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arthursleep

Freebeez wrote: »

Hey guys,

This is slightly off-topic but I've noticed that many of you have been disappointed with your free cards...

IMO, I think this is a little unfair on the site in question because they obviously had a large flood of orders for the free card. I could almost predict that they would "go under" with this offer. Can you imagine the production office trying to dealing with the massive upturn in orders?

I'm not surprised that many have received cards where the message hasn't been changed from the standard one. These people were probably run off their feet.

I found the comments on this (see link) thread on a different offer for cards quite interesting, see here (remove spaces):

http:// www .hotukdeals.com/freebies/free-personalised-card-plus-other-g/795923?page=2

This offer was for another company that was offering free cards, but they had to change the terms and condition of the offer because of abuse, leading to someone who was working for the company actually commenting on the thread. It's worth reading.

The company didn't mind giving cards away for free, but they had to withdraw this offer after a few people got carried away (greedy?) and registered with multiple e-mail addresses. The person working for the site, actually said they had one employee who now had to spend an hour a day, checking for people who'd registered with multiple e-mail addresses.

It may just be a little freebie to the person receiving it, but it's someone's job and someone's business behind it. I hope exploitation of this offer (multiple "purchases") wasn't responsible for a lot of people being disappointed. Just saying

However if you are going to do a freebie promotion surely the point is to generate new customers , with that you expect a deluge of orders and you should have the means of fulfilling them ( sending unuseable cards (minus envelopes or misprints) only means you are turning away future customers and surely making the promotion useless ?? )
However i am sure those who respond to these do not expect anyone to loose their job over it. Sadly you will always get those who exploit a freebie.

alliwantforchristmas

After reading these posts I thought I'd better open mine (was going to just put it away until closer to the time), I'm happy to say that I was one of the lucky ones. The card is printed correctly and I have received a white envelope along with it. I'm sorry to hear that many of you have had problems, hopefully those who've not received them yet will be ok.

Freebeez

arthursleep wrote: »

However if you are going to do a freebie promotion surely the point is to generate new customers , with that you expect a deluge of orders and you should have the means of fulfilling them ( sending unuseable cards (minus envelopes or misprints) only means you are turning away future customers and surely making the promotion useless ?? )
However i am sure those who respond to these do not expect anyone to loose their job over it. Sadly you will always get those who exploit a freebie.

I completely agree with you but, judging by the fact they they couldn't fulfil orders to the required standard, I'm guessing they weren't quite prepared for the interest generated by the (perhaps) sheer luck of someone posting this offer on a high traffic deals site.

I just felt that I should stick up for them because they were getting quite negative reviews on here. Their heart was in the right place and they didn't cancel the offer or delay orders (something other sites would have done), perhaps they will learn from this mistake and do so next time.

fordmanchester

Hi

Received my card today and was really pleased with it! No envelope, but had a spare one at home.

Thank you OP.

ootie

I too received my card, without envelope. No real problem as I have some floating about somewhere.

The card's fabulous though and, in my case, they've achieved their objective, I will buy from them.

loeeza

Thanks op

Recieved mine today for my toddler who will be 3 in May.

I must say the card itself was good quality and it was correctly printed.

I too didnt recieve a envelope with mine but I dont mind and my toddler defintley wouldnt mind.

poshstock66

Mine arrived today Yayy! One less i've got to write!
Mine was all present and correct too :T

singledaddy

got mine today (along with spare envelope!!). excellent service

little_evo

Got mine today and was really pleased with the quality of the card and also came with the spare envelope. I would consider using this company in the future. Thanks again to the OP.

butterfly2001

did you ever get a reply about the no envelope?