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Posted on 07/02/2020 08:18 by BlueVanMan

"We hope you take advantage of the new benefits with Fuelpecker"

I am slightly surprised that CAMC feel able to endorse Fuelpecker or rather Horizon Fuels, a company which has only been in existence for eight months and which has a share capital of £100.  It has (understandably) not yet filed any accounts and has only one Director. they may be backed by (for example) Paypal for all we know but that is not discernible and presumably the Club don't know either. 

Furthermore if Horizon have "purchased" Pump King then that would normally mean that customer lists and data would be transferred to Horizon otherwise there would be little point in paying for the company, might as well just start up in competition. So athough of course  I don't know what has happened here and whilst it may be the case that   PK has "deleted" its user data it may also have transferred that data or at least cardholder details to Horizon. Anyway data would normally be retained by PK for a period insofar as necessary for audit or compliance purposes. 

Whilst I appreciate that exact commercial relationships with companies may be at least in part confidential I have a concern that the reputation of the club could be tarnished by recommendations if these were not preceded by careful scrutiny of the supplier.

Or to put that more simply I hope the Club have thoroughly investigated Horizon before (by implication) recommending them. 

Posted on 07/02/2020 08:18 by BlueVanMan

"We hope you take advantage of the new benefits with Fuelpecker"

I am slightly surprised that CAMC feel able to endorse Fuelpecker or rather Horizon Fuels, a company which has only been in existence for eight months and which has a share capital of £100.  It has (understandably) not yet filed any accounts and has only one Director. they may be backed by (for example) Paypal for all we know but that is not discernible and presumably the Club don't know either. 

On Fuelpeckers website there is a statement. :-

"Fuelpecker is proud to have top global entrepreneurs and business people as investors and board members" (note plural )

Well maybe they do but there is no UK company called "Fuelpecker" and there is only one director of Horizon, Tom Leyland who may or may not be a global entrepreneur but he has no other directorships.   With a  share capital of £100 there is little permanent capital invested in the company. 

Furthermore if Horizon have "purchased" Pump King then that would normally mean that customer lists and data would be transferred to Horizon otherwise there would be little point in paying for the company, might as well just start up in competition. So athough of course  I don't know what has happened here and whilst it may be the case that   PK has "deleted" its user data it may also have transferred that data or at least cardholder details to Horizon. Anyway data would normally be retained by PK for a period insofar as necessary for audit or compliance purposes. 

Whilst I appreciate that exact commercial relationships with companies may be at least in part confidential I have a concern that the reputation of the club could be tarnished by recommendations if these were not preceded by careful scrutiny of the supplier.

Or to put that more simply I hope the Club have thoroughly investigated Horizon before (by implication) recommending them. 

 

 

Posted on 07/02/2020 09:35 by Surfer

I would recommend that you read their Privacy Policy before signing up.  BTW this is the first time that I have come across a site asking for a password that does not include numbers or characters.

Posted on 07/02/2020 09:20 by Surfer

Went through exactly the same with Pumpkin which only came into existence a couple of months prior to being released to CAMC.  I suspect that the director is probably the same person but different company name.  Either way you are correct that the CMC should investigate the company more thoroughly.  After signing up with Pump King my junk email folder became full rapidly!