Member Offer: My Esso Card

To answer my own question, I got the receipt through from Pump King today for the transaction last Tuesday, so took just over a week for that to get processed!

My experience so far:

 - Following my lament on this thread last week the card coincidentally (finally!) arrived the next day;

 - I was able to register the card straight away, and get my new PIN (which bore no resemblance to anything on the card);

 - I tried it out on Saturday by drawing 25 litres; after a couple of unsuccessful swipes by the cashier the card was accepted, and my new PIN worked;

 - he did insist on a reg. no & mileage, which I provided;

 - the email receipt arrived this morning, for the anticipated amount (no. of litres x PK price), and appears on my PK account.  It's broken down as a VAT invoice, but the overall amount is correct;

 - I can see the amount on my bank account as a pending transaction, to be debited tomorrow.

As such it's a case of 'so far so good'. I'll be keeping an eye out for any double-dipping, and I'm annoyed at both having to wait over two months for the card, and subsequently (as revealed above) missing out on the prize draw, but now I have the card the system seems to work.

I could have saved a further penny per litre by going to Asda, but that would have been slightly out of my way, and I'd have had to wait another hour for it to open - not worth it for 25p.

Next step is to try replacing my registered debit card with a credit card, and seeing how that goes.

Hope the system is starting to work for others, and that it continues to settle down 

Got my card a few days ago and tried it on Sunday keeping the receipt to check as mentioned by others. Yesterday I got my bill and they have charged me more than the pump price!

I've emailed them asking for a refund but not hopeful.

I think the club should at  warn everyone they might be getting overcharged by using this offer!

You might think that the statement " In the unlikely event that the forecourt fuel prices are cheaper than the Pump-King fuel prices, members are guaranteed to save a minimum of 1 pence per litre on any fuel type." would mean that you would always get the best price by using your PK card. 

But it seems that you have to check the pump price against the PK price and decide whether the use the PK card or not.

But how much have they taken from your bank account, or have you not checked that yet?

Update on my PK experience. My second fill-up payment has gone through OK at discounted price and no double dipping. The saving at my local Esso in Shrewsbury is still  6p/10p for regular/premium diesel this week.

So it’s working fine for me so far and the discount matches up to the claims.

I might add that I didn’t give mileage or reg. Just tell the person on the counter that you don’t need it when they ask. I used to have fuel cards for work use. Filling in mileage/reg is optional depending on the rules for your personal card.

Driven through the Stalybridge area of Tameside today. I passed an Esso garage and noticed the petrol and diesel prices differed by only a penny. Petrol was 117.9 and diesel 118.9. I was so surprised  I commented on it to my wife. Once passed the garage I looked in my mirror and the price for traffic coming the other way was 117.9 petrol and 128.9 diesel!

Perhaps even Esso aren't sure what to charge for their fuel!! 

Maybe they put the price up seeing as you hadn't driven in . . . ?

On checking my bank account when we were in Pboro shopping and there is a credit of £5 from PK fuels 

They have taken the amount that they billed me ie more than they should have!

I sent them an email but they have not yet responded.

Reading their appalling Trustpilot reviews it looks like the the armed forces have removed them from their benefits