ARCO’s earns a 1.5-star rating from 174 reviews, showing that the majority of fuel consumers are dissatisfied with gasoline quality and service.
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When walking into Arco Gasoline, there is a real bad odor, throughout the store, I believe that is making the product less value, I have personal experience about making purchases, of the same item over and over again, and it never stays the same, it loses the value, and the quality is less.
I believe they are cooking the wrong item, and selling there using my barcodes, and taking the currency as a credit, to there account. I went to Arco Gasoline the other day and was informed the are accepting EBT on another merchant service, I then continued to make purchase, and end up using a merchant service that was said to be for EBT, on an Tobacco product, and had problems paying for the order. I went to another Arco Gasoline, and was told they raised the price of a Tobacco product I was purchasing, and I asked why, and the women clerk said, 1.19 I brought it anyway, and during the process, of accepting my purchase threw the merchant terminal, is said FS, I told the woman clerk, it's say's food stamps, and she no, I repeated over, and she continued to say, No.
gas
I asked the attendant to fill the gas tank. She asked me to go inside and tell them how much I want.
I then told the attendant until it's full and she just told me to tell them how much I want inside. She finally pumped my gas which was over calculated and too much but failed to give me the whole remainder into my spare gas tank; the attendant inside at the cashier ignored my request to a receipt and change returned.
purchase of fuel (gasoline)
On September 15 I purchased 10.732 gallons of regular gasoline at $3.09 per gallon giving a total cost of $32.40 at the pump. Because you have to prepay before filling up my master card travel cash card had to be scanned before I could fill up and as I had no idea of how much fuel the rental car would take I did not specify an amount. I was told that this would be okay and the card would only be charged for the amount of petrol purchased. I filled up and reported back to the cashier who looked up the pump and said that $32.40 would be charged to my card and gave me a receipt for such. At the earliest opportunity that I could get a secure internet connection I checked the transactions on my Travel cash card and to my surprise found an amount of $70 US charged to my card.
The petrol station was the Arco petrol station on the corner of Tropicano Avenue and the Las Vegas International Airport Road. The gasoline was purchased from pump 15 at 6.33 pm on September 15, 2015.
I cannot return to the petrol station as I am now in San Francisco. What can I do to correct this?
Ray Muller.
email: [protected]@yahoo.com.au
Misleading pricing
Went into this AM/PM Arco. Wanted to buy a new Strawberry Budweiser beer. Price stated $7.99. Girl wrung me up, almost $15... This was a 12 pack. Questioned her, she said that's what the register was ringing up as. Took her back to where they'd stocked, where there were two other 12 packs right behind the $7.99 price. Nothing on the tag except the price...
Read full review of ARCO and 5 commentsFailure to print gas receipts at dispenser
When pumping gas, consumer is unable to print receipt from gas dispenser. I have been pumping gas from this establishment for more than a year, and approx. once every 2 weeks to get gas. EACH time I finish, I am unable to obtain a receipt from the gas dispenser and the message states I have to go inside to get a receipt. This is an obvious attempt to get...
Read full review of ARCO and 4 commentsterrorist threats, physical altercation, harassment
on july 15, 2013 between the time of 10:25 and 11:00 p.m i arrived at arco to get air in my bycicle tire and the employee Liz Noia who has had prior to this incident been very confrontational with me.This incident here she threatened my life as well as her boyfriend who was there as well.She told me to watch my back that she has people looking for me to do...
Read full review of ARCOcustomer service
Whether you are buying gas or buying merchandise in the store the cashiers are very rude. You could kill them with kindness and it would not work. They are always too busy flirting with the young guys that are in the store and you interrupted that. How horrible you are to want to purchase something while they are flirting. And the rudeness comes out.
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discrimimation
Visited the Arco for fuel. Stood at the counter for just
Over a minute while the attendant was writing something
Down on a clipboard. He looks up and rudely asks what I
Want. Showed him my American dollars and said I wanted
$60 on pump 4. He rudely tells me to move to the other register
Because apparently I wasn't in the right place. I layed my cash on
The counter and walk away. I get to the door and he calls me back.
