VISTA PRINT free business cards - SCAM

Raksha

I've also used them regularly over the last 3 or 4 years with no issues, but then, like others have mentioned, I an anal about reading the small print......

Call_Centre_Guru

Like many others I've placed loads of orders with them and been very happy, this 'rewards' scheme that comes up at the end of the order just needs a click in the X and no charge is made. It's because it say's 'free' and 'discount' that people click without reading.

ladypinkof66

I like many other people have been scammed too - i never signed up for the discount scheme nor did i tick any boxes - yet i had £9.95 x 2 for 10 months taken out of my account - i tried to contact the two companies and got either an answering machine or no answer this went on for about 5 months, i contacted my credit card company who told me the only way around this was to cancel my credit card and have a new one issued then they would no longer be able to take any money - at the time i was stressed and irate as having to sort this out took me along time - i did get the money back and hasten to add i do agree they are cowboys - after having phoned my credit card company they told me 1000s of people were in the same situation as me and they have had to sort them out too - needless to say whether the cards are value for money or not i would not put myself through it again - as i wasted so much valuable time on sorting this lot of s**t out.

heatherw_01

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Mood_2

The same thing has happened to me, I checked my cc statement today and saw the £9.95 and vprewards and i wondered what it was, so i phoned them and they gave me the same !!!! and bull story about vistaprint and another pop up when i ordered my business cards. They told me i had to write in for a refund and it was at their discretion. I phoned Barclaycard and they have refunded me, and i am still sending a letter in and thinking about reporting them to trading standards or similar!!!

Bernie

The "Rewards Offer" appears at the end of the transaction every time. The fact that others state they were certain they had not made such a selection bears witness to how easy it is to stumble into Vistaprint's cash generating shiester trick.

I too think it is a scam that a reputable company, seeking to please it's customers, would never attempt.

Personally, I have used Vistaprint for ages too and exploit their multitude of free offers to the full, I've ordered all sorts of stuff from them - But everytime I order, I make damn sure that I navigate carefully past their cash-trap "Rewards Offer" at the end.

Don't let 'em get away with it - now you are aware of the trap, do as I do and harvest their free offers....