Why do gas stations require a ZIP code for card payments while almost no other type of (physical) merchant requires this verification?

Question

Why do gas stations require a ZIP code for card payments while almost no other type of (physical) merchant requires this verification?

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Answer 1

It’s very tedious if you have a foreign card, it refuses to accept that you don’t have a zip code. So much of the country can’t cope with non-US cards, phone numbers, etc, it’s very annoying as a visitor.