Akumal Tip #005 - Getting gas at the Pemex gas station and how not to get rooked
There is only one brand of gasoline - the government owned Pemex. Gasoline rates are higher in Mexico than in the U.S. and the stations only accept cash. They are full service stations and a few pesos tip for the attendant is appeciated. Most attendants are friendly and honest, but we have run across a few opportunists.
When gassing up your rent car at the Pemex station near Akumal in the Riviera Maya, make sure the pump is set at zero before the attendant begins pumping your gas and watch the pump while it is running in case the attendant tries to add to the final amount. It has happened to us more than once that an attendant has attemped to supplement his day wage by adding a few dollars to our purchase. Count your change before you leave the station or any business for that matter. The most common way for a scoundrel here to cheat you is confusion while handing back change.
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Maybe I missed it, but the worst Pemex scam is pretending a credit card didn’t work. This happened at the station just south of the airport where you want to fill up before returning the rental car and you don’t have any pesos to speak of. They run the card, which goes thru fine then just tell you (with a menacing look) it didn’t. You REPAY in dollars (at 10 per) and the guys at the station are $30 better off.
