Vickie’s Shell

This gas station is right next to an on-​ramp to W580 @ Fruitvale.
So, a nice plus. It recently had a make-​over, so it appears much nicer. Yay there.
Where one must be cautious about is miscellaneous vagrants who ask you for money in exchange for cleaning your windows. It makes you practice your Oaktown-​scowl, which I don’t like, but hey that’s life I guess.
3-​stars.

The Shell here looks brand new, (new owners per reviews). pricing a lot higher than before. of course there isn’t another gas station for at least a mile or
any direction
so 3 stars for convenience.
2 stars for the high prices.

Brand new, clean, and functioning! What more could you want from a gas station?

Mercifully, this sleazy gas station is now closed. Chain link fence around the property. I’m perfectly happy to go elsewhere for gas.

Cashier (Singh) Lack of customer services skills.
If I had to pay 10 cents or more for gas, I would rather go somewhere else like, Valero, Cheveron, Union 76, etc other than this particular gas station (Shell) located at 2120 Montana Street, Oakland, CA I would definately for now on avoid.
As mention above, the cashier who goes by the name according to his tag, named «SINGH» is a very UNPROFESSIONAL, RUDE YOUNG MAN. I could go into details, but since I am at work at the moment, I can only briefly say that this cashier also has a lack of patience and will tried to argue with you by coming out behind the glass doors. He needs to be very careful who he’s approching when arguing with particular customers here in Oakland. Not everyone will take well to his rude misconduct.
This Shell gas station also like many other gas stations in the city of Oakland has an uncomfortable environment. There are always strange people approaching you trying to sale you something; asking to wash your windows, or begging for money.
The lower Diamond District area is becoming «LOWER» by the minute. You can no longer find decent customers services anymore, and there are weirdos lurking around these gas statations like the «MONTANA STREET SHELL GAS STATION».
Maybe, the cashier SINGH, instead of being RUDE and SHORT PATIENCE with his CUSTOMERS, he should be try to rid the environment of the unwelcoming people who choose to patronize others with begging for their money instead of seeking employment, job training, or school.
I am not a snob, but I think that I am going to be more selected for now on when purchasing gas. Maybe I will start going up to Monclair, because this Shell everlasting negative history for me, I will not ever be returning here.

It’s a hard situation when you don’t know a area well and you really need to get gas. After hitting a few places in the confines which were pretty sketchy or just missing, Google finally produced this joint on the border of two neighborhoods, next to the freeway. There was a night attendant and was decently lit, with no shady patrons. Very strange area but in the wee hours of the night it will do