Member Offer: My Esso Card

Thanks, Rufs. I hadn’t researched enough to discover this is another form of direct payment.

I guess one person's plus is another's minus.

Not quite true, I might indeed save on the local price but it won't match the cheaper prices nearby. Unfortunately fuel costs are always very high at motorway services or in our case a busy re-fuelling stop on an A road.

Thank you for your input ecommerce1, it's good to see staff responding and being helpful.

I see wholesale fuel prices have gone down today, that's better news for all of us. 

OH has just read that Esso have dropped Tesco, so no club points there now.

Just had the latest Esso fuel prices by text ..... though I was about to join I failed to join due to giving a credit card number instead of a debit card number & just left it there. Esso's price was 130.02p and I've just filled up at Costco for 130.07p .... obviously only anygood if you're near a Costco & you're a member.

It looks as if Esso are going to be changing from Tesco to Nectar points in 2019  >>

https://forecourttrader.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/15908/Esso_to_swap_Tesco_Clubcard_for_Nectar_as_BP_sets_up_new_offer.html

However, this Esso card still isn't going to be useful for me. Savings are not great, and I use a cash back credit card for all my fuel purchases as my debit card current account balance can be less than what it costs to fill the van...  

OH has checked it out but has decided not to bother, like some others on here we us a cashback credit card to pay for purchases both home and abroad. 

Hi everyone,

I've just checked with my colleague with regards to the debit card and have been advised that My Esso Card requires debit card details as part of the registration process in order to issue your My Esso Card.  Once you have your My Esso Card you can pay for fuel using this card and the balance will be automatically taken from the debit card you used to register.

Please note My Esso Card and PK Fuel Limited do not store your bank details.  All payments are managed by Braintree Payments Limited.  Braintree Payments is a Level 1 PCI DSS compliant service provider meeting industry standards and guidelines. Braintree Payments Limited is also used by other well-known companies including Airbnb, Uber and many more.  Learn more about their Data Security here. 

So that means that 3 different firms have had your debit card details!! No thanks.

Perhaps it's just me, but I don't like using a debit card linked to my current account online. More so, if as in this case the details are being stored. When they used to charge extra for using a credit card, I happily paid it rather than use my debit card, even with government websites.

I am therefore most definitely out.