GasBuddy Hides Fuel Discount Plan’s Bank Fee Risk, Suit Says

GasBuddy Inc. falsely touts its mobile app and payment card as a guaranteed way to save money on fuel, failing to disclose that delayed transaction processing puts consumers at risk of incurring bank fees on linked accounts, a new proposed class action alleges.

GasBuddy deceptively markets itself as a service that “effortlessly deducts” funds from linked checking accounts at the time of purchase, “like a debit card,” Ronald Luce alleges in a suit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

The GasBuddy payment card is nothing “like a debit card,” he alleges.

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