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PaydayUK, spend £20 get £50 Quidco?

Hello all, apologies if this has already been posted...

Looking at quidco i saw that paydayuk give £50 cashback to new customers.

They do small loans that you pay back on your next payday

Minimum you can borrow is £80 and u get charged £20 so u pay back £100

now...

if u go through quidco, u can get £50 cashback

u pay £20 in interest

but get £50 cashback

= £30 profit

People on quidco are saying the payout is within a month. What do you all think?
Mortgage Free 22/03/17
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Comments

  • I'd say steer well clear, personally, but that's because of the whole payday loan thing. I just wouldn't want to get tangled up with that. Not for 30 quid anyway!
    PROUD TO HAVE DEALT WITH MY DEBTS
  • ProggerPete
    ProggerPete Posts: 130 Forumite
    That does sound pretty interesting. I'll probably give it a go. I'll be flushing all cookies first, but provided it tracks the only way things could go wrong is if you don't have the cash in your bank account when they come round to claiming their cash.
    I like my Money For Nothing. =)
  • Payday Uk Cashback raised to £65 until midnight 31 March, so profit on an £80 loan if the Quidco Cashback comes through is £45.
    Would be good to take money off scumbags charging mind-boggling APR of 1737% !!
  • i have done this before, had no problems at all

    borrowed 80 paid back 100 quidco at the time was 70 , made an easy £50, easy to cancel etc!
    Mortgage Start jun 2007 £88500 Outstanding Balance £51000
    Overpayments 2007 Nil 2008 £1040 2009 £7853 2010 £10000 2011 aiming for £18000 (6k so far)
    The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but the Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!!
  • purt
    purt Posts: 4,710 Forumite
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    They're currently offering £65 cashback for an accepted loan. Have just signed up for one and been approved. Should be an easy £45 if it works.

    Thanks for posting :)
  • jopwo_87
    jopwo_87 Posts: 327 Forumite
    Thanks for the info. Think i'll give it a try tonight!
    Thinking it over...:o
  • JimLad
    JimLad Posts: 950 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    I just tryed it and they want to verify my identification. I have to fax them my passport! Who has a fax machine these days!
    Mortgage Free 22/03/17
    MissWillow is my OH!
  • elsien
    elsien Posts: 37,511 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Worked for me a few months back - I dithered for ages in case it all went horribly pear-shaped. The only downside was the sheer volume of junk emails from similar payday type companies - went into the hundreds for a while, and I'm usually pretty good about ticking the opt-out boxes.
    Still, makes a nice change from the requests to enlarge my penis!
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • karie
    karie Posts: 483 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    would this have any sort of negative effect on your credit rating?
  • Zinger549
    Zinger549 Posts: 1,436 Forumite
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    How do you make money from this. If you have to pay them £100 and get £50 back then surly use loose £50.
    Come on you Irons
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