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pilotmass Champion Author Boston Posts:1,971 Points:530,310 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 18, 2012 4:35:11 PM Ignore pilotmass Report Abuse If you upload a photo of a gas station, you should get more points. 100 Pts IMHO

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If you upload a photo of a gas station, you should get more points. 100 Pts IMHO

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Gas_Eyes Champion Author Dallas Posts:2,817 Points:672,560 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 22, 2012 12:10:00 PM Ignore Gas_Eyes Report Abuse Leave it as it is. The value of GB is to find the best price to fill up, and prevent stations to be honest.
Lerxst17 Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,162 Points:425,315 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 22, 2012 10:55:59 AM Ignore Lerxst17 Report Abuse Don't change a thing on the point schedule, although I wouldn't mind if the awards from the apps were available to view on the site.
herndonks Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,116 Points:211,685 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Mar 21, 2012 2:20:19 PM Ignore herndonks Report Abuse The points structure has been the same since the early days of the site in 2001. While I am a new member, I don't think it would be fair to original members to change the point structure now. In any case, reporting gas prices and using GB as a tool to find cheap gas is the primary objective; the points are just for fun and are fine the way they are. I suspect that having the "awards" for the apps was an attempt by GB to give members more "points" stuff. It was a bad idea and has caused problems with improper reporting of gas prices.
Pard Champion Author Detroit Posts:86,068 Points:3,157,785 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2012 9:47:48 PM Ignore Pard Report Abuse Like heck it is!
pilotmass Champion Author Boston Posts:1,971 Points:530,310 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2012 3:27:57 PM Ignore pilotmass Report Abuse Trev71 who said anything about driving and picture taking. thats for teenagers.
Trev71 Sophomore Author New Brunswick Posts:179 Points:30,260 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 16, 2012 2:59:38 PM Ignore Trev71 Report Abuse dumb idea, you shouldnt be taking pictures and driving..
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,681 Points:1,585,160 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Mar 14, 2012 1:59:54 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse GM78: There is a topic already set up for you right cheer. [Edited by: CampKohler at 3/14/2012 2:00:27 PM EST]
Pard Champion Author Detroit Posts:86,068 Points:3,157,785 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2012 1:39:29 PM Ignore Pard Report Abuse heyjude, here's a tip, post for the full 975 points every day, plus the 100 points for the weekly poll, and watch those bad boys add up! Then you have a better chance of winning what there is! [Edited by: Pard at 3/12/2012 1:40:14 PM EST]
heyjudeCT Champion Author Hartford Posts:1,837 Points:150,175 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2012 12:51:43 PM Ignore heyjudeCT Report Abuse more prizes please!!!!!!!
Pard Champion Author Detroit Posts:86,068 Points:3,157,785 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Mar 4, 2012 3:40:55 PM Ignore Pard Report Abuse LMAO, gasmask!
gasmask78 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,390 Points:468,745 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 25, 2012 2:46:37 AM Ignore gasmask78 Report Abuse we should get 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000...points every time we make up random piece of nonsense that causes other people to laugh. Quick, someone post something funny, click your heels together three times and hope for the best!!
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:23,066 Points:3,550,100 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Feb 25, 2012 1:34:35 AM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse "why are there pictures of the station on the site?" invites the question, why not? In some cases, it makes the station easy to identify or find, in most, it is just another piece of information that can be added.
ratboy1968 Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,757 Points:576,725 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 25, 2012 12:10:04 AM Ignore ratboy1968 Report Abuse why are there pictures of the station on the site?
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 23, 2012 7:38:13 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse scoutmaster wrote: "You all also know if there were no points a lot of people would just go away." I don't know that, if that happened, anyone would be clamoring "Houston, we have a problem." For an advertising perspective I understand why the website would prefer to have as many members as possible. However, from a member's perspective, if the people that left because they didn't get points for posting one word, one number, or one widget or one sentence comments here anonymously, that opened (for points) but didn't read the news articles, etc., we'd probably be left with just those people that joined the website for the purpose of posting gas prices in return for learning the gas prices perhaps just outside their immediate or regular drive posted by other website members. I don't know that that would such a bad thing.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,692 Points:2,386,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Feb 23, 2012 5:13:55 PM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse I encourage you to not upload any pictures. I find them worthless and believe they simply slow down the loading of station data I actually want to see.
CelticHeart Champion Author Detroit Posts:138,761 Points:3,193,125 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 23, 2012 2:09:27 PM Ignore CelticHeart Report Abuse Should be "paid" for posting a picture? Give me a break. I've been posting since August 2004, never missed a day and I am happy to do it because posting prices HELPS OTHERS. When hubby was on the road, GB was the greatest tool we had in getting cheap prices for gas. Why should you care that much about points when you've left so many behind?
