Some of you will undoubtedly remember the launch of the Pipeline Card initiative. The idea was, that once 100,000 people had joined up, that would represent a big enough consumer block to negotiate a discount with a major fuel supplier. It didn't happen. Membership is now over 500,000 and the website says they need even more.
There is no recent media coverage, no recent activity by Pipeline. At one point it seemed they had passed on e-mail addresses to domestic fuel price comparison websites, promising lower prices, but which didn't always deliver. They were blamed for spam.
Today I e-mailed Ben Scammell, whose brainchild Pipeline is, as follows:
"Hi Ben -
We don't seem to hear much about Pipeline these days. The momentum seems to have gone. After many years there's little achieved and no prospect that anything ever will be.
I am going to suggest you either officially close the website and admit defeat, or give those of us who have waited and become increasingly cynical something tangible to grab hold of.
Best wishes,
Chris"
Maybe it was a waste of my time.
Last edited by: FocalPoint on Mon 27 Jun 11 at 18:26
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