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Redspottedhanky voucher, collect tokens with the Sun

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Redcase
Redcase Posts: 107 Forumite
edited 6 June 2013 at 5:34PM in It's gone, but was it any good?
Looks like a foolproof giveaway this time.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/fun/competitions/promotions/4958147/Save-950-on-Train-Tickets.html

All you have to do is collect three differently numbered tokens we’re printing in-paper from Saturday, June 15 until Friday, June 21, 2013 and post them off along with the voucher we’re also printing.
We will then email you with a unique voucher code which will give you £9.50 to spend on train travel at redspottedhanky.com – and all absolutely free.
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  • menina
    menina Posts: 245 Forumite
    Great spot! Maybe best to get the tokens during the earlier part of the week as there's only 30000 tickets available....
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  • Beetlemama
    Beetlemama Posts: 1,153 Forumite
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    I love RSH, always giving us free runs, they should be given special Grabbit honours.
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  • bcw123
    bcw123 Posts: 980 Forumite
    here we go again buy the sun collect the vouchers send off to get a code enter code get £9,50 credit against train travel and then 3 days later RSH takes your credit away
  • 3010
    3010 Posts: 5,420 Forumite
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    edited 7 June 2013 at 12:00PM
    bcw123 wrote: »
    here we go again buy the sun collect the vouchers send off to get a code enter code get £9,50 credit against train travel and then 3 days later RSH takes your credit away

    My opinion of the promotion is as follows. People should be able to apply for these vouchers even before they start collecting the papers. That way when 30,000 people have been given the vouchers any extra over 30,000 will miss out and will have wasted money and postage. :(

    So, you simply just print off the conformation you have applied then start collecting the papers.

    If RSH want to stop people grabbing many they need to look at MSE. Their promotions work very well. The simple answer to this is because everyone is sat at their PC waiting for 11 AM and 3PM. So, it means that everyone has a fair chance of getting the vouchers. Also MSeE give out about 15,000 vouchers in two minutes.

    The problem with the last promotion was the website was up and running with the code works logged on it. So, it meant people just had to guess the answers to see if they were right. Also there was not a word thing at the end so a small number of people used scripts to pull out many codes. The website let people refresh to gain another code, which in turn generated another code form the used pot of codes.

    My advice:

    1) Use the vouchers the second they hit your account, as they could be gone within minutes when some as Atos realises they have given more than 1 voucher out.
    2) Get the tickets posted to you or collect them the day before as RSH regularly mess up the ticket collection
    3) Shop around for tickets RSH is not always the cheapest it may be cheaper to book direct as the train companies do not release some tickets to these sellers.
    4) Enjoy your trip. :)
  • 3010
    3010 Posts: 5,420 Forumite
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    Terms

    • The redspottedhanky.com £9.50 credit promotion (The Promotion) is only open to UK residents (excluding NI) aged over 18 and excludes employees of the Promoter and all those professionally associated with the promotion.
    • The Promotion will run in The Sun newspaper from Saturday, June 15th, 2013 until Friday, June 21st, 2013.
    • There are 30,000 £9.50 redspottedhanky.com credits available to be given away while stocks last.
    • The Promotion is open to new and existing account holders of redspottedhanky.com.
    • Only one £9.50 e-voucher per person is permitted. £9.50 e-voucher can be obtained by collecting three differently numbered tokens and the voucher printed in The Sun between Saturday, June 15th – Friday, June 21st, 2013. Readers must complete the voucher and post it along with three differently numbered tokens to: PO BOX 3190, Colchester, CO2 8GP.
    • Successful readers that are new to redspottedhanky.com will then be emailed by redspottedhanky.com to confirm that a redspottedhanky.com account has been created for them and pre populated with an a-voucher to the value of £9.50. Successful readers that are existing redspottedhanky.com account holders will be emailed by redspottedhanky.com to confirm that an e-voucher to the value of £9.50 has been added to their redspottedhanky.com account. This will be credited to your account within 28 days. Readers can then go to the redspottedhanky.com website to log into their account. The e-voucher can then be redeemed immediately as a £9.50 credit against train travel by entering it on the payment page when tickets have been selected or can be entered on the ‘My Account’ area and used at any point against the cost of train tickets purchased up to Saturday, August 30th, 2013.
    • Each e-voucher amounts to a total value of £9.50 to be redeemed against the cost of future UK train travel with redspottedhanky.com, including any rail destination within the UK (excluding Northern Ireland), excluding sleeper services.
    • If your train ticket price is below the value of the e-voucher then the balance will be retained on the e-voucher until the expiry date. If the ticket price is greater than the e-voucher then all the e-voucher balance will be used. E-vouchers can be used in conjunction with Railcards.
    • Please note that e-vouchers CANNOT be used through the redspottedhanky.com mobile app.
    • e-vouchers are personal to the account holder and the account to which they have been allocated. e-vouchers cannot be transferred to any other person or account, nor can they be traded in any way.
    • e-vouchers must be redeemed by Saturday, August 30th, 2013 and can be used against the cost of train travel up to 12 weeks in advance , after this date they will expire and cannot be used or recovered.
    • e-vouchers cannot be redeemed in cash and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
    • The Promoter accepts no responsibility for system errors or other issues that may result in disruption to registration or credit redemption.
    • The Promoter reserves the right to extend, terminate or suspend the Promotion at any time.
    • If the Promoter reasonably believes that any claim is being made unlawfully or illegally they may reject or cancel any claim and you agree that you will have no claim against the Promoter in respect of any rejection or cancellation. The Promoter reserves the right to take any further action it deems appropriate in such instances. The Promoter reserves the right at its sole discretion to eliminate or disqualify any entries or entrants it regards as being in breach of these conditions or the spirit of the promotion.
    • Entry to the Promotion is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
    • The Promoter: The Sun, News Group Newspapers Limited, 3 Thomas More Square, London, E98 1XY.
  • bcw123
    bcw123 Posts: 980 Forumite
    3010 wrote: »
    My opinion of the promotion is as follows. People should apply for these vouchers even before they start collecting the papers. That way when 30,000 people have been given the vouchers any extra over 30,000 will miss out and will have wasted money and postage. :(