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 23, 2012 12:07:51 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse pilotmass: "When we post prices we get points and help buddies. Posting a pic helps so we should be "paid" for it." How does "posting a pic" help? And, as you already said that when you post prices you "help buddies", isn't that enough of a reward, helping the other person and the other person helping you? Is your time and efforts that self-important that you have to be "paid" for everything you do? Even if you're already receiving free information from a website? Are you willing to pay Gas Buddy for their service to you?
lwren1367 Champion Author Little Rock Posts:9,177 Points:1,334,305 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 23, 2012 11:51:57 AM Ignore lwren1367 Report Abuse If you want paid, maybe you should find a job!
pilotmass Champion Author Boston Posts:1,971 Points:530,310 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 23, 2012 11:21:30 AM Ignore pilotmass Report Abuse When we post prices we get points and help buddies. Posting a pic helps so we should be "paid" for it.
lwren1367 Champion Author Little Rock Posts:9,177 Points:1,334,305 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2012 4:29:30 PM Ignore lwren1367 Report Abuse No you mean people and fluff! Some of us are here because we enjoy the site. Points are just a freebie they give us.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2012 4:25:03 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse You all also know if there were no points a lot of people would just go away.
lwren1367 Champion Author Little Rock Posts:9,177 Points:1,334,305 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2012 11:42:24 AM Ignore lwren1367 Report Abuse You all know if we just had a points catch up day once a month, that would solve all the issues with new threads about points. Just post 6 fuel prices on the first Monday of the month and you will be given the same amount of points (to make you equal) as the current all time point leader.
buckeyecountry Champion Author Ohio Posts:8,188 Points:727,680 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2012 9:02:57 AM Ignore buckeyecountry Report Abuse I learned a new term today.....lol
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2012 6:45:51 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse buckeye just lost 500 points for self-effacement!
Tanner_1 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:1,544 Points:472,075 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2012 6:14:16 PM Ignore Tanner_1 Report Abuse If you are in Seattle you should get points for drinking "Seattle's Best" coffee, not Starbucks - it is terrible.
DanceswBeer Rookie Author Seattle Posts:1 Points:120 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2012 5:15:37 PM Ignore DanceswBeer Report Abuse Yo pilotmass ? I'm in Seattle and these fools would want points for showing a picture of how many starbucks cups they drank just... TODAY. lol
buckeyecountry Champion Author Ohio Posts:8,188 Points:727,680 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2012 4:20:55 PM Ignore buckeyecountry Report Abuse what the heck... 250 consecutive days = 250 points 500 consecutive days = 500 points 1000 consecutive days = 1000 points 2500 consecutive days = 2500 points 5000 consecutive days = 5000 points
CelticHeart Champion Author Detroit Posts:138,761 Points:3,193,125 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2012 3:57:47 PM Ignore CelticHeart Report Abuse kwzh: "Now, if we're lucky, this topic will get buried before it starts to collect random clutter from everybody else who also has an idea about points." Bad idea all around! Best idea: Start a NEW topic every time someone has an idea about getting more points. Tee hee! :Þ
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:50:57 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse C'mon Gas_Buddy! You should get double points for that idea!
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 7:45:47 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Okay; before this topic gets buried, as kwzh hopes it will (and as it should), let me offer a "New Point award idea". I think, in the vein of pilotmass's suggestion, that if you post a suggestion for points, "you should get more points. 100 Pts IMHO" (the quotes being pilotmass's words). Better yet, we can go one step further, if you post a suggestion for points and the moderators don't take your suggestion, thereby denying you the opportunity to earn points (say, for uploading a photo of a gas station), you should get more points for being denied the right to get more points. Perhaps "100 Pts IMHO". Seriously, this topic should have been closed before I posted the above inane suggestions. If it had been closed before I posted the above inane suggestions, nothing would have been lost from the discussion.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:37:37 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Or, kwzh, we could come up with more totally absurd ideas to earn points like I should get points for waking up every morning.
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,790 Points:3,710,915 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 4:19:31 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse As soon as I saw "New Point award idea", I was pretty sure it was going to be a bad idea. Now, if we're lucky, this topic will get buried before it starts to collect random clutter from everybody else who also has an idea about points.
gasmask78 Champion Author Virginia Posts:2,390 Points:468,745 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2012 5:14:35 PM Ignore gasmask78 Report Abuse This is yet another reason why the general work ethic in our country has fallen flat on it's face.
ziyulu Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:8,635 Points:1,630,070 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2012 8:18:19 AM Ignore ziyulu Report Abuse By the same token, if you fail to upload a photo of a gas station, you should get deducted 100 points per day.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:26,197 Points:3,061,500 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 18, 2012 9:28:27 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Even assuming that this would be a one-time points award - because if not, some people would continually post the same picture of the same gas station multiple times - what's the value of uploading a photo of a gas station? First, do you generally check the photos already posted for gas stations? Would the photo influence your buying gas at a particular gas station. And what would be the benefit of posting photos of a gas station for the majority of Gas Buddy members. Said another way, a website improvement suggestion should have value for the website; other than providing points for a limited number of members, what would be the value of the photo posting? I would think that, as more stations have reduced their operating hours, there would be value in posting the hours the station is open, but I don't see that being a points award idea (nor do I think it's worthy of points). Just my opinion, that's all. Just my opinion.
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:23,066 Points:3,550,100 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Feb 18, 2012 6:25:45 PM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse Idea has been floated before, was a bad idea then, still a bad idea.
CelticHeart Champion Author Detroit Posts:138,761 Points:3,193,125 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 18, 2012 5:39:33 PM Ignore CelticHeart Report Abuse No, no, a thousand times NO!