Member Offer: My Esso Card

This whole scheme is a complete debacle.  Pump King just refuse to acknowledge or reply to communication, and I don't see much in the way of interest or interjection from the club who endorsed this to it's members... and shockingly continue to promote and tout it at every opportunity.

I did note that today, my card number and pin number have disappeared from the pk website... possibly as they prepare to issue card #3 with the pin printed on the front!

Has anyone checked out the privacy policy in PK's latest updated revised changed T&Cs (see section 7.1) - I'd love to hear how you get on finding them.  Also section 3.1 states the card holder will be able to use the card to draw fuel...  I'd say there are a fair few of us who could challenge that one!

I'll continue to wait with baited breath, the arrival of my 3rd card, and will update re: pin number stamped on front (prior to dropping it in the shredder).  I don't think the club has much interest in this other than to maximise uptake presumably for the reward they'll get from pk, and this forum is just for us to have a shared moan.

lets look at the greater picture, ...Agency fuel cards, which in essence is what the Esso card is, have been used by hauliers, fleet managers, coach companies for decades, this is not a new concept, and as such the dangers of misuse etc have been with us for decades, and surely the T&C's that say you can only purchase a limited amount of fuel in a given period would mean that anybody finding your card and using it would be limited to probably less than £100 in total spend.

As for PK misusing your debit card, well i assume you do not have a Paypal, Amazon, ebay etc account, much bigger organisations no doubt, but you only need 1 bad apple within the organisation and all sorts of nasties could happen. I seem to recall way way back that the financials for this card are the responsibility of the company that handle Paypal ?, its a bad bad world out there be vigilant 

Although you have a point with ref to the other companies, Rufs, the difference is that they allow you to use credit cards on which the holder can set a limit. PK will only let you use a debit card which gives access to your entire bank account. 

We have to have trust in the organisations we give our card details to and I’ve not seen anything here that would encourage me to trust PK. 

I would find it difficult to have trust in any organisation that does not allow you to change your pin. All the cards I have linked to accounts for either actual money or points, have the facility to change your pin / password. Not that I do it a lot, but then they aren't printed on the front.🤔

Same here - Most of the PIN, No Name, No membership number, No registration number - so no possible security check at the fuel station.

Just to update. It now seems that nine people on this discussion have noticed that the PIN and 75% of the code on the front of their cards coincide. No-one has reported that there is no coincidence. So to be clear, we are talking about the three digit number printed below the CAMC identifier on the new card issued this week: has anyone got a number that does not correspond to the final three digits of their PIN? I'm awaiting a callback from CAMC on this so all information would be really helpful. Thank you.

Just checked my new card and lo and behold, it also matches 3 digits of my pin ! Worse still they are in the same order.  My old card had my name printed on it too but the new one doesn't. 

I had no trouble using old card (twice) and have been billed correctly on those purchases, but might wait a while before attempting to use this one!

I've had agency cards.  Most had the registration number on them, and could only be used with that vehicle.  A few had my name on, and could only be used by me.

These cards have neither.  And seem to have three of the four digits of the PIN embossed on the front of the card.

The Ts&Cs do not seem to place a limit on liability, even after the card is reported missing/stolen. 

Received my card to day and apart from a large blob of glue stuck to the silver strip on the back everything is fine . 

My name is not on the front but there is also no reference to my PIN number or any way it can be worked out.

My PIN number was given to me when I logged onto the pump-king web site.

I have signed the back but can’t remember anyone ever looking there recently 

Received my card today but still awaiting the reply back to my email from the end of January!

I can't say if the pin partly matches the number embossed on the card as I now have no intention of activating it.

If it's of any help, the "Return Address" for Pump King is printed along the bottom front of the envelope containing the card.