Pipeline

[mdotw]

has anyone heard or signed up for the Pipeline? For those who have not heard its basically a website that are trying to set up a Pipeline card that will give a discount of of between 5p and 7p on petrol/diesel

Website is

http://www.PipelineCard.org/recommend.html

 

[chip]

I got this from them today:

Dear Pipeline Card Member,

Pipeline Card has been going since November and some of you are clearly getting fed up - and not just with the continual fuel price rises.

Emails are coming in every day saying "When are the cards coming?" "How many members do you need now? and "Why the delay"? Well guess what - we're frustrated too!

Nothing like this has ever been done in the UK before - it's not going to happen overnight. The petrol discount scheme they set up in Holland took around 18 months to get off the ground. I can certainly tell you that we all want this to work as much as you do - we have spent a lot of time and effort on it. There is a big gap between an agreement in principle and a finalised contract - but we are gradually overcoming some of the difficulties and we are getting closer.

I would like to be able to give you much more information but, unfortunately, we are bound by a non-disclosure agreement that carries a hefty financial penalty. So I can't even tell you who we are negotiating with. All I can say for now is that we are making progress, we are still hopeful of an announcement in the next couple of months, and we still need your support.

It is just possible that we will need to consider a different way of achieving our goal but the good news is that we have already been approached by another organisation who is interested in working with us.

There is other good news too. Thousands of our members have saved money on domestic heating oil this month and others have saved money on gas and electricity by using our price comparison service. It's not our main purpose, but it is a way of giving something back while our negotiations continue.

Over 9,000 blogs and websites are linking to us and our media support is still growing. So please keep telling people about us.

Rest assured; we are not going to lose sight of what Pipeline Card is all about. It's about all of us paying less for our petrol and diesel. We are definitely not going to do any deals with marketeers and spam merchants; and we are not going to give up.

That's it for now. Watch out for us on Fifth Gear - the Channel 5 motoring show - at the beginning of next month.

Don't forget that you can recommend Pipeline by clicking here http://www.PipelineCard.org/recommend.html and you can resign as a member at any time by sending a blank email to unsubscribe@PipelineCard.org.

Best wishes

Ben Scammell - Pipeline Card Founder

 

[John Dorian]

I signed up a few months ago, Im just worried about the founders name....SCAMell ??

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

to be honest i don't think the price of petrol is that unreasonable

think of it as pollution tax

 

[Beach Hut]

I joined as well.

 

[Trufflehound]

Save money by driving less.

 

[surrey jim]

I joined

 

[zefarelly]

to be honest i don't think the price of petrol is that unreasonable

think of it as pollution tax

I agree, I buy 106 octane leaded kiddie killer petrol for my race car . . . . and pay £1.60 a litre for the pleasure

if you don't like the price get off your fat f***ing arse and cycle/walk to work or use the train

 

[BUTTERBALL]

There was an item on the news the other day where AMERICANS are compaining about the price of fuel. It comes to something when people paying roughly about 70 per cent less than us (and driving 5.0litre gas-guzzlers) start complaining. They even think the republicans could lose the next US election over it.

 

[Man of Harveys]

The price of North Sea crude yesterday: a cheeky little $72 per barrel. So how long before some fat Yorkie bar-chomping rapist truckdriver turns up on telly, moaning about it all being Blair's fault.

 

[aftershavedave]

It is just possible that we will need to consider a different way of achieving our goal but the good news is that we have already been approached by another organisation who is interested in working with us.

business speak for "shit that didn't work, put a spin on it"

will never happen.