Shell

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This is an adequate service station and I’ve used it more than once when I was low on fuel and feared driving further. It has air. On crowded Baum Blvd. it is a little hard to get in and out. I’m also negative towards pumps programmed to ask for a car wash before you can pump gas.

Do not use their car wash. I got my car washed here last week and came out with a huge deep straight scratch down the passenger side of my car. Their insurance company is not going to pay for it and won’t even send a person from their company to come look at it!

Be careful paying with cash here. I coughed up the $ 12 cash I had in my pocket, went out to the pump. After attempting to pump gas, and getting maybe a pint, it just stopped working. I had to wait in line again to get to the counter. After waiting, they told me it had pumped. We went round and round, with their solution being that they could print me a receipt, and I could come talk to the manager about it. This was %100 unacceptable, but there wasn’t much to do about it in the face of their utter indifference. Zero effort, and a horrible attitude. I’ve had a history of not great experiences here, and that’s saying a lot. It’s a gas station, how hard can it be? It’s clear that they do not care at all. This past incident just seals it. I’m never going back, and you shouldn’t either.

I like this place. Its rarely as busy as the GetGo, doesn’t play stupid grocery-​store point pricing games, they have Diesel now, and a pretty decent automatic car wash that is priced just right. Its also conveniently on the right side of the road when I’m heading westbound on Baum.
Other than that, its just a gas station. But, hey, at least I can clean my car here.

It’s clear that this business just does not have pride about where they are who they are. They are here to make money. It’s frustrating because they also don’t particularly need to work hard. There are not a lot of other gas stations in the area particularly ones that have car washes. I come here to fill up for the week and by getting a car wash I save money on my gas. They have me here for the savings.
The guy behind the counter claimed he wasn’t hungover he just had too much benadryl. It’s clear they have the perfect people to work at a gas station. Perhaps he shouldn’t be here during the Saturday morning rush however.

Just like with the Get-​Go down the road, the Shell on Baum is almost just as difficult to get in and out of– particularly in high traffic. And while the Get-​Go has a great selection of food and beverages and even a Redbox, the Shell doesn’t compete on any level (and the price of gas is higher). My advice is to only go here in case of an emergency (which was my case, because I was 2 miles to empty).

This Shell station is horrible.
1) The bathrooms aren’t inside, like Getgo’s. They’re outside and around this sketchy corner, filthy dirty with gang signs and cigarette butts littered on the floor.
2) The store itself is tiny and cramped with many items out of stock and 3 – 4 people who work *one* register.
3) The parking lot itself is pitted and dangerous, even by Pittsburgh Pothole standards.
4) This place is ghetto. This is the place all of the thugs and gangsters come to get their Slim Jims and «hang out». People paid for things in nickles and pennies.
That was my first experience at the store. My second experience (months later — I blame a lapse in memory) found me driving down Baum and thinking «hey, I could use gas and my car is crazy dirty. I wonder how much that Shell place’s car wash is? It won’t be so bad if I never have to go inside the store.»
So I google-​texted real quick and called them. After 8 rings someone picked up the phone and mumbled at me. I cheerfully asked how much the car wash was.
-«We can’t give that information over the phone».
–«Wait, what?! Why not?» «I just want to know to compare it to Getgo’s, which is $ 7″. -„Sorry.“
–“Well that’s stupid; let the manager know I think he’s an idiot.»
-«Sure». Click.
So come for the ebola laced bathroom, stay for the nihilistic attitudes!