Free £10 Amazon Voucher.... write some reviews

Mrs._Fingerbottom

jacktyler wrote: »

the point is, if trustedplaces had wanted people to do 30 reviews for £20 they would have said so. i presume they haven't because they want reviews from as many different people as possible to give a wide range of opinions and as broad a geographic spread as possible.

secondly, it's not an indefinite offer. as soon as trustedplaces have enough reviews, i assume that they'll close the offer. by cheating the system, you're potentially denying a fellow forum user the opportunity to take up this offer. it's unfair to other people who want to give it a go.

If Trusted Places asked people to write 30 reviews most people wouldn't bother. This is both a marketing exercise and a scheme to build up some much needed content. And so they chose 15 reviews to get as many people writing for them while still only paying less than 10% of what a freelance journalist would cost.

The two sets of reviews I wrote were based around two parts of London that are twelve miles apart -so there's your geographical variety. And as most people in a community share the similar thoughts about most places, a wide range of opinions is unlikely anyway. Besides, the majority of my reviews were factual comments on location, patronage, decor etc., not subjective ramblings. So the idea that the quality of my reviews is compromised is incorrect.

And the notion that I'm denying other people is just silly. Since when has it been the practice of MSE users to deny themselves a competition, bargain, deal or freebie on the hypothetical situation that fellow forumites may also, possibly, perhaps, want to benefit as well. I think most people here would think it ridiculous that someone sabotaged their own opportunities for that reason, and few would resent other's successes.

Ooh. Wait.
I just reviewed the T&Cs. I haven't broken them. There's no rule about doing it twice.

9ine

jacktyler wrote: »

when did you complete the first 15? it can take up to 72 hours to get the voucher, because they need to check the reviews.

Point taken, just minutes after posting above i received one for £10, hope i get another, as i enjoyed doing it and would love to do more :j

jacktyler

i'm not getting into an arguement with you mrs f. you said yourself you diddled your ip address and re-registered with a different email address. the terms and conditions state they will give each peron who writes 15 reviews of 100 words or more a £10 amazon voucher. each being singular. you cheated. end of story.

Mrs._Fingerbottom

jacktyler wrote: »

i'm not getting into an arguement with you mrs f. you said yourself you diddled your ip address and re-registered with a different email address. the terms and conditions state they will give each peron who writes 15 reviews of 100 words or more a £10 amazon voucher. each being singular. you cheated. end of story.

Not quite. The end of the story goes: And then they spent their two £10 vouchers, let off a party popper and giggled for a fortnight. The End.

jacktyler

Mrs._Fingerbottom wrote: »

Not quite. The end of the story goes: And then they spent their two £10 vouchers, let off a party popper and giggled for a fortnight. The End.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

kb1977

I'm getting annoyed now, I did my reviews on Tuesday it took me ages, then yesterday got the email saying my reviews weren't all 100 words and I could add to them to qualify. All of my 15 reviews were over 100 words so I emailed them back to double check. I emailed again at 1pm saying again please check my reviews again and still no voucher

Former_MSE_Forum_Manager

As a further note, we can't police what people do on other sites and despite MSE Andrea's warning (above), it is up to the moral stance of the user and system of the website as to how it is used.

What we would say though is that MoneySavingExpert.com in no way condones breaking any T&Cs or rules to profit from a system. We are about legal money saving.

caffenero

kb1977 wrote: »

I'm getting annoyed now, I did my reviews on Tuesday it took me ages, then yesterday got the email saying my reviews weren't all 100 words and I could add to them to qualify. All of my 15 reviews were over 100 words so I emailed them back to double check. I emailed again at 1pm saying again please check my reviews again and still no voucher

well i got mine and am happy, all mine were over 100 i didn't need to count as i waffle on. the tenner is for the first 15, i dont know how anyone would have time to write more than that! i guess i know edinburgh really well as i was there for 6 months last year for work but i dont have the time at the moment, if i put anymore on it will be on the same account so more more vouchers for me. thanks trusted!

bathgatebuyer

I received my voucher today after writing my 15 reviews yesterday - delighted with the service and happy to do some more. Found it quite enjoyable to be honest, but then again, I'm a right blether...............

Eiteews

Got mine too