Maserati Club/Pirelli Tyre Fuel Card Offer

I got it to work once at Tesco who swiped it on their terminal in the kiosk and then got me to sign a slip. However I went back the next day to use it again and it’s now been refused. It’s still got about £75 on it.

Not impressed, especially as my local garage could have got me four P-Zero’s cheaper than my nearest ‘Pirelli Performance Centre’ which actually was a seedy tyre fitting company in another town 12 miles away.

I have checked that my balance is still active online and spoken to Pirelli who have sent the following reply via email.

I’m glad you’ve been able to log in and view your balance.  I’m sorry that you don’t feel that you’ve had the best customer service from them – I will certainly take this up with them as we usually have good feedback.

 

As I said in my previous email, it doesn’t have to be used on fuel.  I think with the PDQ terminals changing constantly, we may need to change the mechanic in the future.  I know that if you were trying to purchase something for £100 for example, you’d need to tell them in advance how much was on the card so they can redeem it like a giftcard.  I do hope you are able to spend the balance.

 

Perx reng me back a week after my request to tell me the problem was that I was trying to buy £75 of fuel with £73 on the card. I didn’t realise it and Tesco’s machine didn’t let either the teller or me know what the problem was.

I’m told in future to make sure I ask for a double transaction to clear the balance on their card before topping up with my normal credit card. Let’s hope it works.