Petrol & Service Stations
United Petroleum
United Petroleum
An independent and Australian owned petrol station and convenience store company operating across the country.
I stopped at the United service station on the New England highway while on a long road trip for a quick bathroom break before continuing on my trip... I was however made to wait for 15 minutes as the station was ‘closed’, the staff ( looked like 3 JUNOUR females) were rude and in no hurry to provide any kind of decent customer service. In this time 3 other cars were made to leave the service station as no fuel was being supplied.
After I was allowed through the locked front door with a snarky comment, I used the bathroom to find cleaning equipment in one of the cubicles.
Next I went to the counter for hot food and was told that no food was to be cooked and they will not be cooking for the rest of the night, this was at 7pm...
Such a disappointing experience
Tuesday the 14th of june, very early in the morning, roughly at about 12am I pulled in to the service station to top up my car with $20 of petrol. I also purchased a pack of chips which were labled on special at $3.50. The man who was working at the time charged me $24.50 and I thought it didn't sound correct so I asked for a receipt. I went and double checked the price tag of the chips on the shelf and they were $3.50 and then told the man he had over charged me a dollar. He then opened the register and gave me the dollar without hesitation and without apologising to me. Im not saying this man purposely over charged me a dollar, but the fact that he didn't hesitate to refund me the dollar without checking the price himself and just taking my word for it was very suspicious. I then nicely asked the man for his name as I didn't notice a name tag and he quietly mumbled a name which I could not understand due to his ethnic background. I have just written to united ...read more
