Member Offer: My Esso Card

Hence will not be using the card anymore,  what a con

I filled up last night and used the card. The use of the card was on the basis of saving 1p on the pump price, as the current Pump-King price is more than the pump price at my local Esso. I will keep a close eye on what I am charged. I think the Club needs to comment on this, as they are saying we will save "a minimum of 1 pence per litre"!

So to sum up the current situation...

• I'm no longer clear what Ts&Cs apply (they've changed several times without the proper notice)
• The weekly price seems less competitive
• Some people are finding their PINs seem insecure, and the PIN cannot be changed
• The card seems to be valid across Europe, but the terms of that are not clear
• and now the caravan club promises of 'a minimum saving of 1p on pump price' are not being met.

and now the caravan club promises of 'a minimum saving of 1p on pump price' are not being met.

Seems worse than that Jim. Yes life but not as we know it!

Sounds like a job for trading standards to me!

Whilst I seriously considered signing up for this offer around 5/6 weeks ago I am soooo glad I didn't. My commiserations to those members who have signed up and are now, err....less than happy about the offer.

Interesting to note, in the latest CC magazine there doesn't appear to be any adverts for this shambolic offer. Have the Club management finally taken notice of the 1200+, mainly negative postings on this thread and taken action? 

Heaven help us if ever a force of 'van and MH eating Martians invaded our world and we turned to the Club for advice on protecting our assets. Methinks there would be a lot of bloated and overstuffed Martians about before we got a response from the Club!

The Martians are here already.  It is they who are running the Club!

As a first time contributor to this forum, although a CAMC member for several years, I feel it's worth telling people about my practical experience with this scheme. I was admittedly dubious after applying for a fuel card shortly after Christmas and being one of the thousands of members who didn't get one. The many doom-laden comments on this forum made me even more concerned. 

But after the chaotic launch, it appears Pump-King have got their act together. My card finally arrived in the week starting February 18 (I think a day later than promised) and it was a simple matter to activate it through my account on the PK website. I topped up with premium diesel  on February 23 at my local Esso station in Shrewsbury which had a pump price 10p a litre higher than last week's PK price of £1.348 sent weekly to my phone.  My receipt was for £71.67. I received an email from PK showing a grand total of £66.67 and this is confirmed in the my account section of the website. So a decent saving and thankfully the system appears to be working, at least for me so far.

I have just returned from a holiday in Cornwall having filled up today with regular diesel for the journey home. That Esso filling station had a 2p a litre cheaper pump price than most I saw in Cornwall but this week's PK price of £1.269 was another 4p cheaper still. This was a saving of just under £3 for a tank full of regular. I can't compare with supermarket prices because my home Sainsburys has closed its filling station for refurbishment and I didn't see any supermarket filling stations in Cornwall. 

"…I didn't see any supermarket filling stations in Cornwall."

What! Are you sure it was Cornwall you visited? 😁😯

No we didn’t see one! We were coastal path walking on the Roseland Peninsula. But I think we could have filled up at Sainsburys if we had driven to the western side of Truro.

But my point is that Rowena’s claimed savings on her opening entry to this discussion seem to be borne out by my practical experience. It’s early days but my  Esso card experience is positive. I got a decent discount and the PK system seems finally to be working properly. I will be back on if things go belly up.

"No we didn’t see one! We were coastal path walking on the Roseland Peninsula. But I think we could have filled up at Sainsburys if we had driven to the western side of Truro."

Or a choice of two supermarkets if you'd gone to the slightly closer St Austell. What is thin on the ground in Cornwall is Esso garages which is part of the reason I haven’t applied for a card and, although you might be happy, I’m very pleased to have escaped the hassle incurred by others.