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Commission on Empire Stores

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  • I have had an empire catologe for years and easytiger is right you have to pay £10 min a month to get the commission. If you ask for a cheque you get 10%, if you have it in good its 12.5%.
    I used to knock it off my account in goods I had bought at 12.5% but they have stopped that now. You have to tell them when placing an order that you want to use your commission to get the 12.5%
  • hilary1
    hilary1 Posts: 1,443 Forumite
    2005CLAIRE wrote:
    Don't mean to sound thick but can you do a step by step with me as I have tried to find where my little pot of gold is without having to phone.

    Go to the Empire site and at the top where you log in there is a My Account. If you havent used it before you will need to register with your account number and choose a password. Once you can get into your account look on the left hand side for options ie make a payment, claim commission etc. If you buy from EMpire anyway I cant see the point of paying by debit card, you might aswell have the free credit and get the commission back. plus they tend to send you quite a few free gift offers.
    The curve that can set a lot of things straight is a smile
  • 2005CLAIRE
    2005CLAIRE Posts: 547 Forumite
    I've had a look on My Account and this is what is on the left side on my account

    Account summary
    Amend password
    View orders
    Returns received
    Payments made
    Next statement
    Current statement
    Previous statement
    Collection Request
    Make a payment
    Your contact details


    The main reason I use a credit card to pay instead of having an account is that I do both - I use the card with a code and then use the code and put the item on my account - that way I feel more confident ordering - don't suppose it makes any difference but it makes me feel better lol
    All credit cards paid off.
    :j
    Catalogue £70
    Catalogue £69

    Mortgage 77,647.40 minus approx 30k endowments.

    Take each day as it comes - Don't panic - I WILL be mortgage free 1 day.
  • lynne1985
    lynne1985 Posts: 102 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Ive been a customer with empire stores for 3 years and it wasn't until my mum told me that i realised i should be getting commission i couldn't see any mention of it on the site so i phoned them up and they explained that after you pay your first £100 you earn 12.5% commission on all goods if you use it to buy things from the catalogue or 10% if you take it in cash or use it to pay off the account, anyways she checked up on it for me and i had over £150 in commission since then i've allways been able to check up on it online so if in doubt phone and ask.
    Lynne
  • loobyloose
    loobyloose Posts: 256 Forumite
    well on both my grattan and freemans account i have held for only about 3 years, say comission on the website, i enquired and they reckon i cannot claim as they stopped doing it like a month before i joined - i find this strange.
    Also notice about comission on my empire, then they come out with this award thing, i have a sneaking suspicion that im not getting my comission for this too.

    well i paid up freemand and grattan and wont be bothering buying again, unless i get some good codes come through that will cost me next to nothing ;)
    :confused:
  • hilary1
    hilary1 Posts: 1,443 Forumite
    loobyloose wrote:
    well on both my grattan and freemans account i have held for only about 3 years, say comission on the website, i enquired and they reckon i cannot claim as they stopped doing it like a month before i joined - i find this strange.
    Also notice about comission on my empire, then they come out with this award thing, i have a sneaking suspicion that im not getting my comission for this too.

    well i paid up freemand and grattan and wont be bothering buying again, unless i get some good codes come through that will cost me next to nothing ;)

    I agree its not worth buying from catalogues if youre not getting commission unless you get a good gift but I've been with Empire for 15 years and I still get commission on everyting I pay
    The curve that can set a lot of things straight is a smile
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