    So, you simply just print off the conformation you have applied then start collecting the papers.

    If RSH want to stop people grabbing many they need to look at MSE. Their promotions work very well. The simple answer to this is because everyone is sat at their PC waiting for 11 AM and 3PM. So, it means that everyone has a fair chance of getting the vouchers. Also MSeE give out about 15,000 vouchers in two minutes.

    The problem with the last promotion was the website was up and running with the code works logged on it. So, it meant people just had to guess the answers to see if they were right. Also there was not a word thing at the end so a small number of people used scripts to pull out many codes. The website let people refresh to gain another code, which in turn generated another code form the used pot of codes.

    My advice:

    1) Use the vouchers the second they hit your account, as they could be gone within minutes when some as Atos realises they have given more than 1 voucher out.
    2) Get the tickets posted to you or collect them the day before as RSH regularly mess up the ticket collection
    3) Shop around for tickets RSH is not always the cheapest it may be cheaper to book direct as the train companies do not release some tickets to these sellers.
    4) Enjoy your trip. :)


    Thanks for all the info just one point How do you apply for the vouchers before you start collecting the papers
  • 3010
    3010 Posts: 5,420 Forumite
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    bcw123 wrote: »
    Thanks for all the info just one point How do you apply for the vouchers before you start collecting the papers

    Apologies for the confusion. I was saying that the sun should have this set up so you know you will get a voucher before you start collecting. However, you have to collect to find out if you are one of the 30,000 once you have sent it off.
  • Redcase
    Redcase Posts: 107 Forumite
    http://www.headforpoints.com/2013/06/10/up-to-15-of-redspottedhanky-train-ticket-vouchers-for-everyone-with-their-new-game/

    RedSpottedHanky, the online train booking website, has launched a ‘Fantasy Wimbledon’ game on its website. At first glance, it doesn’t seem terribly interesting – you create your own team, earn points based on their performance at Wimbledon, and the highest ranking players win an iPad, Kindle, Wii or iPod Shuffle.
    However, when you look at the details, it becomes a lot more interesting! Every point you earn in the competition will be converted to 3p of RedSpottedHanky train travel vouchers, up to a maximum of £15. And a decent amount of vouchers should be relatively easy to hit, because you can have up to 10 ‘transfers’ during the tournament, which allows you to remove players who get knocked out.
  • quoia
    quoia Posts: 14,496 Forumite
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    FANTASY TENNIS game here

    http://fantasytennis.games-redspottedhanky.com/

    Also you get 30 transfers during the tournament

    There is already a mini-league set up for us MSEers

    League name = MSE
    Password = MSE
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  • mrs_T
    mrs_T Posts: 1,017 Forumite
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    I love rsh, I just used up £25 of free e vouchers to get 2 July returns aberdeen - glasgow (292 miles) for £20.
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