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Supercharger - San Diego CA - A Street (LIVE 27 Jun 2018, 16 Urban type)
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DDotJ
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Interesting, today (Saturday August 11th) I went into the lot to charge at 4:55 pm, and when I left around 5:15 I got out for free. The gate arm was up and they weren't checking tickets. 
The 6th avenue exit was closed and they had signs up telling people to exit on Ash Street.
The 6th avenue exit was closed and they had signs up telling people to exit on Ash Street.
twonius
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Hey just got a fraud alert on my credit card and one of the last places I used it was this garage.
Just checking to see if anyone else got the same recently maybe there's a skimmer in the reader.
Just checking to see if anyone else got the same recently maybe there's a skimmer in the reader.
SR-75
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I have told many GasBuddies that one of many reasons for going EV &/or Tesla was not to have to use my credit card to fill up with the fear of getting caught with a skimmer in a card reader. This charging location just blew away this one reason. This sucks.
ord3r
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Need more pay locations like this. 5 dollars a day keeps the peasants away.
Skimming will go away once credit card companies get their act together and eliminate magnetic strips. (They also need to make the numbers printed on credit card useless to thieves.) Though hopefully these companies actually care about this more than it appears.
twonius
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We really need chip and pin in the US .apparently it's coming but the merchants are slow to adapt, and in the past didn't have to bear much of the cost of fraud.
Why Is the U.S. Determined to Have the Least-Secure Credit Cards in the World? - The Atlantic
But that's a topic for another forum.
twonius
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I called Ace Parking and flagged that there may potentially be a skimmer to them. They seemed receptive and are passing it on to the manager.
The chip prevents skimming, while the PIN prevents unauthorized use by someone who has physical possession of the card. I think universal adoption of chip, even without PIN, would be a large step toward reducing credit card fraud.
twonius
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Considering how seriously they take security
Chip payment would be something good for Tesla to add to their requirements for supercharger locations that require payment.
Chip payment would be something good for Tesla to add to their requirements for supercharger locations that require payment.
When pulling into garage:
1. Open stopwatch app on your phone
2. Press "start" and ticket button at the same time.
3. Plug in
4. At ~12 min, go up the elevator to the second floor
5. At ~14 min, insert ticket into machine and press "lap" button of stopwatch app at the same time. Take new ticket and head back to car.
6. At ~13 min on new ticket, unplug and head out (in case a car in front of you takes a minute to pay or shuffle out of their own spot.
Congratulations, now you've charged for ~26 minutes for FREE and only had to park once. Just the way God intended. Who needs Mira Mesa if you live south of the 8? (rhetorical question; I care not for your unique situation)
1. Open stopwatch app on your phone
2. Press "start" and ticket button at the same time.
3. Plug in
4. At ~12 min, go up the elevator to the second floor
5. At ~14 min, insert ticket into machine and press "lap" button of stopwatch app at the same time. Take new ticket and head back to car.
6. At ~13 min on new ticket, unplug and head out (in case a car in front of you takes a minute to pay or shuffle out of their own spot.
Congratulations, now you've charged for ~26 minutes for FREE and only had to park once. Just the way God intended. Who needs Mira Mesa if you live south of the 8? (rhetorical question; I care not for your unique situation)
Then take a lap around the block and DO IT AGAIN!!
Life is too short to supercharge slower than 50kW. Put it on my tombstone.
This was a very helpful tutorial!
And to answer my own question, it appears the machine does take cash (wouldn't know for sure since I supercharged for FREE using the above instructions), so for those of you wishing to avoid any credit card issues, you can just pop in a $5 bill.
For bonus points, take the stairs every time and get some exercise.
Thanks for your post. Very clever!
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