Beware Argos gift voucher scam

Faith177

I got my vouchers last night I was told the date by the cashier and it's on my receipt and the date is stamped on the back can't see what else they could have done tbh

catwoman73

The Argos gift vouchers given out when you spend more than £100 or whatever are a bit rubbish, in that they generally expire after a couple of weeks or so.

I recently got £20 of vouchers when I bought a Kindle Paperwhite. As I didn't have plans to buy anything else from Argos in the short term, I immediately used my £20 voucher towards a £25 M&S gift card, which would last at least two years, and is as good as cash to me.

Other gift cards are sold by Argos, some for exactly £10 or £20. Made the offer a lot more worthwhile to me.

ThumbRemote

Faith177 wrote: »

I got my vouchers last night I was told the date by the cashier and it's on my receipt and the date is stamped on the back can't see what else they could have done tbh

Except the OP didn't get two of those three things. Hence the thread.

theforumking

Argos furniture is absolute rubbish too

Fishingtime

Truepat wrote: »

At some point you do have to take responsibility for your own life.

I don't want to take responsibility for my own life, I want to be able to sue anyone and everyone for not protecting me properly

davehughes182

To summarise, this isnt a Scam and Argos have done nothing wrong.
The date is on the back of the card and if it is unreadable it may have been worth asking for some clarity.

WTFH

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Except the OP didn't get two of those three things. Hence the thread.

Or so you assume. Neither you nor the OP looked at the receipt, and you haven't seen the card either.

I could make the assumption that the card has been in the OP's back pocket for 2 months and through the washing machine and that's why the date's not clear on it, but I won't make an assumption like that, because I don't want to look like someone who has jumped to an assumed conclusion and can't see any other possibility than their assumptions being correct.

WTFH

Oh, and they currently have a similar promotion running. I was googling to see if I could get an image of the card and found this:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/ArgosPromo3/includeName/giftvoucher1.htm

Spend £100 or more in a single transaction between 27th November and 7th December 2013 when you pay for the item(s) in-store you'll receive:

• FREE £10 voucher to spend between 27th November and 24th December 2013.

So, at a guess, if the OP had looked online in August they would have seen a similar page of information, with the relevant dates on it.

Dave101t

how is this a scam?
someone doesnt read small print, in this day and age?
i see why you set up a new profile for this thread..........

ThumbRemote

WTFH wrote: »

Or so you assume. Neither you nor the OP looked at the receipt, and you haven't seen the card either.

I could make the assumption that the card has been in the OP's back pocket for 2 months and through the washing machine and that's why the date's not clear on it, but I won't make an assumption like that, because I don't want to look like someone who has jumped to an assumed conclusion and can't see any other possibility than their assumptions being correct.

Well, I tend to assume that when someone posts something, they are telling the truth. And since OP says "No mention was made of any expiry date." and "there is a black rectangle obscuring any indication that this might be an expiry date" I work on the basis that this is true.

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