He hands my money back, tells me he doesn't need me money and
To go back to Canada in front of a line of customers.
I phoned BP customer service, obtained an email for a letter of complaint
To e sent. Received a confirmation email, told I would receive contact
In about a week. No call. I phoned and was assured a call by the end of
The week. No call. Phones again and said Monday I'd get a call. Guess
What. Monday and no call. Make another call and the phone rep tries to call
The district manager herself, and reaches him. Told I would get a call the next
Day. Two days later I get a call from the district manager who apologizes for the
Trouble, advised there's nothing he can do as this is a franchise location and
Their hands are tied. And hopes that I will continue to be an Arco customer.
Really? After that they still expect me to shop there?
Nice try. I sent a letter to the Bellingham chamber of commerce to let them
Know how that business is being run in their town.
racism & rude
On February 12th at approximately 4:30 pm I stopped to get gas at 145 KERN ST. SALINAS, CALIFORNIA [protected]. I had left my ATM card at home but I did have change. I had exactly $2.68 in change. My daughter had problems with the same employee in the past due to giving change for gas. The employee wouldn't take change unless it was in a paper change holder so she didn't need to count it. Myself and my daughter are white and the employee is Hispanic. My daughter @ that time went to her car to put her $0.76 pennies in a coin roll but then asked a Hispanic male to bring her $3.76 in change to the lady for gas. I guess she didn't notice but she took it. Now I had $2.00 in quarters ect and 68 pennies. She told me she won't accept them unless I put $0.68 pennies in a $1.00 penny roll. She told me to go and was telling the guy behind me to step up. I could see if I had 10.00 in pennies or more but it was $0.68 cents. I want something done due to racism & poor customer service. She just refused to count my change and my daughters but took a Hispanics change. I was embarrassed and disgusted with my treatment as a customer.
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I would tell her ''listen, I forgot my bank card. I'm offering you money at the moment and you're refusing to take it. If you do not take it, I'm leaving. Go ahead and call the cops. What are you going to tell them? That I tied to pay you and you wouldn't take my money?
scammers
This happened to me twice already. I bought gas for $30 from them, but they charged me for $60. How can they do like this? Scammers!
gas quality
I add $40.00 ARCO Regular gas (10.814 gallon). I had derived less than 138.00 miles and I had to add the gas again. The Arco gas quality was so low.
Read full review of ARCOrip-offs
Arco charges it's customers $ .45 every time we want to use our debit card at their gas stations. When asked, Arco says the charge is for processing and the convenience of not dealing with, or going into, the store, and wait in line for your receipt. The problem is that there is never paper in the cash machines so you must go inside and wait in line to get your receipt. Where is the convenience in this?
As to the processing charges, they have instituted a debit card of their own that erases the $.45 charge. What happened to the "cost of processing" with this new card? The major problem with that is if your legal address is a PO Box, you are declined without cause!
When contacted about both of these issues all you get is corporate blah blah!
When you think about it, if you aer getting 10 gallons of gar, the $.45 charge is an added $.045 cents to each gallon of gas. You might want to look around for another company who's gasoline costs 4 or 5 cents more so that you don't have to put up with the Arco rip-offs and wasting time in their lines.
