"my offers" is it genuine?

jodiegeek

Hi, iv tried a forum search with no luck! just wondering if https://www.myoffers.co.uk is a genuine site?
I know it asks you to respond to a few questions about phones, energy providers etc.. but it gives you the N/A option and you dont have to put your mobile number in to enter.
It looks pretty legit as there is a page with winners on it!

Just wondering if its worth my time!
thanks
Jodie

weeowens

jodiegeek wrote: »

Hi, iv tried a forum search with no luck! just wondering if www.myoffers.co.uk is a genuine site?
I know it asks you to respond to a few questions about phones, energy providers etc.. but it gives you the N/A option and you dont have to put your mobile number in to enter.
It looks pretty legit as there is a page with winners on it!

Just wondering if its worth my time!
thanks
Jodie

It is a genuine site but perceived as spam site on here, hence we do not post them & most do not enter them.

hannonle

It's not allowed on here because it generates lots of spam and has been put on the banned list.

weeowens

More information here: Comping Guide - Getting Started & Other FAQs


Via here:NEW COMPERS PLEASE READ - Competition Board - useful links


11 Are there any sites, from experience, which are likely to generate lots of spam?
There are a few which have come to our collective attention as sites that, when used for comps, seem to generate lots of unwanted postal, email & phone call attention. These are listed below for your information, however, please do remember that this is only the collective opinion of other MSE Compers & does not necessarily reflect upon the sites themselves.

2minutedraw
4FreeUK
ABCWins
ActiveYou
BonAccordLife (spam calls, info here)
Bouncing-Babies
Cashillion (Lead Generation, Data Aquisition, Email Marketing company)
Catalink
Clash Club/Clash media
Club La Costa
Consumer Lifestyles
Consumer Opinions
Craftomatic Beds (Comps appear to be just a way to get a salesman into your home, especially if vulnerable/alone)
Emailinform
eGENTIC (see Planet49 below)
EZ Prize Giveaway
Fair Exchange
FindAPrize (questions raised if prizes awarded, slight spam, non existant company address, dodgy? Info here & here)
Foresters (pestered with calls and even salesmen turning up. See here and here for more info)
Freeb.ie
GetMeATicket
GetYourBillsPaid
GreatUKsurveys
Guide2Win
HelloMagazine (offers.hellomagazine.com - comps on this URL have caused spam to some compers, be aware!)
InstantPrizeDraw
Just-Rewards
Lingscars
MyConsumer
MyFamilyUK
MyOffers
NoizeMakesEnemies (Care - your profile with name, address, phone number & email appear to be on show with no way to make it private!!)
Nuts (comps.nuts.co.uk - comps on this URL run by data collecting co. Data Media & Research Ltd.)
OffersClick
OfferX
Opinioniser
Optical Express (have pestered with calls, more info here and here - scroll down to post on 12 Nov'12 onwards)
Optimax (phone calls, letters & emails!)
PenicuUK.com (linked to Weatherseal below)
PickUpThe Prizes
Planet49 (please read here, here, here & here for more info, aka: eGENTIC )
PlayAndWin (beware emails received, see this thread for info)
Plum Offers
PostcodeLottery (see here, here, here & here - don't confuse with FreePostcodeLottery who are fine)
Premier Christian Radio (lots of postal junk mail even when you opt out of future contact)
Prize4U
Prizes.UK
PrizePunch
PrizeStore
RewardsToday
Sandersons Blinds (various comp sites but the prize is for blinds from this company, Thomas Sanderson - pestered very badly, please read here for more info)
ShopBe
Simple2Win
SoapBoxSurvey
SoFreebies
Space Kitchens (see thread here)
SupremeOGlaze (linked to Weatherseal below)TheStarPrize
Swooosh
Tickbox
Topfox
Toyhound
UKDailyDeals
UkPrize
UK-PrizeDraw
VoiceInACrowd
Vouch4me
WatchMyWallet
Weatherseal
Weather Wherever
Whats On TV (now 'powered by Instant Win 4 Now')
Willowbrook (chairs) (have pestered with phone calls quite badly on some comps - see here and also here)
Win 4 Now
Win24
Zenith Windows (linked to Weatherseal above)
Ziinga (beware emails received, see this thread for info)

jodiegeek

ah thanks for letting me know! i was a bit worried with it not being on here!

weeowens

hannonle wrote: »

It's not allowed on here because it generates lots of spam and has been put on the banned list.

Hi, I am not sure if you aware but there is a big difference between a site being on the MSE Comping Guides Spam list & a site being on the MSE Admin Banned list.
The Spam list is open to view & some of the sites are postable.
The Banned list is not open to view by the general membership & the sites are not postable.


Via the comp guide:


If you post a link & can only see a few !!!! instead of the correct URL then that site has been banned from MSE. There are many reasons why this could be & MSE do not want a list of banned sites/reasons published. You risk losing your posting privileges if you find a way around this ban, so please don't try.

mjm3346

Some current figures on the amount of data they hold and so a bit of an indication as to the possible number of entries they might get.

Key Statistics

100,000 client-sponsored online questionnaires completed each day across MyOffers's suite of UK websites
8.9 million total opt-in email addresses
3 million emails available for rental
7.3 million household postal records
1.7 million permission based SMS numbers
1.4 million land line telephone numbers

mjm3346

The number of "different" prizes available is much lower than it looks - one of the larger ones appears as 9 different competitions (A car, a Harley, £20k cash, a holiday etc) but there is only one prize to be won.