e2save pricematch deals - should I steer clear of these?

barney101_2

Am looking at a couple of phones on e2save. They have the phone as a normal clearance deal, and on the tariff that I want - it works out to £13.00 a month. However they also have the same phone on a clearance pricematch deal which works out about £4 a month. Am not 100% sure what these pricematch deals are, gather that they are more stringent about cashback and that you need to send in originals instead of copies - is this correct? Is is worth going for one of these pricematch deals, or is it false economy, as there is a much higher risk of not getting the cashback. Could anyway explain (sorry to sound so thick!) Many thanks!

g33za

in addition if you fail one cashback claim you forfeit the rest, if RM loose your claim you loose all your remaining cashback. You have to make sure you send the bill special delivery with consequential loss (plus the additional cover for the entire value of the cashback contract, if its more than £500). Thats more than £6 each time so x5 claims your spending £30 on postage!

The pricematch terms are lifted from another company and how cpw/e2save/osps interpret them is another thing. The deals are fairly new so no one has posted their real experience of them yet.

In a couple of months some people who have taken pricematch deals will be coming to their first claim period, i'm sure there will be lots of negative feedback as they deny claims for whatever reason.

Just so you know, if you read the 6 month virgin mobile thread about e2save and their 3rd month bill fiasco you can see the tricks they are playing with the "normal" cashback contracts so who knows what the pricematch terms will throw up.

I am myself not risking the pricematch terms until I've read a varied feedback as I'm sure they want a larger proportion of people to fail their claims.

Old_Gold

The question is how are E2save, etc allowed to offer the conditions that contravene this new code of practice.
Has anyone asked when enquiring about a new deal?