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rude/disrespectful customer service
On March 25th, 2011 I walked into the Arco AM/PM to pay for gas and get a fountain drink. I went to the register, asked for "$40.00 on PUMP 19 and the 44oz fountian drink." The cashier repeated the pump number "19" to me and I said yes. When I went outside to pump my gas in my work van, no gas pumped, and the pump didnt say there was anything pre paid. I went back inside and asked if she was sure she put it on pump 19 because it hadnt pumped any gas. She said "Yes I'm sure I put 19 because I even repeated it back to you..let me check" after checking and re printing the reciept, it showed $40.00 pre paid on pump 19 so she went in the back to speak with what i think is a supervisor. She then ran outside, looked at the pump, then came back inside at which point another young lady began to help me. Asking me all the same questions as the previous girl I explained once again what had happened. She then tells me "All i see here is $20. so What I can do is give you $20 of gas and take your name and number and after my shift at 2pm count the register and call you" So i then said how she was getting $20 because the reciept said $40 was paid, and her co worker was there to say the same thing. She said that she couldnt do anything more, so I asked to talk to a supervisor. She went over to her supervisor/manager, and started telling him what happened, then comes back and tells me that all she could do it $20. So i then call over the supervisor and he makes a remark in spanish to someone he was speaking with. When he came up to me I told him "Just so you know I speak spanish and understand it fluently and will speak to you in spanish" I told him what had occured and he then told his cashier to just give me the $40 cause it wan't my fault and that they would "check the cameras later to make sure i didnt say a different pump number" I said thank you that is all i was asking for. Then the cashier tells me, she was "only trying to help and was no need for me to get rude" At which point i told her she wasnt being helpful and just looking for her best interest. she then YELLS at me and says "There [protected]@CK $40 on pump 19, get out of here, you are soo drama!" I said thank you very much all I wanted was THE GAS I PUMPED FOR!
wrong product delivered
Ordered Arco whole bean coffee in a large quantity (whole bean on website only avail in large quantity) as a gift for 80+ yr old in-laws as a Thank you for their support while my Mom was dying. They had Arco ground but really wanted whole bean and I though it would be a nice surprise. What was delivered was all ground & instead of any offer to do anything to make it right (ship the correct order or substitute a dif order of whole bean) they want me to have these people repackage it and ship it all back. They admit it was an error on their website but i don't see this as a resolution. Watch out they do not deliver as advertised!
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rude service
The young gas station attendant first told me the gas hose wouldn't reach around to the other side of my car (which in itself was ridiculous, as I have it filled this way all the time, which I tried to point out to him — ) but he told me to pull forward and turn my vehicle around. When I did so, he was already filling another customer's tank where I was to pull in. When I confronted him, he shrugged his shoulder and told me "Well, he pulled up." There was quite a line — which I'd already spent plenty of time waiting in — so I left.
And I'll never return.
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fraudulent debit card charge for $82.90
I also had a similar experience at Arco Gas in Los Angeles. I've never patronized that company before and I'll definitely won't go back there. On Sunday afternoon (11/28/10)I pulled up to the pump and used my debit card at the outside terminal. I selected the pump and returned to pump my gas and no gas came out. I went inside to inform the attendant and was told that my card was not accepted and to pay on the inside. I paid $20.00 + .45 service charge, pumped the gas, and checked the outside terminal to make sure transaction was canceled. I checked my bank account two days later and there was an additional charge of $82.90 date stamped the same day as the $20.00 charge two hours after. I spoke with the owner who was EXTREMELY rude and provided him with my bank statements. He had the audacity to tell me that I must have returned back to the gas station to fill up my tank...BTW I drive a Toyota Highlander or I gave someone my card! I contacted my bank who is now investigating this matter, along with the BBB and Consumer Affairs.
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rude and needs to learn english
I went to fill my sons car todaywith gas, he is in the gulf right now. I wanted a full tank before winter. I pulled up to the gas pump, #15 and went to pay at the terminal and it said to go to another, so I did and they had not cleared it yet inside. So I went inside and proceded to wait in line and gave a young asian gentleman $20 dollars and went back...
