TRY ME FREE HUNT

gritts

mhoc wrote:

I remember doing a Coors one (last year????) but this is a differenet one? So there is nothing to stop us doing this one?

Mary

I also did both. Nothing in t&c's to say you could not.

LilacLillie

I have just rung about the delay on the Ambi Pur TMF. It has been ages since the letter. I was told there has been a problem getting the people who print the cheques to send them to the right dept:
I think it was a !!!! & bull story, but the end result was that the cheques will be on the way in the next 2 wks.
If by the end of the month you haven't recieved it, call back on 01379 649400 and ask for CS.
LL

Hipkiss

This is probably a really dumb question - but how does this work??

I've looked through the thread and can't see anything that explains it.


HK

Sparky67

Thanks for the update on Ambi-Pur

Dormouse

Hipkiss wrote:

This is probably a really dumb question - but how does this work??

I've looked through the thread and can't see anything that explains it.


HK

It's not a dumb question really - we on this thread sort of take it for granted that everyone should know how these offers work, but I've only just now realised there is no guide to TMFs here

Basically, the products listed on this thread have a Try Me Free or Money Back Guarantee promotion, meaning that we buy the product and later receive the money back (usually in form of a cheque, sometimes Postal Orders or even cash). Sometimes you get your postage paid for as well.

These promotions only run for a certain period of time, that's why a closing date is always mentioned here. It is essential that you buy the product and send off your claim before the closing date.

TMF products usually have a bright flash on the packaging, something along the lines of "Try me free" (very imaginative :rotfl: ). Sometimes you'll see them on the shelf with TMF-less products and you have to make sure you pick up the flashed product in order to enter.

Each TMF promotion has its own terms & conditions, which are always printed on the packaging (in annoyingly small print). You have to make sure you read through it and follow it to a letter - they are usually very strict!

Most TMFs have very similar T&Cs. You almost always have to send them the original receipt, and very often a brief statement of what you liked/disliked about the product (you will always be told what they want to know in each promotion).

TMFs are always (or maybe 99.999999% - anyone remember the cheese one a couple of years ago?) one per household, so you can only get your money back for one product. If you have another address you can use (parents, in-laws, friends, even work maybe), you can buy more than one, just make sure you buy them separately and with separate receipts (and make sure no-one at the other address is a compulsive TMFer ).

The most important thing is to remember to stick to the T&Cs. Sometimes, companies think of completely bizarre things to ask... you might have to cut bits off the packaging, send a certain-sized bit of paper, only in black ink, whatever :rolleyes:.

You are supposed to receive your refund within 28 days usually, but this varies a tremendous amount. Anything between 4 days are 2 months is normal.

I personally think TMFs are great: they often give me a chance to try a new product or a product I might not normally buy. Or sometimes it's for stuff I would've bought anyway, so it's really nice to get ot for free!

Being a sad person that I am , I've had all my TMFs on a spreadsheet since I started on MSE (well, I use more that one address so I have to keep checking whether I've had my refunds for everything), and at the moment, I've got 102 products on my list - that's probably over £200 worth of free stuff

Anyway, hope this explains it a bit - do ask if there's anything else that is confusing.

plinkykev

Hi Dormouse,

A nice and informative description on TMF's. I was going to do a "Thank-You" link, but then realised that this forum doesn't have one, unlike the Tesco mis-prices area which does. Any MOD able to advise why not? Can it be added?

pk

Hipkiss

Hi Dormouse,

Thank you ever so much for that. Very detailed explanation - and helped me understand what the thread is all about.

Mmmm, think I may look at the last few pages again and do a bit of shopping this afternoon.

Thanks again (if the button was there I would have clicked it).


HK

Nyarlathotep

There was some discussion previously as to whether a post card was required or not for this one. On the T and Cs it states that a postcard is to be used and the receipt attached - is it OK to fold the receipt up (it's about 9 inches long, got all my week's shopping on!) and staple it to the pc?

What have others done about this?

N

Sparky67

Nyarlathotep wrote:

There was some discussion previously as to whether a post card was required or not for this one. On the T and Cs it states that a postcard is to be used and the receipt attached - is it OK to fold the receipt up (it's about 9 inches long, got all my week's shopping on!) and staple it to the pc?

What have others done about this?

N

I posted about this some time back - like you say you can't have bits of paper hanging off the postcard!

I did what they asked but then put it IN an envelope. Got my postal order this week, so it shouldn't be a problem.

HTH

Nyarlathotep

Thanks Sparky67 - will do that.