Possible 5p-10p/litre petrol discount

grav888

I put a link to pipeline on my new Transport Forum

Butterfli

Latest update is that the 100,000th member was signed up over the weekend and they are hoping to snd out cards April/May.

Wonder how many MSE ers in that total???

Butterfli

Paul_Herring

Butterfli wrote:

Latest update is that the 100,000th member was signed up over the weekend and they are hoping to snd out cards April/May.

I got that mail aswell. Call me sceptical, but why does it take three-four months from hitting the (apparently easy it seems) target, to supplying 'the goods'? And we've yet to receive any concrete (or even semi-realistic) details apart from "5-10p off a litre of petrol"

This seems to me still all a bit "fluffy" and up-in-the-air at the moment.

exil

Yes. There will be big start-up costs. Where will the promoter get the money to issue and distribute the cards?

I can't see why any petrol company would sign up to this. I can see "loyalty cards", valid for one company's pumps only, working as they are aimed at taking customers from competing companies. But a use-anywhere card? Where's the advantage to BP, Shell etc?

balsingh

Either way, it hasn't cost anyone to register on the site. If they manage to get something going, that will be excellent. If not, does it matter? At least they tried. Its been no skin off our noses.

NickCouchman

It's not a use anywhere card. Ben says it is linked to a specific retailer who will cover the admin costs on the back of increased business.

There is a scheme like this already running in Holland that uses consumer buying power but I get the impression that they have a lot more than 100,000 members.

Nick

grayme-m

Paul_Herring wrote:

This seems to me still all a bit "fluffy" and up-in-the-air at the moment.

I'm with you on this, it just doesn't seem professional.

It's like the emails saying that if everyone boycotts (was it) Esso, then Esso will have to reduce their prices and everyone else will follow suit.

It went on to say to hold out until the price went down to less than 60p a litre, (but ignored the consideration that by which time Esso would be making a loss...)

NickCouchman

Pipeline and dutch discount fuel scheme on 6.30 itn news tonight - should be repeated at 10.30.

Also in the financial times over the weekend..

twarner

For the ITN news, see here.

Terry

ASB_3

:T My Dad sent me an email about this, first thing I did was scan the forums for references, so thanks for this website its great. Have signed up and forwarded to friends ASB