Member Offer: My Esso Card

Reading up it looks as though Paypal bought Braintree in 2013, this is all a bit too convoluted for me regarding end user security.

The previous discussion on here about Pumpking is visible via Google.

I have applied for this card, my nearest Esso garage is 2 miles away, hope card comes soon at the moment i am running on fumes, so will save a few bob.

yes there are pluses and minuses, giving card details is always a risky business, but in todays world if you want to do such things as on-line shopping your card details are out there anyway.

My nearest super market is Asda, again very close and they do some great deals on fuel, however, sometimes it can take for ever in a queue waiting to get onto the forecourt

Shell have the monopoly in my local area, the closest being 5 minutes away, but this garage can be 2 pence per litre more expensive than one 2 miles away, i guess because it is very local and they can get away with the additional charge.

I know Shell tour the local area getting the average for fuel costs from all the garages, and then do some maths to decide what they are going to charge at the various individual Shell garages, our most local garage adjusts prices very frequently sometimes once per week, so am guessing that the rate for this Esso card will be based on whatever charges are in force at a given time, hence they are going to be very fluid. 

I will put it in with my Shell card and if i am passing an appropiate garage will use it, if i save £2 great, and another plus could be that if you drop this card at the garage and loose it, it would be less of a security risk then loosing your debit card. It took 5 mins to register.  

My nearest garage is Esso and it's on the A303, do you think they are going to reduce prices by any meaningful way on there, I think not! And I have to queue, it's on a major holiday route to the south west. 

we live where we live, we moved from Scotland to this area 10 years ago, it was called downsizing/forward planning. We live 10 minutes from the beach and within striking distance of lots of local amenities ready for when i get my mobility scooter

You have every right to be skeptical. It has taken two years to deliver this offer. Fuel is a complex issue indeed. This is how prices are set;

Every day fuel providers are sent new prices, the prices are known as PLATTS pricing. This is the price that fuel providers can buy fuel, each provider then puts a mark up on that price. The my Esso fuel card price is worked out at an agreed discount off the retail price, so discounts will always be consistent.

The complication is that depending on the location (supply and demand) prices will vary from pump to pump. This is also standard for supermarket fuels. An example being motorway service stations. Prices are always higher than the norm. Savings here can be significant. The least I saved was 12 pence of a liter of standard unleaded, the most was 38 pence per liter.

In answer to your question, prices will always be competitive at sustained discount level. The variable will be the location and the cost of fuel in the first place.

I hope this helps

Thank you Rufs

You make a very well balanced argument for using the card. It does not stop here, we will continue are work to add other fuel providers and to include discounts off fuel in Europe. 

We listen to our members and try to provide the best member benefits we can for both hobby and life.

Please keep us in touch with your savings.

Thank you for your post brue

You are guaranteed to say even at that petrol station, in fact it is categorized as a motorway service station, so prices available at the pump will be higher, therefore savings greater.

We wish we could help you with the queue. 

Thanks for that, Nav, it’s very interesting.

I cannot imagine why they would want to hold my bank card details.

To use a well known phrase "I’m out".

likewise I was going in but now out

because when paying you only use your Esso card and the total owed is taken directly from your bank, you do not need to produce your debit card, as stated previously, this in its self can be a plus because if you loose your card at the petrol station, someone would only have access to your fuel card and not your debit card, I once had this scare, fortunatley my card had dropped into the footwell and not out onto the forecourt