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Did the guy at Shell swipe MY Shell Drivers Club card?

I'm wondering if anyone has received money from the Shell Drivers Club loyalty scheme. Shell offers cashback on all transactions, - if you have your card swiped during the transaction. BUT, At the Shell petrol station on Bury New Road, Manchester, the guy at the till has a pile of HIS OWN shell loyalty cards in front of him, and he swipes them when customers don't have a loyalty card. Whose card does he swipe when you hand him your card? Yours or his? Does anyone know?

Is it legal to swipe his own card? 24 votes

Yes! Nothing wrong!
12% 3 votes
Possibly legal! Don't really care!
20% 5 votes
No! It's illegal! Stop the scam!
66% 16 votes
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  • uktim29
    uktim29 Posts: 2,722 Forumite
    Surely all you'd have to do is look to see if he picks any of his up?
  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    It's (probably) simple theft too, (it's dishonest unless his employer has given him permission,which I doubt) if he does put the points onto his card.Don't really understand how this scheme works though.

    The company offer the points to the person who made the transaction and that is not the member of staff ,speak to shell petrol cs if you are concerned.
    It will almost certainly be against company regulations.If it was kosher,he would be using one card.
    Bearing in mind issues about chip and pin and petrol stations,I don't think having any spare cards around the till is particularly customer friendly.
    Not sure this is appropriate for a poll :eek:
  • ive seen this done before
    i mean as long as he doesnt swipe his card when a customer has a card of their own then i dont really see the problem i mean if the customer hasnt got a card and the person on checkout doesnt swipe a card then the points would of just been wasted and he may as well get the benefit of the promotion cause at the end of the day hes probably on minumum wage and its a sh*t job (used to work in a petrol station 10 years ago)
  • same scenario as tesco schools vouchers surely, they'd just be going to waste otherwise
  • report his to head office and have his employment terminated. i would.
  • Bamber19
    Bamber19 Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    report his to head office and have his employment terminated. i would.

    Why? If he's swiping cards only when a customer doesn't have one then there's clearly a bit of dishonesty between him and the employer but nothing that affects the customer. I can understand people thinking "that's a bit dishonest" but to report him for it in the hope he loses his job when it's none of your business and doesn't affect you at all is a level of busy body I hope to never become.
    Bought, not Brought
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    Bamber19 wrote: »
    Why? If he's swiping cards only when a customer doesn't have one then there's clearly a bit of dishonesty between him and the employer but nothing that affects the customer. I can understand people thinking "that's a bit dishonest" but to report him for it in the hope he loses his job when it's none of your business and doesn't affect you at all is a level of busy body I hope to never become.

    if a customer doesnt have a card then it doesnt give the guy the right to swipe his own,
  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
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    When i used to work at Esso many years ago i used to keep the tiger tokens if the customer didnt want them, you should see my garage i have 10,000 glass tumblers in there.
  • Local shell garage also does this, been a few times when I've seen the counter guy swipe his own card when the customer doesn't have one. Must be ranking in the points.
    I hate migraines.
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