Groupola iPhone offer - absolute scam, disgusting ethics

spora

well, well, well, guess what turned up today! I was really doubting that i would ever get it. Im well pleased

sookipeaspud

There is a surprise. A mass audience desperate to get their hands on a gimmicy phone. So desperate that they blindly click and pass details to a website which is too good to be true.

Because there is an audience of desperate iphone junkies, companies can convince you to drink your own urine in exchange for blatantly bogus sale.

spora

sookipeaspud wrote: »

There is a surprise. A mass audience desperate to get their hands on a gimmicy phone. So desperate that they blindly click and pass details to a website which is too good to be true.

Because there is an audience of desperate iphone junkies, companies can convince you to drink your own urine in exchange for blatantly bogus sale.

see my post above

sookipeaspud

Oddly enough a friend of mine got one too! By mistake they sent two! Hoorah

dacouch

laurenjs88 wrote: »

you should read their facebook page its hilarious! hehe

I know it's an old thread but this link may explain the amazing "reviews" posted on their website...

http://www.bitterwallet.com/tag/astroturfing

Coopdivi

Well done spora for getting one of the EIGHT iPhones that Groupola were selling.

Yes the offer was a scam. I'm just surprised by those posters on this thread who sought to vigorously defend Groupola's tactics.

http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2011/30-11

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12701948

corbyboy

Coopdivi wrote: »

Well done spora for getting one of the EIGHT iPhones that Groupola were selling.

Yes the offer was a scam. I'm just surprised by those posters on this thread who sought to vigorously defend Groupola's tactics.

http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2011/30-11

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12701948

I read that BBC article and it doesn't go anywhere near enough as to explaining what a scam this was.

Not only did they not tell people only 8 phones were available, they lied at the end of the promotion and said they had sold 200. The article also mentions that a progress bar at one point said half the phones were still available. What it didn't say was at this time it said that 202 had been sold, the implication being over 400 were available.

And their punishment for running this scam? They are told to not do it again. I bet the directors are shaking i their boots after such a thorough telling off.