve here too.

roentare said...

I prefer to use my Woolworths points in supermarket petrol station

magiceye said...

We barely have any self serve petrol stations in India.

Shammickite said...

Only one full service gas station here, the other three are self serve.

Pauline said...

I agree, I'd rather have a cheap supermarket than another petrol station, self serve or otherwise.

Iris Flavia said...

6 stations and not enough groceries... hmm, strange priorities.I never saw a self-serve gas station here.

s.c said...

It must be a balance between cost for the station and salaries for personal that defines the outcome.

Sharon said...

That's a very modern looking station.

Lieselotte said...

Bei uns in Deutschland gibt es immer mehr Selbstbedienungstankstellen. Kein Personal - keine Kosten, könnte ich mir denken.

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Nice clean look to the station. I think here in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA there is only one station that has an option to pump gas for you and you pay dearly for that extra service. Some of the stations have a protocol where they will send a clerk out to pump the gas for you at no extra charge.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

That's a clean-looking petrol station. Full serve disappeared in CA a long time ago, with the promise of lower gas prices for all. Now we all have to pump our own gas and we have the highest prices in the USA!

Joyful said...

We have to pump our own gas here unless you drive far away to a smaller town. Even then it's likely self-serve. We have few gas stations in my city but quite a lot of grocery stores.

Photo Cache said...

Everything looks so clean there.

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Lisa said...

It was only recently we could pump our own gas in Oregon. It doesn't cost less, so I don't. I know how, being from California where you do pump yourself. Besides, where I go, they pump it, wash my windows, give me a bottle of cold water, and a coupon for a free coffee or soda in the mini-market!

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