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Originally Posted by Bydand
The gas station owners have to find a middle ground between how much people usually get and how much they can put a hold on those funds in the account. When you swipe your card neither the station or your bank knows how much you are going to spend, so they put a "hold" on a set amount of funds in your account. If they set it too high, and there isn't enough to cover it, the card will be denied and the pump will not authorize and turn on. Most lately have been set at $50 or $75. Generally enough for average sized tanks and not too big of an amount that the card will not work.
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Seeing this situation is humorous,at the time I did not know about limit.I needed gas for emergency generator and lawn tractor,gas at this time over $3.I proceeded to fill 4 contaimers and when I started to fill vehicle was cut off!!!
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