Great British Discounts Ebay Cashback Vouchers - A con?

psarinuk

Hello,
(sorry for the rant)
Every time I bought something from Ebay, I was getting an advert to get £20 Cashback on my recent purchase by subscribing to Great British Discounts @15pm. (just register and click "submit")

So took the plunge on 1st July and with extreme difficulty managed to get registered. Their system is quite poor and does not let you know why you can't login.
Apparently I needed an email validation which came in 12 hours later (2 times).

Validated my account and logged in but surprise, surprise, no mention of £20 anywhere.
So contacted them and was told that I was missing a welcome email from them which has a claim form which would be sent within 24 hours. Called them every day of last week and was told to wait 24 hours. Finally called them again on Monday and gave them a new email address to which nothing arrived either (been checking my SPAM carefully for the last week).
I was also promised a call back within a few hours when someone from IT looked into why the emails were not being received but no one has called.

Just wondered if anyone has had any joy with this company or are they best avoided?

brettcta

in a few weeks time, you'll be posting back saying great british discounts have debited my account for £xx - how do i get it back? i never gave permission for them to take this money, it's fraud, it's a scam etc.

pro tip: if something offers you cash back after a purchase and all you have to do is provide bank account/debit card details, be wary and do a quick google search to look for recurring problems

elsien

Did you realise that you have to pay a monthly fee to Great British discounts, and as the above poster says, next month they'll start debiting your bank account.
A relative failed to notice this till the money vanished from their account, and when they looked into it decided that the monthly fee really wasn't worth it for what they'd get back out of it. The company did cancel the dd on request when she phoned, but if you think you're getting £20 for nothing, you're not.

battleborn

I need to think of an easy money making scheme like this, as it seems there are plenty of people around that fall for them.

psarinuk

Did you know that you cancel before the end of first month? No charges are applied in the first month!!
Or did you want someone to post that?

I've used quite a few offers like this before with success.

soolin

Some other threads relating to non arrival of the sign up 'gift'

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4467665


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4217541


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4196655

Exile_geordie

elsien wrote: »

Did you realise that you have to pay a monthly fee to Great British discounts, and as the above poster says, next month they'll start debiting your bank account.
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I think the OP did know it would cost them per month as was noted in the OP

psarinuk wrote: »

Hello,
(sorry for the rant)
Every time I bought something from Ebay, I was getting an advert to get £20 Cashback on my recent purchase by subscribing to Great British Discounts @15pm. (just register and click "submit")

£15 per month I read that as