Become a toy tester for Woolworths HQ

sarah1972

Toy testers wanted!

Posted March 9th, 2010 by Hatty Fawcett
Have you ever wanted to get all the latest toys, games and clothes for your family for free? Now you can as Woolies are on the hunt for official product testers!
All you have to do is answer 5 simple questions about each product and take a photo of you or your family using it.
That’s it. You get to keep the products and we get honest reviews from real families. It’s win-win!
If you think you’d make a perfect product tester, drop us an email with your name, location and children’s ages to [EMAIL="WoolworthsUK@hotmail.co.uk"]WoolworthsUK@hotmail.co.uk[/EMAIL]. Not sure about the hotmail address? Let me know what you all think and I will delete if necessary

http://www.woolieshq.co.uk/canteen/blog/our-blog/toy-testers-wanted

mrcol1000

Its a bit suspcious that the contact e-mail address is a hotmail one. Shop Direct who own Woolsworths now is a huge company and own a lot of well known brands so surely they would not be using Hotmail?

sarah1972

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Its a bit suspcious that the contact e-mail address is a hotmail one. Shop Direct who own Woolsworths now is a huge company and own a lot of well known brands so surely they would not be using Hotmail?

I agree although it has this as the bottom of the website which looks legit?
© 2008–2009 Woolworths Blog Woolworths is a trading name of Shop Direct Home Shopping Limited. Registered number: 4663281.
Registered office: 1st Floor, Skyways House, Speke Road, Speke, Liverpool L70 1AB.

mrcol1000

sarah1972 wrote: »

I agree although it has this as the bottom of the website which looks legit?
© 2008–2009 Woolworths Blog Woolworths is a trading name of Shop Direct Home Shopping Limited. Registered number: 4663281.
Registered office: 1st Floor, Skyways House, Speke Road, Speke, Liverpool L70 1AB.

It does seem quite a big regularly updated complex website just to harvest a few e-mail addresses so maybe it is for real.

chasingsunshine_2

I hope it is legit!

slightlyconfused_3

Im not too sure about whether it is legit..... I looked up who registered the domain and it doesn't maatch with Woolies registered address and is registered to an individual:

Domain name:
woolieshq . co . uk

Registrant:
Joanne Henderson

Trading as:
Glue london ltd

Registrant type:
UK Individual

Registrant's address:
31 Old Nichol Street
London
London
E2 7HR
United Kingdom

Registrar:
Fasthosts Internet Ltd [Tag = FASTHOSTS]

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 01-Jun-2009
Renewal date: 01-Jun-2011
Last updated: 09-Jun-2009

Neddy2000

If you click on the Woolworths Blog link at the bottom left of the official http://www.woolworths.co.uk site it does take you back to that Woolies HQ page so maybe it's okay.

jacktyler

i wouldn't worry

i'm pretty sure it is legit.

there's a link to that blog from glue's website:



always good to be wary though, but this looks okay to me.

(i agree, it seems rather unprofessional to use a hotmail address though)

myusernamehasgone_2

I have just sent an email to woolworths asking if its from thier company ...will let you know the answer if i get one

DrowingNotWaving

I emailed woolworths and got this..

Dear Customer

Thanks for getting in touch with Woolies.
I can confirm that Woolies HQ is part of Woolworths.co.uk.
We hope this answers your question. If there’s anything else we can do, just email us by clicking the reply button and we’ll be happy to help.


Kind Regards

Gemma Douglas
Woolworths Customer Services Team

If I'm not in, anyone else on our dedicated Woolies team can read my notes and help you.
See what's in store at www.woolworths.co.uk

myusernamehasgone_2

I asked them if the hotmail account was linked to them and got this reply

Dear Customer
Thank you for getting in touch with Woolworths.

I can confirm that this is a legitimate advertisement requesting product testers.
If there’s anything else we can do, just email us by clicking the reply button. We’ll be happy to help.