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It cannot be right (Sun £9.50 train vouchers)

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  • qetu1357
    qetu1357 Posts: 1,013 Forumite
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    So where are the 'non-readers' getting the codes and why haven't the 'readers' managed to work out that they too can do the same themselves?

    Well the non-readers are getting their codes from here, UKHD and other places.

    Some readers have managed to work out that they need to circumvent the system too to stand a chance.

    My point is if you a non-reader you shouldn't take the offer at the expense of who it is aimed at.

    And the Sun should put things in place to stop that happening.
  • qetu1357
    qetu1357 Posts: 1,013 Forumite
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    pmduk wrote: »
    Shows the contempt News International has for it's customers. The odds are however, the deal was never exclusive to the sun, they just manipulated a sales opportunity

    I don't think its contempt. More like a naivety on how some will circumvent the system.

    And it was a Sun offer. Either the Sun paid RSH or RSH paid the Sun.

    I was glad to see, for example, when some people circumvented a recent MOS offer to see Hitchcock that cinemas only let the MOS readers in first.
  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    qetu1357 wrote: »
    Well the non-readers are getting their codes from here, UKHD and other places.

    Some readers have managed to work out that they need to circumvent the system too to stand a chance.

    My point is if you a non-reader you shouldn't take the offer at the expense of who it is aimed at.

    And the Sun should put things in place to stop that happening.

    OK, so the codes are getting out there somehow to enable 'non-readers' to get them.

    What did The Super Soaraway Sun say when you asked them why they are releasing codes in places where non-readers can access them while their readers are waiting patiently for them to be published in the paper?

    Surely they aren't leaking them so that they get even more bookings than they have readers? The The SSA wouldn't do that to their loyal followers, would they?
    Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,683 Forumite
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    Why would the sun worry? the extra publicity helped them sell more copies which is the only thing they're worried about.
  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    pmduk wrote: »
    Why would the sun worry? the extra publicity helped them sell more copies which is the only thing they're worried about.

    OMG, Really? The Sun only runs these promotions for publicity? They're not a reward to their loyal folllowers? I'm shocked ;)
    Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear
  • qetu1357
    qetu1357 Posts: 1,013 Forumite
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    OK, so the codes are getting out there somehow to enable 'non-readers' to get them.

    What did The Super Soaraway Sun say when you asked them why they are releasing codes in places where non-readers can access them while their readers are waiting patiently for them to be published in the paper?

    Surely they aren't leaking them so that they get even more bookings than they have readers? The The SSA wouldn't do that to their loyal followers, would they?

    They are not releasing or leaking them - people are guessing them.

    Check out on here for example the effort that goes into guessing the last code word for sun holidays..........
  • qetu1357
    qetu1357 Posts: 1,013 Forumite
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    pmduk wrote: »
    Why would the sun worry? the extra publicity helped them sell more copies which is the only thing they're worried about.

    Please explain how they will sell more copies when you don't need to buy the paper to get the code words!?
  • qetu1357
    qetu1357 Posts: 1,013 Forumite
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    OMG, Really? The Sun only runs these promotions for publicity? They're not a reward to their loyal folllowers? I'm shocked ;)

    I'm not privvy to their objectives in running this promotion but I would suspect the primary objective would be to directly sell more papers.
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,683 Forumite
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    qetu1357 wrote: »
    Please explain how they will sell more copies when you don't need to buy the paper to get the code words!?

    Because their readers won't know the codes have gone when they buy the paper,
  • ThumbRemote
    ThumbRemote Posts: 4,740 Forumite
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    pmduk wrote: »
    Locked up under the Mental Health Act, for their own safety, would be preferable.
    pmduk wrote: »
    You've missed the fact that many sun readers are special!

    Have you considered that your bizarre overuse of hyperbole and your broad brush-strokes dislike of anyone who reads the Sun, makes you almost identical to that which you hate?
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