Magazine offers - 3 for £1, free gifts etc II

m00nie

had an email offering this, dont know if been posted b4 sorry not been following the thread.

Claim 3 issues of Computer Shopper for £1 today and you will receive a Rolson 26-piece tool kit, absolutely FREE!

pike999

Just wanted to relate my tale of woe with these offers and direct debits.

I've taken out a few of these offers. You know the sort of thing. Set up DD, get 3 issues for a quid, then cancel to avoid any further costs

Almost universally these have proved to be a disaster, with the companies wrongly debiting me for a full subscription instead of a trial offer, right from the off

This has caused failed dd withdrawals, bank fees, admin costs, unauthorised overdrafts, phonecalls, letters, hassle etc. I know that the DD guarantee protects me, but I must have spent a fiver in phonecalls and stamps putting things right

To top it all, I recently got a loaded 3 for £1 sub, but they debited my credit card £40. Dennis seem to be the worst offenders, having hit me for full subs on Viz amongst others. At the same time, any free gifts seem conspicuous by their absence

I don't like to moan, and I'm sure I may have just been unlucky. Being the cynical blighter that I am, I wonder if these offers are loss-leaders for these companies. They get your full details and mischarge, and a certain percentage of folk don't bother correcting them, so the system pays for itself...

I'm not saying don't, but I would warn that when things go wrong, the problem is MADE to be yours to sort out..

System

Sorry to hear you have had so many problems pike999, I have subscribed to several mags for freebies and never had any problems at all!

You must just have been unlucky. I bet it really puts you off subscribing to any more.

louise1234_2

Hi all, i have had a look at the issue of Loaded with the offer.

Interesting points are

* free gift will be dispatched in 28 days subject to availability

* offer only avalible to 3 monthly direct debit subscribers.

* You can cancel DD after received second issue - no catch!

If my free gift does not arrive, I will complaining & going to Trading Standards if no satisfactory response received.

Cas

jellyhead wrote:

Here's the 'company' mag offer, i got the last offer with lots of lovely imperial leather bubble bath and this was in the mag delivered on new year's eve:

Free body shop gift worth £25 with a subscription to company magazine for £5.70 a quarter. from the body shop's new valentine range the gift includes shower gel, lip butter, body butter, heart-shaped soap and bath gloves in the irresistible scent of Passion Fruit.

offer closes 7th february 2005. quote code SA22 when calling 0870 124 1050 or order online at www.subscription.co.uk/company/SA22

Thank you! Received this today - it smells fab!!!

ellen1974_2

Subscribe to SHE magazine for £5 per quarter and receive free 'Daring' eau de parfum by Isabella Rossellini (50ml is shown in the advert) worth £27.
Call 0870 124 1050 quoting SA27, or https://www.subscription.co.uk/she/SA27. Offer closes 3 March 2005.

ellen1974_2

I wonder why it states 'something missing' under my post?!!!!!!

ikkleosu

I realise this is a little OT for teh topic but couldn't figure out where else to post.

Has anyone ever used The Magazine group to buy magazine subscriptions? I order one as a Christmas rpesent, and haven't received anything. I emailed them and haven't received reply. Just wondering if it's a known bad company or I'm just unlucky?

Any info gratefully received thanks!

Trying2Save_3

If I order Company for my daughter, does anybody know if they send me or her the free gift?

Thanks

lyniced

Trying2save - Well I ordered Top Sante for my Mum and I got sent the free gift and when I ordered Empire mag for my brother he got the free gift, so I don't really know. It must depend on the publisher I guess.