Misleading advert "warning" people against MSE

LydiaJ

Anybody think this advert is misleading, not to say dishonest? It accuses free sites (including MSE) of "taking your money" before directing people to a site that will charge you a fee for a consultation to reduce your bills.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9i55o_the-uk-money-saving-scam-make-yours_people

I thought it might be a good idea to mention it, in case something ought to be done about it by somebody, but I wasn't sure which bit of the forum to put it on Here seemed as good as any.

LeeSouthEast

lmao. The site it links to says:

Order now at the 'Limited' discounted price

Normal Price £97

Limited Discount £19.97

It's just a con using 'legit' sites to look like cons to drive you to another total con.

Thanks for the amusement though

MSE_Martin

Its been taken down - did it mention MSE specifically? If it did its defamatory.

Martin

LydiaJ

MSE_Martin wrote: »

Its been taken down - did it mention MSE specifically? If it did its defamatory.

Martin

It said something like "sites like these" and then had a series of logos gradually appearing and disappearing one after the other. The green MSE banner that goes across the top of the site's pages was definitely included, along with comparethemarket.com, moneysupermarket.com, confused.com and several others. I only watched it once but as far as I can rembember it said the sites listed "claim to help you save money" but "actually make thousands of pounds out of you" or millions of pounds or something along those lines.

LeeSouthEast

It had the MSE banner Martin.

Quasar

Being defamed is a sign of success and popularity. Still annoying and potentially harmful to all the sites so named though. Good that the site has been taken down, but it would be nice if the scrotes could be prosecuted under libel laws.

walter_wobblebottom

Quasar wrote: »

Being defamed is a sign of success and popularity. Still annoying and potentially harmful to all the sites so named though. Good that the site has been taken down, but it would be nice if the scrotes could be prosecuted under libel laws.

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Quasar

LMAO at that avvy!!!! :rotfl::rotfl:

MrsBartolozzi

Found deleted link from the same site.
It's a piece posted by "expertmoneysaver" (even uses Martin Lewis and moneysavingexpert as search terms) and a link there takes you to deleted link
where the info is very familiar. I wonder where he found out all this! Even shows his Quidco earnings.

I have removed the links. If anyone from the MSE team wants them, just PM me!

robt_2

LydiaJ wrote: »

It said something like "sites like these" and then had a series of logos gradually appearing and disappearing one after the other. The green MSE banner that goes across the top of the site's pages was definitely included, along with comparethemarket.com, moneysupermarket.com, confused.com and several others. I only watched it once but as far as I can rembember it said the sites listed "claim to help you save money" but "actually make thousands of pounds out of you" or millions of pounds or something along those lines.

I didn't see it myself, but if it as you stated then it is perfectly true. The difference is that MSE clearly state what are and aren't affiliate links which make them money, and indeed offer a standard link too Of course MSE doesn't promote certain products to make cash either.

LydiaJ

I can't remember the exact wording now, but since in my OP I put "taking your money" in quotes, I think that must have been a quote from the video. Yes, of course MSE makes its money from the * links, but to accuse it of "taking people's money" is defamatory.

MrsBartolozzi - if you read this before the forum team edit your post, I suggest you remove the link yourself. I put the same link in my 2nd post on this thread and the forum team removed it so as not to give the site any advertising or exposure, which makes sense to me now that I think about it.