"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote in message
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"Phil" wrote

But you see the same everywhere, how few use pay-at-pump, although
self-service checkouts do seem to have gained acceptance.

Today's news gave a new reason for this

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...-petrol-glitch

I can't see that being a reason why people don't use them. No-one would
except that to be the result.

I don't use them because I can't be sure that the damned thing is going to
give me a receipt. Even if it doesn't tell you beforehand that it is out of
paper (ISTR that they do that) the process may fail at the point of receipt
production - and I have had that happen during one of the very limited
occasions where I had to use an automatic pump, so it isn't just me being
paranoid about an unlikely occurrence

tim