Shell

Ever since Shell came out with their Fuel Rewards card, I’ve been a fan of Shell. By signing up, you usually get a 25 cent per gallon sign-​up bonus for the fill up. After that, you get a 3 cent off per gallon fill up. Shell usually runs monthly promotions where they get you 10 cents off per gallon if you fill up at least 8 gallons within a 4 week period.
This Shell gas station offers a discount for cash over credit. Usually a 5 – 7 cent discount.
There was a time when they had Gas Station TV… but I guess their terminal was too slow and the entire machine froze while I attempted to swipe my card and pump gas?!? Luckily, the gas station has now reverted to a basic text-​only display! :)
Supplies were somewhat limited on my last visit. Out of the 4 squeegee dispensers, only 1 had a squeegee?!?

I’ve been a customer here for around a dozen years.
The prices are good for this area. After I got gas here yesterday, I noticed that the Arco station in Sunnyvale on Sunnyvale Saratoga and East Remington was charging the same price (I drove past it on my way to Trader Joe’s), so the pricing is competitive.
This gas station has plenty of space, so even when it gets crowded, it isn’t that difficult to maneuver around.
The majority of clerks that I’ve encountered have been courteous and helpful.
I used to get air for my tires here until last year, until one time the machine shut down after only two minutes. The clerk on duty saw what happened, and he switched the machine back on for me and kept it on for 3 or 4 minutes until I had put 1 psi in each of my tires. He didn’t try to charge me for that, either.
Since then, I’ve gotten an air pump that I use at home, because I just didn’t want to have to deal with the hassle of gas station air pumps that shut off too quickly (this is a problem that I’ve experienced at numerous gas stations, not just this one).
Each time I’ve been to this station, the water and squeegees have been clean. There were plenty of paper towels available as well.
Sometimes, when I press «Yes» for a receipt, the machine will say «See Clerk for Receipt», and as soon as I walk in, the clerk will already have my receipt in hand, ready to go.
There is a gas station across the street, but I don’t go there because I encountered rude clerks a number of times over the years.

I honestly think this Shell has the best prices of the area. I was in this area because my dentist is nearby and I scoured several different gas stations before finding that this one was at least 0.20 cheaper or more than some of the more expensive places.
The station is clean, they have nice large screens to entertain you with GSTV (gas station TV, har har …) while you pump gas. It’s not the fastest pump, but does the job in a pinch.
The station is also located in a nice and convenient area with exits to all sides of the streets and turns available on the major streets so you don’t feel stuck when you’re here!

The gas was cheaper here than the Chevron on Homestead. I was amazed that the clerk was wiping down the gas machines.

They just installed video screens on their pumps recently. They can be kind of annoying if they have the sound turned up loud. At least they are easier to read than what they had before. The pluses is that the station is in a good location, kept clean, and the windshield squeegee thing is always filled with soapy water to actually get the windows clean.

As gas stations go, this is not the cheapest gas around. However, I happen to have a Shell Mastercard, which gives me 5% cash back on all Shell gas purchases. With gas currently running about $ 4.20 per gallon, that means that I’m paying about $ 4.
So, even though there are cheaper gas stations around (e.g. Arco), I’m always on the lookout for the Shell that has the cheapest gas. In Sunnyvale, this appears to be the place. When gas was cheaper (and I use the word cheaper in a very relative sense), the price different between this and other area Shell stations was sometimes pretty substantial — as much as a 10 cent difference. As gas prices have risen, there is a natural tendency for prices to become a little more congruous, and that’s exactly what has happened — that is, there is less price disparity. Still, this is consistently a couple cents cheaper than its cousins.
Exiting the station onto Sunnyvale-​Saratoga is often impossible. Better to take a right onto Fremont, make a U-​turn about a hundred yards down the street, and then turn onto Sunnyvale-​Saratoga.

The gas is overpriced, even for a Shell. The water containing the window squeegee is murky/​dirty and looks like it never gets changed and smells like a broken toilet.
Its only convenient because its next to 24.

Well it looks like since the President’s weekend has passed, gas prices are on the rise again. I can’t find a single Shell that is selling 91 octane for under $ 3 except for this one. I guess cause it’s in a deadish part of Sunnvale it’s the cheapest Shell gas I’ve seen yet.