Arco

All ARCOS I have visited have payment stations that work. For over six months this ARCO can not get their payment stations or debit to work. Come on a please pay inside sign is out dated. Fix it!!!

Lady yesterday afternoon gave us change for air machine the lady behind the register told me we have to buy something to get change in order to use the air machine… am I not buying the air?

I have admit I was not very fond of this Arco gas station when I stopped in to fill up. I was running on empty so I was in a bind to stop to get gas. This Arco still has the old fashion center ATM island where you have to put in the number of the pump then go through the process of paying and then return to your pump. To make matters worst, they charge you to .35 to use your ATM debit card. That’s no bueno in my book.
Also, the pump are old and scratched up. The pump handle when I put it back after filling kept falling to the ground. They really need to update these pumps not only because they are old, but because they need to be more convenient with the ATM access right on the pump. Oh, yes, they have to get rid of that Debit card fee or find a new bank provider.
Please make it more beuno and I’ll come back for gas…

Price was as advertised — 4.059 for a gallon with no gimmicks… But also could not pay with credit at the machines… Or forgo a 35 cent charge, and you have to pay at this ATM type machine in the middle not at the pump — unless you want to pay cash which I ended up doing — in which case you have to go to the clerk. It’s annoying and inconvenient and outdated.

This place is totally sketchy… I came here to get gas on my lunch break and some sketchy guy came out of his car and was trying to sell me his «brand new surround sound system» for $ 100… I called the police!
Also yes they were recently running a scam where you had to buy a bag of ice to get a discount or something. This business is immoral and probably a front for some organized crime.

Kind of a sketchy place — but good prices sometimes. You’re good if you don’t fall for their «specials».
Right now they’re running a scam where an impossibly low price is displayed on their main signboard, with a tiny sign on the ground next to it saying that it’s the discount price if you buy 20 POUNDS OF ICE in the middle of winter! :) The real price is maybe 20 cents above the going rate in the area!
Wouldn’t be so bad, but the driveway is already a deathtrap, and people turn in for the low price, see the rest of the sign, and angrily slam back into traffic. Poor courier came in to work this morning angry that he’d just been scammed out of almost $ 20 extra filling his truck, he hadn’t seen the small print.

The ONLY reason to get gas here is not being able to get across the intersection to a different station. The lower price on the signs out front are misleading and require the purchase of 20 lbs. of ice — costing far more than what you will have to pay to buy gas anywhere else.

I wouldnt normally review a gas station. But this one is unsafe and the coworkers are inept.
I was refuelling one day and noticed a smoke smell in a trashcan next to me, I could see a little smoke but it appeared to have just started growing. I think someone tossed their cigarette in the trashcan, but i dont know. It had a swing lid but I didnt open it to check because i didnt want to feed fire to the flame by giving it an air source. I ran inside and said «i think the trashcan has a fire in it, its smoking, im going to get some water in a cup to dump on it, can you help?!» and headed towards the soda fountain. The lady at the counter yelled «NO! if you do, i have to charge you for it, we will take care of it». I ran back to my car and replaced the nozzle to leave before the gas station exploded… I could not believe how dumb this lady was. The lady walked outside and I pointed to the smoky trash can. She opened the lid and it immediately started billowing smoke. She then called for another coworker to bring water. I drove away as quickly as possible while they were filling a bucket with water.
I dont know what was wrong with the lady. She works at a gas station and its a hot dry day and she wouldnt let me take water to put out a fire?! And since when do they charge you for water anyway, I was going to get tap water from a fountain. And do they not teach them fire sfety at gas stations… the lady took the lid off the trash without any water or a fire extinguisher handy. I was dismayed at the lack of professionalism and common sense.

The traffic flow in this station is a nightmare. After waiting in line for my turn, some clown will pull in from the opposite direction and steal my pump. But worse yet, 50% of the pump card swipers are out at any given time, and you won’t know until you sit in line and wait until the pump is open. The card swipers have been broke at this location for months.
Steer clear of this place!

I don’t go to Arco often. I mean the price is right, but they always pick the most inconvenient locations on earth to put their gas stations. So I got this like Power Pump gift card from the Vons for like $ 6.00 for buying groceries and then I was like, «Yeah Buddy! Score!» Then I was like, «Man, great they just gave me a new chore.»
For two weeks I carried that Power Pump card in my pocket. And now after writing that realizing that putting anything named Power Pump in my pocket sounds really wrong. I finally go to the Arco to use up the card before it expired. I go inside and tell the clerk that I want to put six bucks worth of gas in my car which made me feel really ghetto at the moment. I asked her how to use the card and she pretty much made me feel like a tool when she told me I just need to swipe it through ATM and punch in the pin number on the back. Then she pulled this 180 in her behavior and she acted all sweet as I was leaving as if I was making up the fact that I had six bucks on the card, but was relieved when she discovered that I was telling the truth.
I wish Vons would just give six bucks off my groceries next time instead of giving me another chore so that way I don’t have to go out of my way to interact with some creepy gas station clerk.