UPDATE: Why the Delridge Arco/AM-PM is fenced off and boarded up

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10:18 AM: Thanks for all the tips/questions! Here’s what we have found out about the Delridge Arco/AM-PM, suddenly fenced off and boarded up, apparently at some time yesterday. Nobody around when we first took a look last night; the city online files show a permit issued yesterday for electrical work to “install a fuel-tank monitor.: There was also a permit issued less than a week ago for electrical work involving “kitchen equipment.”

But that’s just part of the story. The gas station and mini-mart are changing ownership, according to someone who answered the phone associated with the current business license (not the phone number listed for the business – that turned out to be disconnected). She said BP is taking over. So we’re now trying to track down the new ownership to find out about a timeline for reopening. Crews are on site now, as our photos show. A few of the people who e-mailed also expressed concern about inability to access packages at an Amazon Locker on the site. We’re checking on that too.

2:12 PM: Just heard back from Michael Abendhoff, BP’s director of media affairs: “Yes, BP now owns the location and will be updating it over the next couple of weeks. It will have a fresh ampm look, along with new customer offers. We hope to have it opened up by the 1st of the year.”

Alice December 19, 2018 (10:38 am)

Do you know if there is access to the Amazon Lockers? I have a package that needs to be picked up.

S December 19, 2018 (10:43 am)

I know someone that had a package delivered there and they can get to it.

Shane December 19, 2018 (12:24 pm)

Those are my favorite Amazon lockers and occasionally I do stop there on the way home for small items. I hope they return soon.

coffeedude December 19, 2018 (11:42 am)

Hopefully a change for the better!

Trickycoolj December 19, 2018 (12:26 pm)

Hope BP cleans up the condition of this station. The people there didn’t have any concern when their cracked pump hoses sprayed my whole jacket with gasoline while I was filling my car. Reported the incident everywhere I could. Thankfully the city inspections department was responsive. Also for an Arco their prices are ridiculously high.

J December 19, 2018 (2:02 pm)

Same thing happened to me there last year and they didnt care. Leaking nozzles and also at least one pump that was out of order for a long time with wires exposed. The deferred maintenance I could see at that station was enough for me not to trust pumping gas there anymore

Jim P. December 19, 2018 (1:34 pm)

Sounds like the owners mucked up. As I understand it, business with contracts for Amazon Lockers are required to notify Amazon if there are going to be access problems well in advance except for dire emergencies.I’d suggest anyone with problems contact Amazon directly absent any other info form the property owners. Amazon can make efforts to reroute packages not yet delivered.amazon.com/contact-us will get you to them. Note: I do NOT speak for or represent Amazon in any fashion.

B December 19, 2018 (2:11 pm)

I also hope this will improve the station. Once there was broken glass all over the ground near the pumps. I reported it to the person working there and he said “What do you want me to do about it?” I said “Well, clean it up?” He just stared at me.

WSB December 19, 2018 (2:14 pm)

Just heard back from BP; response added above.

AG December 19, 2018 (4:14 pm)

4pm update- I was able to sketchily park and walk through the fence to get my amazon package- at least no one stopped me.

ZF December 19, 2018 (4:45 pm)

We picked up packages from this Amazon locker at around 11am today (Wednesday). Just ask someone working on site to let you inside the fence if you have stuff waiting there for you. Otherwise, send your packages elsewhere–there’s a nearby Amazon locker at the Safeway on Roxbury.

A December 19, 2018 (7:31 pm)

I arrived after hours and could not get in. After 30 mins on the phone with Amazon they finally understood that access was not attainable. I had to get a refund and reorder with shipment to another locker with free expedited shipping.

M December 19, 2018 (6:19 pm)

Yeah that station was kind of a mess. I remember a couple months ago I thought I’d go in there and get gas I tried my card in the pump three times. Went inside to prepay and the pump still did not work. The clerk didn’t really seem to care

B December 19, 2018 (7:51 pm)

Besides what seems to be a good Amazon Locker situation (something I’ve never partaken in before) – this place was the pits. Shady characters at all hours. Terribly slow service. Just a dump really. I can’t say I went out of my way to stop at this particular location, is all.

1994 December 19, 2018 (9:04 pm)

This is the ARCO location I paid cash to pump my gas and while it was pumping I noticed the rate was the credit/debit price and not the cash price. I was being ripped off! I immediately went inside to tell the clerk that the pump’s price was charging credit/debit and that I was being shorted gas by not being charged the correct cash price I paid. Clerk came outside to take a look and said he has no idea why this was happening. After pumping gas at the credit/debit rate he attempted to reimburse me the difference from the cash price and he could not calculate simple math. I reported this credit/debit/cash sale rip off to the WA state department that monitors the sale of gas. Either they had a mechanism on their cash register to charge credit/debit when in fact the customer paid cash or they had some other scam going on. I never returned to that ARCO.

trickycoolj December 20, 2018 (1:51 pm)

The old Arco on East Marginal & Ellis next to Boeing Field that turned into a Shell didn’t stop ticking up the total price after the pump clicked off until hanging the pump back up. Called the city weights and measures on that one too and sure enough they went out the next day and experienced the same thing. If you aren’t standing right at the pump since a lot of people go back in their car they’d never know how much extra they’re paying! Totally shady. Between this Arco and that Shell being the only ones directly on my commute I now go out of my way to Costco. Since they expanded the lines really aren’t a problem.

Beth December 19, 2018 (9:21 pm)

Thanks guys…just learned there are Amazon lockers near by. 👍

ScottAmick December 20, 2018 (8:36 am)

Google Maps already shows this as a BP. Pretty fast editing!

Tim December 21, 2018 (1:41 am)

BP owns Arco, and has for years now.

gene kautzman January 1, 2019 (3:38 pm)

Does your commute roll you by West Marginal Way and Highland Park Way? If so, there is an APP gas pump next to the Subway. Been driving by this place my whole life and thought it was a truck stop only. Found it by signing up to Gas Buddy. only 2 pump Islands and only Regular and Diesel but consistently the lowest price around. Found this gem 6 months ago and my new car takes premium :(. The Fam still uses it regularly. No services, just gas

AmyB January 2, 2019 (1:14 pm)

I work up in Redmond and discovered that on one of my alternate routes home, via 148th to 90, there is an Arco station at Belred Road that has consistently been more than 30¢ cheaper per gallon than the Delridge station. I pretty much stopped filling up there unless I was very low on gas. I kept waiting for them to drop their prices (given the news reports of oil prices dropping). Now I know why they didn’t bother. Also, not too terribly far away there’s a 76 station on Roxbury, just west of the Safeway, that has very low prices, about what that Arco in Bellevue has been charging.A

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