am i right to hold onto my cash?

starlite_2

http://www.bestforbusiness.com/BusInfo/Factsheets/OneDaySalesScams.htm

i just found this link..very informative..and as they said every time i was there 'this is for promotional purposes only' and noone ever got to buy anything i think they may just be drumming up business for a day when an actual sale takes place, and then they will disappear straight after.

soolin

There's even a spoof ad on the TV but I can't remember what it is actually for that shows these scams as a 'how not to ' look after your money type of thing.

One of the spoof ads shows two burly blokes leaning on a car talking about these auctions and referring to 'plants' in the audience.

Soo

pug_in_a_bed

there always used to be these when i was a kid in town at chrsitmas. my mum bought my dad aftershave which turned out to be vinegar. brillian tbit was he splashed it all over in a flash before he realised...lol

dondo

ye- there was one of these in a disused shop in Leeds for a good few weeks until it disappeared

Unfortunately seemed to be a lot of folk lining up to get in for their 'bargain sales'

nrsql

Seen a couple of these - not in permanent shops but in pubs and just for one evening.
They offer cheap good to plants (or maybe lucky customers) to show what a bargains they have. Then they offer vouchers for the main event at, say, £50 a go. The victimes buy a voucher which is then exchanged for either a choice of cheap goods or a sealed box - worth a lot less than paid but they've already handed over the cash.
The advertised goods to get the punters in never appear.

zakony

my friend just have been ripped off by these, £5 for a pen...