Noddle trying to scam punters out of £20 a year

ampafc

SnowTiger wrote: »

They all do it, so it's not a scam. Nice logic.

The fact that the companies tell you exactly what you are getting, and for how much, means that by definition it is not a scam. No body is being 'scammed' out of their money - you know what you are paying for.

dalesrider

SnowTiger wrote: »

"Meaning less", as you say. I consider attempting to persuade people to pay for a worthless, meaningless, service a scam. Presumably you do not.

You have your opinion and I have mine. I guess that is why some of you are easier to scam than others.

People seem to be far to hung up on their credit scores. Paying for one is mad..... Not a scam.

But there are times, such as ID theft. Where looking at it can be a life saver.
So in that situation it can be money well spent.

Just doing it because you want to brag 999 or 5 out of 5.... Well waste away.

But scam it is not.

I'm not stupid enough to pay for something so worthless.

Gordon_Hose

Don't ever go to the shops OP. You'll get scammed into buy a tin of baked beans of something.

SnowTiger

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

"Your", "a"... just words, and still doesn't make it a scam.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/scam?q=scam:

a dishonest scheme

I think it's dishonest to lull people in to believing they're buying their credit score when they are buying a credit score.

As you say, just words. As is the word scam. Just a word.

Gordon_Hose

Holy cr*p... they aren't "lulling" anyone into anything.

SnowTiger

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

Don't ever go to the shops OP. You'll get scammed into buy a tin of baked beans of something.

Wouldn't you feel scammed if you bought a tin which was advertised as containing baked beans, but didn't?

Presumably not.

Odd.

Gordon_Hose

No. I'd take it back and say "This tin seems to have the wrong label on it", and get a refund. I wouldn't start a thread about it being a scam on the internet.

Noddle advertise a service, either pay for it or don't. It's still not a scam.

JimmyTheWig

ampafc wrote: »

The fact that the companies tell you exactly what you are getting, and for how much, means that by definition it is not a scam. No body is being 'scammed' out of their money - you know what you are paying for.

I think the word "scam" is justified here as they are not, really, telling you what you are getting for your money.
The implication, by the very fact that they are asking you to pay for it, is that this score is of use to people. When it is not. Which is where the scam comes in.

SnowTiger

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

No. I'd take it back and say "This tin seems to have the wrong label on it", and get a refund. I wouldn't start a thread about it being a scam on the internet.

Noddle advertise a service, either pay for it or don't. It's still not a scam.

In your example you wouldn't receive a refund. The retailer would simply say you got what you paid for: a tin with a Baked Beans label wrapped around it with something else inside.

Baked Beans - only words.

That's what, effectively, Noddle Improve is. It claims to offer your credit score when it offers a credit score.

I'm surprised folk here are so easily fooled.

~Brock~

I think that this entire thread is a scam because it didn't clearly set out that I would end up having 10 minutes of my life conned out of me in order to witness the most pointless argument so far this century......