Member Offer: My Esso Card

Posted on 03/03/2019 10:21 by Popty 51

Hi all, last week the text from Pump-King (the ESSO card) stated the weekly price for diesel was £1.269, however my local ESSO garage had diesel at the pump price of £1.259, I mistakenly used my ESSO card & was charged the £1.269 & NOT the pump price, so no savings this time, wont make that mistake again, will shop around in future.

Posted on 03/03/2019 11:58 by StumpyLC

I was keen to join up with Pump King after seeing the potential savings quoted up to 8p / litre - that's 36p / gallon in old times!

Well what a disappointment - they are sending text prices each week since I joined in December after having all my personal details.

These process they quote have averaged 4p to 6p a litre more expensive than my local independent garages and supermarkets.

I use Super Unleaded in my Golf that does 34mpg - doing 500 miles a week, if I use my Pump King card, that is going to cost me £4 a week or £200 per year more on average than Tesco or Sainsburys!!! 

No saving - so please be aware its not what it seems and the club should be aawre of these false claims.  Unsubscribed and card cut up.

Posted on 02/03/2019 20:06 by Shockabilly

What an absolute joke this Esso Card lark is...it was promoted on the basis of 5p-8p savings per litre for card holders, well as far as I can make out I've saved absolutely nothing & been charged as per the pump prices...I've binned it!

Posted on 02/03/2019 13:15 by 4Star

Whether I decide to use it or not is to be seen but it would be nice to actually receive one of these cards. I've been waiting since 6th December and have not had either the first card or the replacement despite account confirmation and emails and texts to say that the card is on it's way. Reporting the lack of card by email is met by silence. I'd be a fool to use the card if it does arrive based upon this performance. It has been administered by a complete shower!

Posted on 02/03/2019 13:27 by dennisps

Assuming that there are 300,000ish cards issued to club members, then isn't it something like a 1/500 chance that 3 sequential digits on the card will match up with 3 sequential digits in the pin that you are given (assuming that the pin is randomly generated). So, we could expect there to be 600 cards out there where 3 digits are shown, and also about 30 cards where there is an exact match. Of course, my maths might be completely wrong!

Certainly my pin doesn't match 3 digits on the card.

Having said that, it should be possible to change the PIN number!

Posted on 03/03/2019 11:58 by StumpyLC

I was keen to join up with Pump King after seeing the potential savings quoted up to 8p / litre - that's 36p / gallon in old times!

Well what a disappointment - they are sending text prices each week since I joined in December after having all my personal details.

These process they quote have averaged 4p to 6p a litre more expensive than my local independent garages and supermarkets.

I use Super Unleaded in my Golf that does 34mpg - doing 500 miles a week, if I use my Pump King card, that is going to cost me £4 a week or £200 per year more on average than Tesco or Sainsburys!!! 

No saving - so please be aware its not what it seems and the club should be aawre of these false claims.  Unsubscribed and card cut up.

Posted on 03/03/2019 12:08 by Surfer

I never knew that Tesco or Sainsbury sold Super or Premium unleaded?

Posted on 03/03/2019 14:30 by lornalou1

have they got your correct address as could have been posted and sent somewhere else. just a thought. worth checking.