I’m not sure if this move is innocently helpful or predatory opportunism, but whatever the case the fact remains people can now buy generators through FNB’s eBucks shop.

Sanjeev Orie, CEO of FNB Business Value-Adds said in a press statement that “We believe that this is a timely solution as load-shedding is increasingly affecting businesses and consumers, and the generators we have secured will go a long way to helping our customers to plan better. We have partnered with a leading supplier of alternative energy solutions and based on customer demand, we will increase our generator inventory levels in the coming weeks.”

And if your rewards level is high enough, the press statement says you can even qualify for a discount of up to 20%. Oddly, on the site itself you’ll find the only discounted generator offering savings of up to 40% off, eBucks-level-dependent.

The offer is available for both Personal and Business customers, giving small businesses and residences the opportunity to buy their way out of the power outages currently being experienced across the country due to Eskom’s loadshedding activities.

The Ryobi generators are found under the playfully-titled “Loadshedding Survival” section of the eBucks online shop that includes other “survival” items like gas-powered lanterns, Cadac gas cookers, UPSes and candles.

You can pick one up for as little as R4 550 for a 2200w model, going all the way up to R9 999 for a 6900w generator, and all run on unleaded petrol.

Generators can be bought for eBucks, cash, or a combination of the two.

Sound good? Thinking of grabbing one? You should probably hurry, as there are only 10 000 units available for now.