# Does The Gas Pump Want To Keep My Change?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-gas-pump-want-to-keep-my-change/633030>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 29, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-gas-pump-want-to-keep-my-change/633030 "2012-08-29T14:23:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-gas-pump-want-to-keep-my-change/633030/21 "2012-08-30T06:28:20Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Full tank or not, Americans mostly still carry cash (though I don’t).

But they [mostly don’t use it to buy gas](http://phoenixmi.com/POSProfile/GasStation.pdf) (PDF).

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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-gas-pump-want-to-keep-my-change/633030/22 "2012-08-30T06:29:19Z")

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> [@standingwave](#):
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> I thought I said that I understand why the hold is necessary. Oh yeah, I did. 🙂
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> I’m still a cash guy.

No worries. Just elaborating a bit for those who might not understand the process. 🙂

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