Member Offer: My Esso Card

With nearly 1 million members, that leaves around 900,000 satisfied members who saw fit not to join, I like to run with the majority 👍

There is no gain for us. Although Esso is our nearest supplier even with a reduction this can't beat our local supermarkets. If Esso was the only available fuel, ie we lived in a remote spot with one local Esso supplier it might appear to be worth the effort.

There is too much fixing of fuel prices, what I would like to see is a fair deal for consumers.

There maybe a cut per card for the providers, plus an upturn in Esso usage but the consumer doesn't really gain much. 👎

Wonder if you will get a new card in February Bill 

Let's face it, this card, when it works, is good/suitable for some and not for others that have a choice of alternative brands of fuel. I'm not blessed with several supermarket or cheaper fuels in my area, so the Esso/Pump King card suits me fine.

If you don't like what's on offer, then either don't apply for a card or, if you feel the card's not right for you after signing, then don't use it. How many members are using the card without issues? Probably a lot more than have appeared on this thread!

Don't think I've ever bothered to post before on this forum and can't say that I've really missed much. The CMC have tried to offer something in good faith and yes, for many reasons, it's had some issues and maybe more to come but should the time come when it doesn't work for me, I'll simply stop using the card and not whinge about it - life's too short.

Rant over .

there are people on this forum saying its not worth having the card, but I applied because in our little town there are only two garages one is a esso,  the price of diesil yesterday when my card didn't work was £129.99 yet through the card it would be £1.26,  my nearest supermarket is Tesco's but it is umanned pumps, and we can't get the 10p per litre discount when we shop as it is only for manned kiosk stations. so once the card is working it will help me.  yes its great for cheap fuel in big towns with a choice of fuel stations, but then again we have no traffic jams, fresh air, and great views.

got the same phone call. still waiting for the £5 to be put on my card but at least the card does work ( for now anyway ) sent the same email every day for 3 weeks but still no reply.

This promotion was managed by the Caravan Club and was supposed to be exclusively for its members.  It sounded too good to be true which is why many applied as we all thought that the CC would have checked and verified the organisation offering the card to them.

We now have the following involved when a purchase is made;

Caravan Club who promoted the card

Wex who issue the card

Esso who offer the discount

Braintree who process the payment

Pump KIng who supposedly manage the card

Esso service station where the fuel is bought

Visa who process the payment a second time for the debit

Your bank or building society

I would think that ALL the above would take some sort of commission as none would do it for free.  This in turn will push up the price per litre of Esso fuel which is why it may be more expensive than other service stations in the area. 

Eventually it may be cheaper just to buy the fuel elsewhere as you are not gaining anything by buying from Esso.

Just my thoughts!

don't forget the government who take the biggest cut and do nothing for it. Esso stations are run on a franchise and that's why there is a difference in prices between them. I have 2 Esso's within 2 miles and one is always 2p cheaper than the other. all the stations have to do is buy there fuel from Esso.  

I don’t really see Governments' (plural - all Governments) taxation of fuel to add to the general pot of Treasury income is relevant to the Esso offer. 

You either buy Esso, with or without the deal, or you don’t.

to be perfectly honest i dont think your logic stacks up, i have 2 Shell cards, one a fuel card can be used on motorways only, and one a loyalty card whereby i collect points each time i top up and then exchange these for fuel vouchers.

Lots of retails stores have loyalty cards in different guises, and Braintree as we know is Paypal, so if you buy anything online via Paypal , yes they take a commission as do Visa. Nectar card is another perfect example, you collect points from various outlets and then spend in others.

So i dont see the logic that Esso are going to be more expensive because they have fuel cards. Most fleet operators, road hauliers etc use agency cards whereby they get fuel at a reduced rate from a range of different providers.

But as somebody else has said, you dont have to have an Esso Card, or use it if you have, your choice.