Currys £10 is not good for christmas

myrnahaz

Curry's are offering a £10 giftcard if you buy certain items, and their TV advert says you can give the card to someone else as a gift. But the date on the card shown on the TV expires on 24th december', so check the date on your card before you give it as a christmas gift.

Freddie_Snowbits

Clearly says redeemable between 5th and 24th December 2008
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/editorial/christmas-gift-card#
It is a promotion to get people into store and buy certain items. I see no scam here.

Sagz_2

myrnahaz wrote: »

Curry's are offering a £10 giftcard if you buy certain items, and their TV advert says you can give the card to someone else as a gift. But the date on the card shown on the TV expires on 24th december', so check the date on your card before you give it as a christmas gift.

OH and I spotted this too - but if you listen very carefully to the adverts it says something along the lines of it to 'treat someone special... like you'.

It's still misleading though.

myrnahaz

I didn't mean that it was a scam, I just wanted to warn people who didn't realise there was a pre-christmas expity date. In fact, they have a new advert this evening which clearly states the 5th-24th december validity date.

PopeSock

There's nothing I can see in the terms and conditions to stop you buying a £10 gift card, and using the free gift card as payment. Hence you'd end up with a gift card that wouldn't expire. In theory.

As to them closing down? Doubtful. I suspect they may possibly end up closing some of their stores - not the PC World ones that have had the fancy new makeover, but some of the ones that haven't.

alared

Surely it`s only a matter of time before this overpriced retailer along with it`s sisters,pc world and dixons,go the same way as Woolies.

Halloway

There is some word on the street that PC World's days may be numbered.

hollydays

..sneaky..

pulliptears

From the Ad's I got the impression the voucher could be given as a christmas gift as well.

DCFC79

Well you could give it as a gift but they would have to spend it before or on the 24th of december, the date is mentioned in the ad so i dont see an issue with it

red_bertie

Very devious, a lot of people will not have sussed this. Thanks OP.