tesco petrol station air pumps

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by chris8886

why should i have to pay for air?

You're not paying for air - you're paying for the use of a compressor, hoses and gauge equipment. Have you any idea how much such things cost? Not to mention as they're being used commercially they must be regularly re-calibrated. These things are not cheap.

And they're still crap because of the abuse they receive from careless customers, if I ran a petrol station I wouldn't have one at all - too expensive and too often in need of repair. Buy a footpump.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

You're not paying for air - you're paying for the use of a compressor, hoses and gauge equipment. Have you any idea how much such things cost? Not to mention as they're being used commercially they must be regularly re-calibrated. These things are not cheap.

And they're still crap because of the abuse they receive from careless customers, if I ran a petrol station I wouldn't have one at all - too expensive and too often in need of repair. Buy a footpump.

What he said. My tesco pump is still free, so move house

i used one the other day, 20p got my one wheel done and another half done. it didnt pump the whole time, only intermittantly which was annoying.

Some Jet stations charge a quid around where I live...

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

You're not paying for air - you're paying for the use of a compressor, hoses and gauge equipment. Have you any idea how much such things cost? Not to mention as they're being used commercially they must be regularly re-calibrated. These things are not cheap.

i realise this, but the amount of profit petrol stations make out of us the least they can do is give us a bit of air for nothing i think.

Go to Wilkinson and spend 7.99 on there compact electric air pump, runs of a cig socket. If you have a socket...
Its so small it fits in my tank back and there is still load of room.

Originally Posted by Grinch

Go to Wilkinson and spend 7.99 on there compact electric air pump, runs of a cig socket. If you have a socket...
Its so small it fits in my tank back and there is still load of room.

anyone know how powerful these ones are, i bought an AA one but it doesnt seem to be able to pump my tyres up, i got 1psi higher in 10 mins and it got really hot. although it is a hilux so i suppose its quite heavy.

My tesco doesn't charge for the use of their air pump (Bradford), however, its never flipping working. I wouldn't mind if they charged 10p like Morrisons do, if only it worked all the time!

As a side rant, I went to pump up a flat on the car at 9am last Sunday morning, went to Tesco, as its just around the corner, but the pump is knackered. So, thinks I, I wonder if they have any 12V things for sale... apparently not in the garage, but in the store they do. What use is that information at 9am on a Sunday? The store doesn't open for another 2 hours! Grr...

Originally Posted by JimmyGulp

I wonder if they have any 12V things for sale... apparently not in the garage, but in the store they do. What use is that information at 9am on a Sunday? The store doesn't open for another 2 hours! Grr...

Because they know that by you having to go into the supermarket you will "realise" there are other things you need/something you see and want = more profit for them....stupid psychology

They should have an example of their whole hardware range in their petrol station shop or at least a realistic range for emergencies such as yours

all petrol stations around here charge and have done for atleast 5 years 50p too! but the do last long enough to do a car so a bike should be fine, only free ones ive found are the non digital ones, which, i just cant ever get to work