Arco

If you want to find the cheapest gas in town (of course, this can’t be compared with Costco), then this Arco is for you. However, from my experience, their gas seems to burn faster than Chevron. Well, you pay for what you get though :)

Good place to get gas for cheap. If you’re lucky to hit it just right without having to wait in the usual long line, then I say… bonus! The guys pumping the gas for you don’t mess around and get the job done quickly.

When I went to buy some snack the worker basically ignored me until someone behind me ask that they let me pay for my items. He literally had 3 people pay before me while I was at the counter. Super weird experience.

I’ve had mixed experiences at this ARCO. For the first time ever, my car had a check engine light come on after I bought gas here. It was during the wet season, so I wondered if when the station got its last delivery water somehow got in the mixture.
Pump attendants here have always been brief but nice but inside the AMPM is a bit of a different story. One time I was using ARCO gift cards and that did not go over very well.

You can look around for cheaper gas prices and they are out there but in my neck of the woods. This is the best price on gas week after week. The staff are all great. They whip cars through here as fast as the drivers can get back to their cars and drive away. It’s a convenient store so don’t go looking for good food or great alcohol at low prices or good taste cuz your at AM/​PM/​ARCO for one thing. For the love of food, please stay away from what I assume is edible whatever that stuff in the back is! There is a reason they sell two hamburgers for super cheap. (psst. It’s not all beef. It’s more than likely part beef, part soy bean and part MSM (Mechanically Separated Meat) (AKA Pink Slime)) but boy Howdy is the gas cheaply priced.

I’ve never had a problem at this Arco before. It’s usually in the top 5 of cheap gas in the SE area if you pay in cash… And the attendants are pretty quick and friendly… But the girl behind the counter is a name I can’t say on Unilocal.
Yesterday, I went in to pay for my gas, but there was a line. A few of the people were standing there because they were going to pay cash on their fills, so they let me go ahead on pay. I handed her my money and said, «6» because that was the tank I was at. I realized I didn’t tell her how much of that cash I was putting in, so she looked at it and said, «$ 30 on 6?» And I said, «Yes.»
I go back out, and my gas wasn’t pumping yet. We stood there and the attendant didn’t know what was going on, so he was trying to talk to her over the system. She kept saying it was pumping, and he was like, «No it’s not» multiple times. Finally, he came back to me and said, «She wants to talk to you inside.»
I go back inside and she said, «You told me 7, so someone else got your gas.» I never said 7. I said 6, and she repeated it to me with my payment. And of course, I had paid in cash, so I didn’t have records of anything. So I told her, «I said 6, and you even repeated me. No one said 7.» So she said, «No, you said 7 and you’re on 6.» Luckily, there was a gentleman still in there that had been waiting on his fill. So I said, «Sorry to bring you into this, but you’ve been here this whole time. You heard both of us say 6, right?» And he nodded his head and smiled.
This girl then goes on to say, «Well, they must’ve told me 7, but you should know your own number so I don’t charge the wrong tank.» And so I had to fight back by then since she was still blaming other people. I said, «YOU put in the information. WE BOTH said 6. YOU pushed the wrong button. Don’t blame me, don’t blame them. Say sorry and fix it.»
She wouldn’t look me in the eye anymore and just said, «You’ll get your gas.» And then she has the guts to announce over the system, «Make sure the customers know which tank they’re at so they don’t pay for the wrong tank.» So I had to turn around again, even though I was ready to leave, to say, «We had the right number. I said it first and you CONFIRMED it. Don’t blame other people for messing up.»
I went back outside and yelled to the attendant from across the lot, «She’s blaming you now!» He just laughed and shook his head. He joked, «Yeah, everything is everyone else’s fault, right?» And when I was waiting for the gas, the guy that backed me up was done with his fill and I gave a big thanks to him. He just smiled because the whole situation was pretty ridiculous.
Now I just want to find someone contact information for the actual owner because that was not ok. You don’t start off by blaming other people. You can say what happened, even though you’re still wasting my time by not just fixing it off the bat. But she came at me, blaming me for something that obviously wasn’t true in the least. And then she attacks her other employees in a store full of people waiting. Maybe this girl isn’t ready for a job. Or life.

It’s a pretty big inconvenience that only cash and debit cards ($ 0.35 fee) are accepted; NO credit cards!
But… if you’re looking for the cheapest gas and don’t want/​need the additives that Chevron/​Shell/​76 add (they claim extend the life of your engine) this is probably your best bet!
Plus they are usually high volume/​turnover shops so you’re guaranteed to have relatively fresh gas (not old gas that’s been sitting in the tank of Bob’s Country Gas for 3 months soaking up water vapor).