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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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Tom said…
...all gas in self serve here!
13 February 2025 at 09:04
Jan K. alias Afanja said…
Nice shot. In the Netherlands and in my hometown we also have more and more self-service stations.
13 February 2025 at 09:55
Bill said…
Gas is self serve here too.
13 February 2025 at 10:22
roentare said…
I prefer to use my Woolworths points in supermarket petrol station
13 February 2025 at 10:39
magiceye said…
We barely have any self serve petrol stations in India.
13 February 2025 at 14:03
Shammickite said…
Only one full service gas station here, the other three are self serve.
13 February 2025 at 15:41
Pauline said…
I agree, I'd rather have a cheap supermarket than another petrol station, self serve or otherwise.
13 February 2025 at 17:59
Iris Flavia said…
6 stations and not enough groceries... hmm, strange priorities.I never saw a self-serve gas station here.
13 February 2025 at 19:27
s.c said…
It must be a balance between cost for the station and salaries for personal that defines the outcome.
14 February 2025 at 01:56
Sharon said…
That's a very modern looking station.
14 February 2025 at 06:11
Lieselotte said…
Bei uns in Deutschland gibt es immer mehr Selbstbedienungstankstellen. Kein Personal - keine Kosten, könnte ich mir denken.
14 February 2025 at 08:18
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.
14 February 2025 at 09:22
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!
14 February 2025 at 13:19
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.
14 February 2025 at 16:12
Photo Cache said…
Everything looks so clean there.

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15 February 2025 at 13:38
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!
18 February 2025 at 07:06
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