Octoplus - Whos had the invite?

[PITA]

Octoplus... are you joining?

Rewards Scheme to run alongside your existing Energy Tariff.

- Free Electricity at 'Greenest' periods
- Rewards Points

Estimated most Customers will get £200 of rewards each year.

 

[Whyone]

Signed up.

Why wouldn't you?

 

[PITA]

Signed up.

Why wouldn't you?

Yes indeed.

I'm in...

 

[ACarneiro]

Yep. Got the invite last week, can’t see any reason not to…

 

[PITA]

Just warming up my 'free electricity' charging system to Max Power.

Let the streetlights dim... and the sound of mad laughter commence

Love you Octopus

 

[Buzzliteyear]

I signed up a week or 2 ago, but nothing has happened yet.

 

[Jason71]

I seem to have 22,700 octopoints I had forgotten about from saving sessions etc . Question is do I cash them in for £28 or hold on to them for
promised future:

"exclusive Octopus merch at discount prices, plus one or two surprises we’re keeping up our sleeves".

 

[Pink Duck]

I like that Spin the Wheel(tm) now rewards a minimum of 8 Octopoints, yes, a whole penny guaranteed - two per smart meter reading!

The email invites were due to be sent out in the last week of October. I joined Octoplus earlier, once it appeared in Android app.

The key thing is to ensure you have a way of monitoring for the Surprise Sessions (social feeds only), which may reward more apparently.

 

[Adopado]

I seem to have 22,700 octopoints I had forgotten about from saving sessions etc . Question is do I cash them in for £28 or hold on to them for
promised future:

"exclusive Octopus merch at discount prices, plus one or two surprises we’re keeping up our sleeves".

At the height of the energy price period Octopus gave people an option to donate their points to help people who were struggling with their fuel costs. It must be linked to this: How we're helping customers through the energy crisis

 

[Dilly]

I’m in

 

[Somex]

Me too.
Why wouldn't you sign up?

 

[phil4]

I think this has already been discussed but "- Free Electricity at 'Greenest' periods" isn't a thing yet, they've been doing powerup over Norfolk way for a few months now, but not wider than that. I think they're cleverly used it for marketing, when actually for most of their customers there's no way of using it at the moment.

 

[Leytonstone]

Me too.
Why wouldn't you sign up?

Because in 2020 the company were at the front of the queue to signal they were on the side of social justice by giving vast amounts of your money to BLM, an obvious grift by people who want to abolish the police and all prisons?

NB the link to the Octopus www above is worth reading as its later update hints at the backlash it must have caused

 

[jblandford]

Yep why wouldn't you sign up. I quite agree with their politics

 

[Somex]

Because in 2020 the company were at the front of the queue to signal they were on the side of social justice by giving vast amounts of your money to BLM, an obvious grift by people who want to abolish the police and all prisons?

NB the link to the Octopus www above is worth reading as its later update hints at the backlash it must have caused

Thank you for pointing this out.
I am not going to get into a political debate with you on this matter, what I would say is that you are entitled to your opinion (and so am I!)
I chose to sign up based on my perception of Octopus as an energy supplier and (you may say selfishly) what I felt signing up might do for me...simples

 

[Epico]

Be good if they could also add the ability to export at peak times and get paid a peak rate (similar to flux).

And who wouldn't wanna sign up for free stuff...!

 

[mdunc]

I think this has already been discussed but "- Free Electricity at 'Greenest' periods" isn't a thing yet, they've been doing powerup over Norfolk way for a few months now, but not wider than that. I think they're cleverly used it for marketing, when actually for most of their customers there's no way of using it at the moment.

They have done it before nationwide ( im in Somerset)and was previously called power hour and was separate from the savings sessions that also ran last year. This year they have been rolled into one under Octoplus. Last year the saving sessions alone netted me £99 credit. Here is one of the 2022 power hour emails I got. And my results from last years saving sessions

 

[mdunc]

Because in 2020 the company were at the front of the queue to signal they were on the side of social justice by giving vast amounts of your money to BLM, an obvious grift by people who want to abolish the police and all prisons?

NB the link to the Octopus www above is worth reading as its later update hints at the backlash it must have caused

Thought that links states...

 

[NewbieT]

I seem to have 22,700 octopoints I had forgotten about from saving sessions etc . Question is do I cash them in for £28 or hold on to them for
promised future:

"exclusive Octopus merch at discount prices, plus one or two surprises we’re keeping up our sleeves".

T&C’s also say

Octopoints are valid for 3 years from the date they are added to your Octoplus account, after which time they will automatically expire and cannot be renewed.

and

The accumulation of Octopoints does not entitle you to any vested rights, and we do not guarantee the continued availability of any particular Reward, redemption level, rebate or any other benefit. We accept no liability to you in relation to the addition or deletion of Rewards from or for which Octopoints can be collected or redeemed.

You risk forgetting again and getting nothing, or a future dilution vs. The promise of….. nothing.

 

[Drew57]

I signed up when I got the email last week even though I find it hard to save against almost zero peak consumption.