TheMariner
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Yes, we live in a 'me first' age. I find these sorts of people usually drive a dual-cab 4WD with a sunshade (jousting stick ?) and a pair of unused recovery tracks on the roof rack.
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After hearing so much hoopla, I finally tried Buc-ee's! Never Again!
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Yes, we live in a 'me first' age. I find these sorts of people usually drive a dual-cab 4WD with a sunshade (jousting stick ?) and a pair of unused recovery tracks on the roof rack.
Peteoz
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Hahaha. I’ll see your pretentious American and raise you a pretentious Australian, LMFD. You don’t have a mortgage on THEM, either. :roflblack: In fact, on none of my visits over there have I come across any American who could be described as anything other than friendly and helpful (once they know you are Aussie and not English of course. :roflblack: ) I’m sure there are what we call “dickheads” there (as there are here.
), but I have been lucky enough not to have come across them on my short stays.Pete
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Albec
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Perhaps you totally missed the point of my post/rant?
It's not that I had such an issue with getting to the pumps with my motorhome/trailer. It's the total lack of any consideration for the other people who are not star struck by Buc-ee's and are just trying to get gas.
Got it now?
It won't happen again, for me at least.
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Back in the 70's I worked at a service centre on the Trans Canada pumping gas (remember that).
We would be busy as hell, and someone would decide they would go for lunch and leave their car at the pumps.
We would politely ask them to stay with their car, telling them that other people needed fuel too.
Most clued in and stayed, others gave us a F.U. and walked away.
When they came back, they found their car hooked to the back of our tow truck.
We would be busy as hell, and someone would decide they would go for lunch and leave their car at the pumps.
We would politely ask them to stay with their car, telling them that other people needed fuel too.
Most clued in and stayed, others gave us a F.U. and walked away.
When they came back, they found their car hooked to the back of our tow truck.
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EdMat
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The other delay is the pump never being able to print out a receipt. If you don't leave your vehicle at the pump someone else is using it by time you ask for a receipt and the clerk can no longer get it for you.
bikerbillone
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Interesting, I thought the sign read 'no trucks', but what do I know? I know I'm not going to Bucees, crowds like that are uncomfortable to say the least, but somebody sure had a big money-making idea. Just my opinion, everybody has one.
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LongIsland
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Why don't you move your vehicle under both circumstances? You can still get your receipt if you move the vehicle, just need pump number.
Albec
Active member
Not 100% but I'm fairly certain that the all the empty cars that were in my immediate vicinity, were not all empty because the printer at the pump didn't spit out their receipts.
EdMat
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That was a comment about pumps in general. You are hard pressed to find a pump at a Buc-ee's that will not give you a receipt. You will also notice that there will be one or two workers constantly making sure all is well on the fuel island.
AnatoleSea2Sky23
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I have CFN CardLock Fuel Card. I can get fuel at nice isolated, un-manned fuel stations all across USA. Most times I am by myself. I have 24MPR toy hauler which is stressful for me to pull into a regular style gas station. But the card also works at Loves, Pilot, Chevrons, Sinclair, Flyers, Texaco, Sheetz, Wawa, and Murphy USA.
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Dasmoetorhead
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I've been to the buc ee's that BajaRon refers to. On our way back home from being out West in our 38 ft motorhome towing a Jeep, my lovely wife said let's get fuel at buc ee's and check it out. Reluctantly i agreed.
The round about traffic circle was not designed for big rigs. Finally made it to the parking lot entrance, and the 1st thing i do when entering such an environment, i look for an exit. If I don't see one I don't pull in. In this occasion this wasn't possible due to the size constraints of the street leeding into this place. (No way to see the lot due to elevation rise)
I had a bear of a time dodging vehicles and trying get out, and trying not run over to many curbs, but in the end I came out unscathed.
Never again. By the way, the place was wall to wall vehicles as far as I could see.
The round about traffic circle was not designed for big rigs. Finally made it to the parking lot entrance, and the 1st thing i do when entering such an environment, i look for an exit. If I don't see one I don't pull in. In this occasion this wasn't possible due to the size constraints of the street leeding into this place. (No way to see the lot due to elevation rise)
I had a bear of a time dodging vehicles and trying get out, and trying not run over to many curbs, but in the end I came out unscathed.
Never again. By the way, the place was wall to wall vehicles as far as I could see.
Albec
Active member
Not sure what that has to do with Bucee's but thanks for your input.
What's a 24MPR?
Mikey
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Ya my brother-in-law had to share the Bucees experience with my wife and I when we were down in Tenn, a couple weeks ago. I have to say it was quite a store! Like said above it was packed to the gills and they have just about anything a person may want.
