Has anyone seen a Wayne "Ovation" gas pump before ?

These have been appearing at a few Shell stations in my area. They have a LCD monitor that shows advertisements for items sold at the gas station store as well as sports and weather. No video was being played when I was filling up this morning though. This Shell Station is in Diamond Bar at Brea Canyon and Golden Springs.

We've had pumps like that in Canada for a few years now. Don't really have time to watch the LCD when you're trying to get a perfect pump.

The bad thing about those pumps are they seem to be slower than the old pumps.

Sam's Club has a similar setup at their gas station near where I live.

We have them here, they play a combination of news and ads.

None here in Oregon(where we're too stupid to pump our own gas).

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Oh good grief. There's no escape from advertising!

How'd I get ahead of PhotonWrangler's post? I read PW's post BEFORE I posted my own. Strange.

Yours showed up after mine here, Diesel. I think the flux capacitor is leaking fluid again

Cool! Right next to In-N-Out! In Covina, on Grand and Fairway (right next to the 10 freeway) there a gas station that has LCDs above the pumps. Last time I went there, they had the channel 5 news playing. It's a CW or WC station (not sure which it is, the sign has a big 'C' and a big 'W' on top of each other).

Now that I think about it, I think I may have actually used the pump in the photo! Right across the street, in the photo, the restaurant on the corner is one of the last few Bob's Big Boys left in California.

I was just at that Bob's, but didn't go across the street for gas... Got mine right there in the restaurant! The Big Boys in Toluca Lake is good too, very historic. I'll have to watch for those pumps. Wonder if the TV Killer would work on one?
--Bob

tebore said:

We've had pumps like that in Canada for a few years now. Don't really have time to watch the LCD when you're trying to get a perfect pump.

The bad thing about those pumps are they seem to be slower than the old pumps.

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Hmmm....... I wonder whay they would be slower ? Could it be that the advertiser wants you to take the extra time to view their ad's ??

Luckily, we don't have those here......YET.

Cliff

In Covina, on Grand and Fairway (right next to the 10 freeway) there a gas station that has LCDs above the pumps. Last time I went there, they had the channel 5 news playing. It's a CW or WC station (not sure which it is, the sign has a big 'C' and a big 'W' on top of each other).

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I just passed that station today on my way to the Office Depot at the Eastland shopping center; it's a Valero gas station. The pumps appear to be older models though with monitors added to the top.

We have them in some places in Washington. I don't pay any attention to them, even when the pump is going slower.

yuandrew said:

I just passed that station today on my way to the Office Depot at the Eastland shopping center; it's a Valero gas station. The pumps appear to be older models though with monitors added to the top.

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Did it change to Valero? I can swear that I just saw it as being a "WC" or "CW". I remember it having a red-orange and yellow sign. I'll have to take another look. I drive by there several times every day, I'll check tomorrow.

You're right though, they are older pumps with LCDs added to the top. Pretty competitive gas prices, too. That used to be a Chevron that always had outrages prices. It's hard to see the logic behind a gas station selling their gas for 20 cents more than the station right across the street from them. It's good to see a station on that corner that has sane prices thinking, for once.

I just filled up at Shell the other day and noticed that it was a new pump, but didn't notice the "big" screen. Do you have EasyPay in the U.S. ? It's a small tag for your keychain that activates the pump. If you forget your wallet at home you can still pay for gas, it then gets billed directly to your credit card, no running in to pay the attendant either. Very convenient.

yuandrew said:

I just passed that station today on my way to the Office Depot at the Eastland shopping center; it's a Valero gas station. The pumps appear to be older models though with monitors added to the top.

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Yup, while filling up at the Arco across the street, I did see that it is now a Valero. They must have just changed it. I don't think it's open yet, though. It was being painted, today.