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trubster

Ohkay, I have probably posted this in the wrong place but here go's

I had an email from MRS Cashback saying I will get £140 Cashback AND a £100 Gift Voucher for buying Health Insurance from the Pru, Is this right, I got a quote and it was £20 a month, so how can the company afford to pay out £240+ when all I am going to do is cancel it. I read through and I couldnt see any 12 month contract so hopefully all goes well

Im new to these cashback sites but looking at the offer, I couldn't refuse!

Anyone had any experience with MRS Cashback or this offer?

Thanks

Kev

vandanfc

Have just looked at the new version of the article - much better in my opinion. Well done MSE team for revisiting and revising this one.

wackojackouk

Great article.

I am a member of Quidco. Topcashback and Rpoints plus a couple others (Pigsback, Mutualpoints etc).

One thing Martin missed out is that Rpoints also offer a Highest Cashback Promise so you can get exactly the same cashback (over 20p - 20 points) that Quidco an some of the others offer.

The tracking should be the same for all of them but I tend to get less problems through Rpoints

HTH

WJUK

colmil

In my latest e-mail from MSE, Quidco are heavily promoted, I have tried everything possible to obtain cashback from them since January-they ignore all my e-mails, I have followed every suggestion made my other posters to no avail.

As MSE feels that they are a good company, will they take up my case or am I to stay feeling totally ripped off?

thepearce

Full marks for reviewing and updating the article Martin.

Whilst most forum users may be aware of sites like Quidco there may be many people getting the email discovering this for the first time. I hope the cashback sites can take the extra volume .

Some people take a bit of convincing (that you can make money for free or be paid more in cashback than an insurance policy costs) but this article should give extra credibility as well as visibility.

Where I work everyone in my team is now a fully-fledged quidco member and most have over £100 already.

thepearce

colmil wrote: »

In my latest e-mail from MSE, Quidco are heavily promoted, I have tried everything possible to obtain cashback from them since January-they ignore all my e-mails, I have followed every suggestion made my other posters to no avail.

As MSE feels that they are a good company, will they take up my case or am I to stay feeling totally ripped off?

Have a look / post here : http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=245938&page=174

"quidco" are a user/member of MSE so you could try pm-ing them. enquiry@quidco.com also works if you don't trust the "contact us" form.

I also find them very slow for answering emails though they quote quicker turnaround times and improvements recently.

thepearce

trubster wrote: »

Ohkay, I have probably posted this in the wrong place but here go's

I had an email from MRS Cashback saying I will get £140 Cashback AND a £100 Gift Voucher for buying Health Insurance from the Pru, Is this right, I got a quote and it was £20 a month, so how can the company afford to pay out £240+ when all I am going to do is cancel it. I read through and I couldnt see any 12 month contract so hopefully all goes well

Im new to these cashback sites but looking at the offer, I couldn't refuse!

Anyone had any experience with MRS Cashback or this offer?

Thanks

Kev

Companies do it because (a) They area bit stupid and (b) They rely on apathy and assume, rather optimistically, you will remain with them for a long time.

There may well be no 12 month contract but to sign up and cancel could easily be judged as abuse. Certainly if you tried this at quidco you may well soon find your account closed.

I'm all for exploiting companies' "generosity" but this course of action will, and has resulted in merchants withdrawing from cashback sites thus meaning NOBODY has the chance to get cashback. There are plenty of easy ways to get some decent money without this tactic.

cheytz

I signed up with greasy palm in Feb 06. My first purchase from Currys promised 1.75% Cashback, in fact i received 0.03% equal to 5p. When i emailed asking about this they took the cashback i had received off me, reimbursing me a month later. They didn tgive me what was advertised, just the 5p they d taken off me. I haven t used the site again until this years national and am still waiting for this cashback of a promised £22.50. I will certainly NOT be holding my breath. I would say avoid this site, try some of the others, i know im going to.

mouseproud

I am new to this cashback site stuff. Is there any problem with security as a lot of them say you have to have add blockers turned off and things like that. Also does anybody know how long it takes Rpoints to correct you country of origin when they get it wrong? I hope this is the right place for this type of question.
Thanks

chesham5

Hello

Just wanted to say thank-you for the brill article on cashback websites. Was very suspicious of them until now. Logged on to one and made 8 pence - absolutely amazed. About to do car insurance and now going through one of these sites will make extra 40 quid.

Thanks-you:j