It isn't just Buc-ee's, it's common to all gas stations, and here in Arizona, not only is it common to leave your vehicle at the pump while shopping, it also isn't uncommon to leave the vehicle running while unoccupied! At first I thought it was to keep the airconditioner going due to the blistering summer heat, but it happens in the winter too when temps are in the 60s.
Yes, its a cultural thing, but it's also a result of a business decision to design a store, where the real profit is generated, without including sufficient parking. Since fuel isn't the primary profit generator for the business, the company doesn't care if the pumps are all blocked by shoppers. Fuel is the bait used to attract the customer. Once stopped, the retail sales are then end goal because that's where the real money is made.
When we full timed in our RV, I usually avoided places like this like the plague because they were absolute zoos. If pay at the pump didn't work for some reason, and I had to pay inside, I was often greeted with long lines at the register. After experiencing that nighmare a couple times, I decided, to vote with my feet and wallet. I never let my tank get low before topping off, so I don't have any problem pulling into a place, and pulling back out if it isn't going to work for me. I had the additional complication of towing a car behind the RV which preclude the ability to back up without unhooking the car. At one place, not only was the person inside shopping, they came back out to thier vehicle with a food container, climbed into the driver's seat, and start eating lunch at the pump. I was in the RV and couldn't back up to use another lane so my wife had to get out and ask the lady to move.
Yes, its a cultural thing, but it's also a result of a business decision to design a store, where the real profit is generated, without including sufficient parking. Since fuel isn't the primary profit generator for the business, the company doesn't care if the pumps are all blocked by shoppers. Fuel is the bait used to attract the customer. Once stopped, the retail sales are then end goal because that's where the real money is made.
When we full timed in our RV, I usually avoided places like this like the plague because they were absolute zoos. If pay at the pump didn't work for some reason, and I had to pay inside, I was often greeted with long lines at the register. After experiencing that nighmare a couple times, I decided, to vote with my feet and wallet. I never let my tank get low before topping off, so I don't have any problem pulling into a place, and pulling back out if it isn't going to work for me. I had the additional complication of towing a car behind the RV which preclude the ability to back up without unhooking the car. At one place, not only was the person inside shopping, they came back out to thier vehicle with a food container, climbed into the driver's seat, and start eating lunch at the pump. I was in the RV and couldn't back up to use another lane so my wife had to get out and ask the lady to move.
Arion
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In the greater San Antonio area going to Buc-ees can be pretty much an all-day affair - whether you plan it or not. And sometime that's predicated on the fact you can find a place to park. This super-size business seems to be a solution in search of a problem. And the problem turns out to be of their making. Build something enormous and people will flock to it to satisfy their curiosity. In no time the flocks have become massive. Buc-ees is not a convenience stop for people on the move but seemingly a destination for those with free time.
If you're actually going somewhere and need fuel the best choice is to bypass Buc-ees and stop at almost ANY other service station. If you're simply looking for a non-educational day out and don't mind being crowded and overwhelmed by junk food, then Buc-ees might be fun. Well, maybe that's not quite the correct word.
Texans seem to love Buc-ees because everything in Texas is bigger, but it certainly doesn't mean it's better. Our village in Maine is smaller than the average number of people in a Buc-ees during most hours on any given day! And, in defense of Maine villages, that is not a bad thing.
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If you're actually going somewhere and need fuel the best choice is to bypass Buc-ees and stop at almost ANY other service station. If you're simply looking for a non-educational day out and don't mind being crowded and overwhelmed by junk food, then Buc-ees might be fun. Well, maybe that's not quite the correct word.
Texans seem to love Buc-ees because everything in Texas is bigger, but it certainly doesn't mean it's better. Our village in Maine is smaller than the average number of people in a Buc-ees during most hours on any given day! And, in defense of Maine villages, that is not a bad thing.
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AnatoleSea2Sky23
Member
Ez access to gas/diesel whilst pulling a toy hauler or piloting a motorhome.
AnatoleSea2Sky23
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Grand Design 24 MPR Toy Hauler
Jackhartjr
Active member
If you knew how they treat truck drivers, you wouldn't set foot in one!
If a truck driver parks across the street and walks towards one, they meet him in the lot and very rudely tell him that he isn't welcome there!
Imagine if that was your brother, sister, mother, you get it!
If a truck driver parks across the street and walks towards one, they meet him in the lot and very rudely tell him that he isn't welcome there!
Imagine if that was your brother, sister, mother, you get it!