Read full review of ARCOterrible auto repair service
*WARNING* This is a terrible place to get auto mechanic work completed. The wait time for myself, as well as all the other customers I saw there complaining that their services took exceeding longer than was originally told (I was told 2-4 hours, it became 4 days). The ordering of parts was apparently very difficult for them, even for an American made car. The owner, JAY, was extremely rude, and would not follow through on his original promises. JAY does not take the time to discuss the work with customers, apologize for any inconveniences and demeans customers in front of the other people waiting for service. The one bright spot was JON the service manager. He is attentive, intelligent and extremely well spoken, and although he made some errors regarding wait times, he sincerely regretted the mistakes and was immediately willing to reduce the price, arrange other transportation and treat you like a human being. However, that said, due to extremely long waits, poor ownership customer service (JAY) and very small, limited space thereby reducing efficiency of service, I would strongly recommend anyone from getting work done here.
Charged $100 for gas not purchased
Pulled up to gas pump early in morning around 5:30 AM. Used my debit card at outside terminal to select pump. However, gas pump will not pump gas. Therefore, I hang up pump handle thinking this will cancell transaction. I also try to get a receipt to verify that transaction was closed. However, machine will not give me a receipt. I then move to a different pump which appears to be working fine, where I then pump about $22 dollars worth of fuel. This time I am able to get a receipt which I keep. About a week later, I see my on my online statement, a charge of $22, but there is also a charge for $100. I then later call the service station manager who reviews the video and transactions records with me on the phone. He says he sees my car pull up and try to get gas, then moves to a different pump. He says, that he sees large vehical pull up to pump that I had trouble with later and pump gas. He tells me that my transaction was not closed out, and refused to refund my money. I complaned to him that his pump was not working properly, and that is seems fishy also that someone could pump exactly $100 worth of gas, given also, there is an added 45 cents fee. He doesn't wish to help me, so I file a complaint with my bank which is still pending. I would have thought that even if I started a transaction that it would time out after hanging up the pump handle which I did purposely also? Is there anybody with a similar experience?
I used the terminal outside and put $6.00 in it. I went to the pump to pump my gas and no money was there? I went in the store to talk to the manager and he said, you are putting the money in at your own risk outside. I asked is this printed on the P.O.S terminal and he replied yes, this is a lie. The manager simply said we don't know if you put the money in the terminal or not we can not help you. I am know calling corporate they seem to have no responsibility, so on the search I go! It is not about the $6.00 it is the principal. If I stole a loaf of bread, I would be in jail. Go corporate America !
I also had a similar experience at Arco Gas in Los Angeles. I've never patronized that company before and I'll definitely won't go back there. On Sunday afternoon (11/28/10)I pulled up to the pump and used my debit card at the outside terminal. I selected the pump and returned to pump my gas and no gas came out. I went inside to inform the attendant and was told that my card was not accepted and to pay on the inside. I paid $20.00 + .45 service charge, pumped the gas, and checked the outside terminal to make sure transaction was canceled. I checked my bank account two days later and there was an additional charge of $82.90 date stamped the same day as the $20.00 charge two hours after. I spoke with the owner who was EXTREMELY rude and provided him with my bank statements. He had the audacity to tell me that I must have returned back to the gas station to fill up my tank...BTW I drive a Toyota Highlander or I gave someone my card! I contacted my bank who is now investigating this matter, along with the BBB and Consumer Affairs.
bad gas
We stopped for gasoline yesterday at the ARCO station in Kingston, WA. Shortly after getting the gasoline, our engine started running rough. Used HEET, but still the engine sputtered and ran rough. Had to leave the car at a friend's house when the check engine light came on. Called ARCO today, but they refuse to accept responsibility, insisting that it couldn't possibly be their gasoline since they test it every week. We are boycotting the company after this and ensuring that everyone we know hears about their bad gasoline.
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On September 18th, 2009, I went into 'Simon's Mini Market', located at 501 E. Manchester Inglewood, Ca 90301 attempting to purchase $7.00 dollars in gas.
The attendent who had a problem understanding "english" place the $7.00 dollar purchase on the wrong pump. After I he corrected this matter, the attendent refused to provide the $7.00 dollars, stating I had already recieved $1.99.
I requested my receit, which only states $5.00 dollars. In addition, the situation was becoming out-of-hand.
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