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Money Saving Tip: Prepay In Advance
Go back to the future and pay, I think.
I’ve been trying to figure this one out for some time. Whenever I go to the gas station and fill up my automobile, I try to figure out how I can do this. I’m a simple man with a simple mind, but I cannot find a way to prepay in advance.
It would be arrogant of me to think that this is redundant, right? They ask so politely, “Please prepay in advance.” Certainly I should be able to do so.
After struggling with this for a while, I sought help from someone smarter than me - a teenager. The wise teenager said to me that it was possible to prepay in advance. To do so though would require that I pay after I pump my gas.
Here’s how it works for you first timers who have never pre-paid in advance:
- Catch up. You’ve never pre-paid in advance before so you have to prepay the for your current fill-up. You can usually do so with a credit or debit card at the pump, or you can pay the cashier inside.
- Now that you’re caught up, get the gas you just paid for.
- After filling up, go back inside and give the cashier the exact amount of money needed for your next fill-up.
- Congratulate yourself. You have just pre-paid in advance!
The way I see it, your buying gas at today’s prices. If you pre-pay far enough in advance, you could really save a lot of money during the peak travel season when gas prices spike. When you do this, please let me know how it goes. I just did the normal pre-pay today and did not take advantage of pre-paying in advance. It will be at least a week before I have that opportunity.
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