selling money off vouchers on ebay?

catsonic

if things get heavy i think i'll go jump off the humber bridge!! lol

If things do get funny i'll get advice before doing anything.

Felicity

Cripes! I sold some vouchers recently on eBay and I must admit I felt bad as I had got them for free! I did also wonder about the legal aspect of it as the vouchers clearly state not for resale.

I gave everybody that bought them at least 30% extra vouchers because I felt bad profiting from freebies (and you know only one person wrote to say 'you have sent too many, did you do that on purpose, if so thanks').

Anyway, I am really sorry to hear about your predicament! I agree that writing a proactive letter would be the best bet.

What did you do with the leftover papers? Did you send them back minus the vouchers?

Felicity

Oh, and also it is a warning to anybody selling Quick Reads on eBay. I heard a while back that the company were following these up, but I don't know of any cases yet.

vickym

Sophy wrote:

Re the post about you writing a letter of apology if things get heavy - I would think very carefully about admitting any kind of wrongdoing in writing if I were you, without taking legal advice first. Even if the letter explains all your mitigating circs, it could do more harm than good.

Thank Sophy - it was my post that I think you were referring to.

The letter that I was thinking of for Catsonic - if things get serious would be more along the lines of " acknowledging that now that you are aware its wrong to sell money off vouchers - that you can only apologise for your actions " not actually acknowledging that you knew that it was wrong before the vouchers were sold.

Hope this helps Catsonic - again if things do get serious I think Sophy is right - get legal advise first - but I am sure if matters are taken further it will be more like a slap on the wrist rather than action for fraud.

Best wishes

vickym

catsonic wrote:

if things get heavy i think i'll go jump off the humber bridge!! lol

If things do get funny i'll get advice before doing anything.

love n hugs to you.

Sorry to hear that it has lost your daughter her job. Just shows you no matter how old we are - we are wiser today than what we were yesterday, but not as wise as we will be tomorrow. We are never too old to learn.

I am sure that your daughter realises that you would not have sold the coupons if you had know that it would loose her, her job.

catsonic

the leftover papers went in the recycle bin along with the hundreds of other leftover leaflets!

thanks everyone for all the lovely advice

Felicity

Also, another thought.

It seems pretty obvious (to the company) as to what happened HOWEVER, from a legal poing of view, can they PROVE that the vouchers you sold came from your daughters paperround?

You COULD have just bought them at a car boot sale and it could be a coincidence that your daughter delivered them.

So if you have not admitted it, it may be difficult (and too expensive for them to bother) to persue it.

You still have the 'resale' issue to get around, but not the stealing.

WELSH-DRAGON_2

I know vouchers say not for resale but each time we redeem a voucher at tescos if we looked at the terms and conditions, it would say this voucher must be used against the purchase of the item shown on the voucher. Therefore, Tesco could be prosecuted for breaking the terms by accepting these vouchers when we all know their policy of accepting one voucher without purchasing the product.

Hope it is sorted soon anyway - Welshy x

vickym

WELSH-DRAGON wrote:

I know vouchers say not for resale but each time we redeem a voucher at tescos if we looked at the terms and conditions, it would say this voucher must be used against the purchase of the item shown on the voucher. Therefore, Tesco could be prosecuted for breaking the terms by accepting these vouchers when we all know their policy of accepting one voucher without purchasing the product.

Hope it is sorted soon anyway - Welshy x

Excellent Point Welsh-Dragon

Sophy

vickym wrote:

Thank Sophy - it was my post that I think you were referring to.

The letter that I was thinking of for Catsonic - if things get serious would be more along the lines of " acknowledging that now that you are aware its wrong to sell money off vouchers - that you can only apologise for your actions " not actually acknowledging that you knew that it was wrong before the vouchers were sold.

Hope this helps Catsonic - again if things do get serious I think Sophy is right - get legal advise first - but I am sure if matters are taken further it will be more like a slap on the wrist rather than action for fraud.

Best wishes

I think what you suggested seemed utterly sensible, except for the fact that companies can act like utter Nazis from time to time, just to prove they can - tbh, I wouldn't even admit to having sold the vouchers in the first place! True, they can "prove" it by looking on eBay, etc., buying them off you, but why make it easy on them by providing a confession, which they can then go on to twist? Admitting yourself to be in the wrong is doing their work for them!