producttesting.uk.com - Dodgy methinks

beatenbaker

Anyone used these people? They showed up in my job hunt, for some reason, and I did a little digging (well, top-soil trowel-ing). We seem to be looking at a too good to be true/receive ALL the spam sort of scenario.

For a start, your meant to be product testing:
A brand new PS3 with Assassins Creed 3, Call of Duty Black Ops 2, FIFA 2013 OR 5 toys from Hamleys popular toys list 2012 OR Shopping vouchers for high street brands
Now forgive me if I'm wrong, but those are /already popular/. They don't need further product testing (also vouchers? product testing vouchers is a new one on me, isn't that just specialized mystery shopping?)
Then the fact that you get to keep what you tested (a free PS3 and expensive games? IDon'tThinkSo!)

Enter your details and complete all the questions to qualify If you are chosen you will be contacted by email or phone

The 'if' made me anxious. Give us all your details, then maybe you'll get a shiny.

Upon completion of the survey we will automically create you with a reward account at Free20Quid.com crediting you with £20.

When the hell did sites with names like 'Free20Quid' come into this?

Under 'use of Personal Information' they state:

- Pass on to selected companies to provide you with offers and promotions
- Help other companies profile and extend their databases
- Facilitate communication between yourself and others

Ooh dear! They go on with:

Submission Technology and its clients or sponsors may contact you with offers and information which they feel will be of interest to you through mail, telephone, SMS or email. We may also use the personal information you provide for the purposes of identity verification, credit and risk management, revenue collection, database verification and enhancement....By registering and entering your details you consent to us, our clients and selected third parties including UK Prize and its associated partners sending you information by email, post, SMS or telephone about products and/or services that have been selected based on your stated interests. You will also be contacted via phone by either O2, Talktalk, Vodafone or Prizestore.... Information collected by us may be added to our databases and used for future telemarketing, SMS text-messaging, e-mails or postal mailings regarding site updates, new products and services, upcoming events, and/or status of orders placed online. By using this site, you agree that you may be contacted in any manner contemplated in this section even if your number is found on a do not call registry, in-house list or similar registry.

So, spam galore no matter what you do. also the 'revenue collection' bit makes me anxious. Isn't that a crafty way of telling you they can /sell/ your data?

PlutoinCapricorn

I have vague memories of a similar 'opportunity' being mentioned here, and yes, it seems to be just a way of getting personal information about people who have certain interests. This information will be sold to companies that will try to sell you things.

You seem to have picked up all the red flags: I would give them a miss!

beatenbaker

and, joy of joys they're trying to infer they've got something to do with ASDA, via an advert on the friday-ad.

Ypaymore

These guys are behind it. www.submissiontechnology.co.uk who also run www.paidoffers.co.uk
See here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/56663585#Comment_56663585

EndlessStruggle

I get emails from all of those after I did some Special Offers through Swagbucks.

createbeauty

I can tell you that YES, they are dodgy. I spent months waiting to test an iPad, then received several e-mails saying I had been chosen to test an iPhone 5 then got sent several more e-mails saying there was an error and I had been shortlisted to test an iPhone. When I mentioned it on their facebook page, they banned me! And I STILL get spam from them!

Marteebies

I have never use this company, so not sure if they are dodgy... I am always a bit worried about signing up to product testing sites!! You just never know which ones are good and which ones aren't! I stick to a few that I have used for ages and are always good. One of the main ones i use is 'paidproducttesting' - never had any problems with them so far.

Del_Boy_Malcolm

Everyone seems to end up with cold callers, I got some after registering with a paid offers site. To make them less of a nuisance I have fun winding them up; begging them for heroin, talking about what was on TV last night, or getting sexy. Make them hang up on you!