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FREE Earth Day Charge Point Card

Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by knckdwntxt, Apr 17, 2012.

  1. janie

    janie 2016 Prius 3 Touring

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    FYI. You can use a charge point station without a card. You just need to call charge point when you are at the station and answer a few questions and they can activate the station for you to charge:)
     
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  2. ultraseven

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    Yup, just did and it worked. Had to give out some personal info like phone # and email addr and it was on. though I probably don't want to call too many times and hope the card arrives fast :) :rockon:
     
  3. ultraseven

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    Has anyone got their cards yet? I registered on the 18th and still waiting ...
     
  4. mrbigh

    mrbigh Prius Absolutum Dominium

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    Seems that Charge Point Co. is very slow at certain procedures.
    I contact them on April 9th requesting information about pricing and sales of their commercial EVSE in behalf of the Company I work with. I received a replay the same day indicting that somebody will get back to me for the sales prospective.
    Until today 2 weeks after the fact, nobody has contact me. Do they have an active sales force? who knows........
     
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    bfd Plug-In Perpetuator

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    Sounds like a marketing plan. Gather a bunch of names and tell them they're going to get something. Then sell the names and pocket the cash.

    That's exactly what throw-away e-mails were made for!
     
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    Just received two cards, one for me and another for my wife even though she haven't sat in the driver's seat even once!:)
     
  7. janie

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    I just received my card today :)
     
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    I ordered mine on Saturday..... How long did it take to get ?
     
  9. janie

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    I ordered mine on the evening of 4/16/12, and received today 4/24/12 - about 8 days?
     
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    I ordered mine the day or two after this post so I'll say 4/18 and my wife ordered hers over the weekend so they are sending them out in batches.
     
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    I'm still waiting for mine -- ordered on 4/18.
     
  12. wmmmmm

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    You'll probably get it tomorrow. I'm only 35 miles north east of Campbell and the postmark was 4/23.
     
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  13. mitch672

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    I happen to go over to the building next door (265 Franklin Street in Boston) today, to checkout their 4 chargepoints (I am thinking of moving over to that parking garage, but the one I am in has no issues with me plugging in to the 120V outlets, so maybe not), anyway, I took a few pictures while checking them out. They where all "ICED" but the garage attendants have the keys, so they will move a car if you need to use one of the EVSE's... which are free (for now), however, the garage costs money to park in, of course.

    [​IMG]
     
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  14. CharlesH

    CharlesH CA HOV Decal #5 on former PiP

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    Some were wondering if this would be a card valid only at free stations: When I activated the card, I had no problem specifying a credit card and validating the tag for use at pay stations. Of course, the real test would be to actually USE it at a pay station.
     
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    It finally arrived in my mail today, so took about 7 calendar days. Yeehaw!
     
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    Received my free card today. I don't even have an EV/PHEV to charge yet... :)
     
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    I also got mine today and registered. Supposedly my PIP arrives this week!


    :cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:
     
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    Mine was in today's mail, too. Pretty dinky card. Not like the regular CC sized card a Blink guy showed me yesterday for their system.

    I think both must use RFID - and I know some people aren't down with all the RFID chips floating around. So that's something to think about. Personally, I don't care if my charging proclivities are recorded. But I know people who do, and I understand their concerns.
     
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    Yes! got mine today.... now, I need to drive somewhere I can test the chargepoint!
     
  20. Sandiegomom

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    Got mine today too. I'll throw it in the glove box with my Blink one for use "someday"... I also have 30 free mins on a Car2Go that I need to try out soon.