Comdata fees

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  1. Brandonpdx

    Brandonpdx Road Train Member

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    I see they’ve occasionally (not every time) been charging me a $1.50 fee even When I buy fuel at a truck stop that accepts Comdata. What gives with that? Can’t even buy fuel with my fuel card without a fee? ROFL!
     
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    The little I know. Com data fees are high.
    Talked with a small store with truck pumps. He said Com Data wanted $5k a year just for him to accept it. There was no way he could afford it.
     
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    When I was at Landstar we did not pay to buy fuel on Comdata. We prepaid Comdata card for each trip. We had to pay $1.50 to load the Comdata card with money.
     
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    Yea. Just went to the ATM, in those cases,
     
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    It depends on who is providing the fuel card. I have a efs card and it’s free in network and $10 out of network.
     
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    use EFS or NASTC. Or your own personal or business CC or debit card if you own your own truck.

    Comdata no good. Bad bad bad
     
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    Our company switched to EFS because of the comdata fees.
     
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    and if you check your card usage would see you pay a FEE when you fuel also
     
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    YA atm fee PLUS camdata
    FEE.

    so about $7 on fees to use a atm
     
  10. Brandonpdx

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    Comdata charges me a $3.50 fee to pull money out of an ATM, plus the ATM fee, unless you use one of the ones they have at Walgreens or CVS. I forget what it’s called but it has the green and yellow logo. But you still pay the Comdata fee.

    Often they charge me $3.50 also to transfer funds to a linked bank account, if I do it too often. Fair enough...I do it once a month and dodge that one.

    They also charge my company $.50 to load funds onto the card.

    But $1.50 fee to buy fuel really burns me. That’s nonsense.