What exactly don't you get? Pacific Pride has self serve stations, no attendants at all. You need a Pacific Pride Access Card to operate their pumps. To get that card, you need to apply for a Pacific Pride account. You get a monthly bill from Pacific Pride. That is it. A credit card will not work at their stations.
When I had their card I found it easy to use. It was not a charge card but a access card you registered to have. Their stations are laid out so you could easily enter and leave. On most every occasion I used their stations,they were empty of other trucks. I was told many of the larger and some smaller trucking companies use them because there is nothing for their drivers to buy there except fuel. Nothing extra gets added to the fuel bill, like food or things in the truck stops stores. I was able to pay their bill once a month using one of my regular charge cards. I stopped their account because I could normally find fuel cheaper than what they wanted per gallon. At the time I was using them there was no minimum amount of fuel I needed to buy, but that may have changed.
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Deen wrote: We found that the local stations were usually cheaper by about 10¢ a gallon, I keep a log of all fuel purchased, when I bought at a Pacific Pride I would note the price of the lowest local station then compare the statement price when it came in. In almost every instance the local station price was lower. Finally just quit using them.
For anybody that has never checked out their website, it's your best friend for low prices. Very easy to quickly check prices anywhere and they show the locations on a map.
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Corkey05 wrote: So just what is their process? From the beginning (obtaining their card).
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I'm losing it, ... just like the OP's question, now the answers have blanks
1. Call PP and ask for an application, fill it out and send it in.I use this Phone# 1-360-357-4411 for info. You will have to make a decision as to do you want to be invoiced to pay or do you want an auto draft from your bank.
2. You will receive an "access card", a PIN# and a book listing all of the stations in the network.
3.Go into a station , insert your card along with PIN and pump fuel
4. You will receive an invoice for the amount you pumped. Send them your check or it has been paid from your bank.
What I do before using PP, I decide where I want to fuel, check prices at the nearest Flying J and then call PP to get the days price at the closest PP station. It can work both ways, some days PP will be lower, some days higher. In one case this summer, a FJ and a PP were 12 cents apart, the PP was cheaper. Works for me.
I've also been using PP for years. You CAN get an individual account easy enough. Just ask for an app. Or... look up your local fuel dist. and see if they're part of PP. You can do it on the spot if they are.
The card itself is color striped yellow, light orange, dark orange, and red. It's the same size as a credit card, but is an optical type. They have dozens of tiny rectangular holes, and are specific to Pacific Pride card readers.
The PP sites are geared to commercial fueling, so most are in industrial parts of town. That can be really good though, as you generally have acres to maneuver a DP+toad around in. And, they're seldom occupied, let alone busy, so you just fuel up 'n' go.
The fact that they're not general public fuel stations is the reason they're not listed on gasbuddy.com. The usual person needing fuel isn't going to buy any from a PP station, credit card in hand or not, and if you are a commercial account type, shopping for the cheapest card lock ain't gonna' happen either.
Yes, they're mostly 1% or 2% higher in cost, but what is that in a 75 gallon fill up of diesel? $4? $5 difference? Big deal. Not having to wait in line behind some beer and Twinkies buyer, and/or a lotto number picker is priceless, so that extra $5 gets real cheap for the price of major convenience.
After you set up an account, (which will be through the local fuel distributor) ask for a free fueling station list book. It lists fuel sites by state, with what services are available. I keep several - one in each vehicle.
Also note that some PP fuel sites are part of other truck stops. An example is a HUGE truck stop on I-415 in Salt Lake City. There's a PP card reader on pump 13, and you select what pump you're sitting by on the reader, then pump fuel and go. Everyone else gets to stand in endless lines, you don't.
One last thing, and if you travel much through Oregon, it can be worth a LOT! You pump your own fuel. If you pull into a public fuel station and start pumping your own, someone will come running out of the office screaming and flailing their arms as if you're a criminal! Only ''certified'' fuel jockeys can fuel your vehicle. Waiting for the fuel jockey to make his/her rounds in a busy gas station is a major PITA and time waster. (Or waiting for one to come out and get started in the 1st place) And forget about ''clicking it completely full'' since THEY do the filling for you. The exception to the state law is card lock fueling, so you just fuel up and leave as usual.
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Card Lock! I believe that They are intended to be Commercial fueling stations for Trucking Companies to use to help control their Fleet Costs and eliminate the need for Drivers to carry Large sums of Cash or Run Up Huge credit card Bills !
Like all "Buying Groups" there are paybacks to the Larger customers by way of rebates and other Incentives.
As an individual I doubt that You would save any money belonging to this Group!
One last thing, and if you travel much through Oregon, it can be worth a LOT! You pump your own fuel. If you pull into a public fuel station and start pumping your own, someone will come running out of the office screaming and flailing their arms as if you're a criminal! Only ''certified'' fuel jockeys can fuel your vehicle. Waiting for the fuel jockey to make his/her rounds in a busy gas station is a major PITA and time waster. (Or waiting for one to come out and get started in the 1st place) And forget about ''clicking it completely full'' since THEY do the filling for you. The exception to the state law is card lock fueling, so you just fuel up and leave as usual.
I experienced this in oregon; You would be lucky if you could find someone to pump your fuel in Minnesota. When I tried to pump my own fuel I got the "your Beaking the law" rant....I was completely taken back; I couldn't believe grown adult law makers would waste their time on something as silly as that.
I appreciate all the information on Pacific Pride...at least now I know what they are about...you would think I could find this stuff out on their website.
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I have had PP for over 12 years and use it almost 100% of the time. What everyone has said is right but at my PP there is no set amount on diesel but there is on gas, a min of 200 gallons a month. Where ever you fill up the charge will go to your home PP and they will send you the bill. The price will very day by day but if I pay my bill in 7 days I get 5 cents per gallon off. When we went to Alaska I went up to PP and got a Petro Canada card and used it all the way through Canada, but there is no PP in Alaska. While in Alaska we had someone pay the bill for me. In the PP book they give all the location and they are rated for easy access. The petro Canada card can be used in the lower 48, and with the 2 cards, I keep one in my 97 PSD and one in my 06 PSD.
JR
One last thing, and if you travel much through Oregon, it can be worth a LOT! You pump your own fuel. If you pull into a public fuel station and start pumping your own, someone will come running out of the office screaming and flailing their arms as if you're a criminal! Only ''certified'' fuel jockeys can fuel your vehicle. Waiting for the fuel jockey to make his/her rounds in a busy gas station is a major PITA and time waster. (Or waiting for one to come out and get started in the 1st place) And forget about ''clicking it completely full'' since THEY do the filling for you. The exception to the state law is card lock fueling, so you just fuel up and leave as usual.
I experienced this in oregon; You would be lucky if you could find someone to pump your fuel in Minnesota. When I tried to pump my own fuel I got the "your Beaking the law" rant....I was completely taken back; I couldn't believe grown adult law makers would waste their time on something as silly as that.
I appreciate all the information on Pacific Pride...at least now I know what they are about...you would think I could find this stuff out on their website.
In Oregon you can pump your own diesel at any fuel station as long as regular gas is not at the same fueling island. If you pull into the truck pumps, no problem.
Pacific Prides do have regular gas but it is against the law in OR to pump it if you haven't been "trained". When you get a PP card, you will have to sign a statement saying you know it is unlawful to pump gas in OR
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