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minus-square𝙈𝙞𝙖@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 hours agoHow do you pay before you know how much you need?
minus-squarefarmgineer@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 hours agoPay the clerk. If you can’t fit x litres/gallons/whatevers, you go back to the clerk and they give you the remaining balance back.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 hours agoWell these days credit cards have an authorization function where they can hold $50 or $100 and then when done can release the hold and charge you the proper amount. And cash is rare enough that they don’t mind inconveniencing those people anymore.
How do you pay before you know how much you need?
Pay the clerk. If you can’t fit x litres/gallons/whatevers, you go back to the clerk and they give you the remaining balance back.
Well these days credit cards have an authorization function where they can hold $50 or $100 and then when done can release the hold and charge you the proper amount.
And cash is rare enough that they don’t mind inconveniencing those people anymore.