Greasypalm - anyone have an answer please?

[moggins]

I received my first ever cheque from them this week but there is a difference of 5 quid between what they say online I have been sent and what I actually have on the cheque. They say they have sent me 30.27 on their website but I've actually received a cheque for 25.27. Is this normal? Do they deduct a fiver for the privilege of sending a cheque? I have e-mailed them about this but so far there's been a distinct lack of response from them.

[innovate]

Sorry, don't know - - but why are you using Greasypalm if you could get higher cashback at TCB or Quidco?

[Dalkirst]

Don't they take a fiver off for admin off your first one or is that another cashback site?

[innovate]

Don't they take a fiver off for admin off your first one or is that another cashback site?

Quidco take 5£/annum, TCB take nothing. Their merchant rates are literally identical. Neither give you a sign-up bonus, or have referral schemes (understandably, for their business models) but it is possible to 'make up' for this in probably just one or two transactions.

Quidco have a small comparison table (http://www.quidco.com/how-we-compare/) that illustrates some differences. I 'shopped around' for lots of things that aren't on this table, and now don't even bother going to anybody but Quidco and TCB, and sometimes Rpoints (if merchant is not listed on Quidco/TCB).

[windym]

Sorry to be vague, I use quidco, but what is TCB?

[innovate]

sorry, should have put links in

Quidco (http://www.quidco.com)

TCB (aka TopCashBack) (http://www.topcashback.co.uk)

Rpoints (http://www.rpoints.com)

There are also threads for each of these over on the referrer's board (even though there is no referral to get for Quidco or TCB)

[Fairy Michelle]

Gresy Palm send out cheques two months in arrears so your cheque will be up to the end of November. Any money earnt after that will be on your next cheque.

[anta]

I want to register to TCB and Rpoints (they give grat cashback for yves rocher) - if anyone want, pm me and I reffer you

[innovate]

anta, I am more than happy to refer you for Rpoints (as I am sure lots of others will be) - - but all you get is 200 Rpoints (£2) per Yves Rocher purchase. Both TCB and Quidco (no referrals on either!) pay £4 per YR purchase.

TCB also give you 45p if you sign up for the YR newsletter - - Rpoints give you 20 points (2p).

I am not trashing Rpoints here - it's a great site, they have more merchants than TCB or Quidco have, and they have a superb Forum, which neither Quidco nor TCB sport. Suppose it is up to everybody themselves whether they want to support the Rpoints site with its uniques, or just go and grab the best deal.

[innovate]

Gresy Palm send out cheques two months in arrears so your cheque will be up to the end of November. Any money earnt after that will be on your next cheque.

Good point - this could explain the delta in moggins' payout.

It's important to remember that there's usually a 2-3 month time lapse between earning the cashback and the payment, on all the sites. I believe most of this delay is down to the merchant, not the cashback site - but clearly, the later the cashback site pays out, the more interest they can make on their merchant funds. This is quite ok, because they have to make a decent living from providing us with the freebies :cool:

[Poppycat]

Some retailors also take longer to pay, it took me 6 months to get paid from Haven last year via Greasypalm

[innovate]

LOL, yes, Poppycat, and some of them never pay! Glad you could get your Haven payment. I am sure some of the merchants put up high cashback promises and then take their time over paying it, in the hope that the customer will forget all about the promise.

Happened to me with EnergyHelpLine (not via a cashback site, I hasten to add) - - I switched to npower through them, and never heard any more about the promised £12. They don't bother responding to any inquiries. Last time I placed any business through EnergyHelpLine!!!

The great thing about cashback sites (Quidco, TCB, Rpoints, at least) is that they automatically keep a record of your purchases, so at least it's relatively easy to figure out what you are still owed, and what may have gone astray.

[robnye]

i have just received my first cheque from greasypalm....... for £25.27, they didnt deduct £5 from mine, even though it was my first cheque.

took me a year to hit the £25 mark.

[moggins]

Thanks for the information but going by what they have sent on my account page they claim to have paid me out 30.27 under the paid bit but I have only received a cheque for 25.27. This is the first cheque I have ever received from them. I still have another 72.00 pending which will hopefully be paid out next month.

[burnoutbabe]

Just looked at the quidco comparision table

it says play is2% with them but 1% with greasy. But greasy does give 2%, it pops up when i go to the site with the rebate catcher.

But all in all, quidco looks better so shall switch to that now. thannks :)