Member Offer: My Esso Card

By useing my Esso card yesterday i saved 3p a litre compared to our localTesco and Morrisons 

Having used the card 5 or 6 times now (all without a hitch in terms of acceptance or billing), I have to say that it has the potential to turn into one of the best member offers the C&MC have.  (I had to wait nearly 3 months for my card in the first place, so I was somewhat cynical at the outset, especially after reading others' experiences).

Yes, you have to consider whether how the pump price compares to the PK price but that's simple, and if you can find fuel cheaper elsewhere then that's great.  Having a variety of payment methods is never a bad thing.

Where the card really came into its own for me was on a recent tour in Scotland - the PK price was consistently cheaper than anywhere we saw, including supermarkets.

It also allows you to fill up at those motorway services with an Esso, which is a great convenience, especially when towing.

Recently the PK price has also been on a par with or less than supermarkets and other filling stations near where I live, which is an added bonus.

Esso produce an app which allows you to search for filling stations, either near your current locations or by typing in a location and panning around near it, which is a handy addition to planning a trip.

I guess that means I'm a convert....

May I ask a question I used my Esso card first time on Sunday. I paid at the counter costing £24.99. A few days later I had a receipt from pump king and checking today they have taken £24.27. 

May I ask will I be refunded £24.99 for my original purchase and if so how long does it take?

Thanks

Phil.

You were never charged the £24.99.  That's what the fuel would have cost at the pump price.

My apologise just re-checking and the figure I was looking at was actually the week before. I just happened to spend 2 amounts the same, but didn't check the date. Sorry about that and thanks for the reply.

I tend to agree.  It's a useful card to have, although it does have limited use here at home, when I can usually get fuel cheaper than using the Esso card.  It comes into it's own when I am elsewhere in the UK where the price of fuel is a little higher.

David

Must admit since we've had our card, it's been used regularly with no problems whatsoever. No pin number etched onto the card, never been billed twice, never had a problem with the card being accepted and around here it's always been 1+2p per litre cheaper than Asda and Sainsburys and 4p per litre cheaper than Tesco. I feel for those that have had problems, but for us it's been really useful and long may it continue.

We have used our card several times and each time it has beaten other prices by at least two pence a litre and it has been followed in a couple of days by an email with the card prices and a thankyou for ueing pump king

Latest discount price is £1.312 a litre.  Local Esso service station is £1.319 so a grand saving of £0.007p.  What happened to the 5p saving a litre promised by Rowena in her first post?  Over the past month the highest amount to be saved per litre been less than £0.02p so hardly a saving.

I am getting more and more convinced that it was a ploy to sell on our contact details to third parties. Since signing up the amount of junk mail has increased by over 100%!

We hardly ever bother to use the card now as it is not worth the savings as by the time we have done the detour to fill up, we probably used up any savings in fuel even if I put in 70 litres at a saving of £0.02p a litre making it a saving of £2.80.  Hardly worth the small detour of about 3 miles!

I used my pump king card for the first time on Thursday 30th May and all was completed at the garage without any problem and my card was accepted.

I’ve since tried to login to their website but it won’t accept my login details and doesn’t recognise my email address or mobile phone number. I’ve now realised that I didn’t receive a text message on Friday 31st telling me the costing for fuel from Monday 3rd June.

Has anyone else received the text with costs from Monday 3rd June?

Having read lots of the posts on this discussion I know the money isn’t taken from my account for a few days, can someone give me an idea how long it takes and when I can expect an email from them?

I will ring them in a few days if I haven’t heard!