Scam or a good competition?

tesuhoha

I had an email from I think it is My Offers. They are offering me the chance to apply to become a product tester for Dyson. They are offering the Dyson V6 for testing. As my present vacuum cleaner has given up the ghost I am quite interested in this.

It seems to be a competition to become a reviewer and then you get to keep the vacuum cleaner. It seems one person a day wins this. However, I am a bit suspicious of this - is there some kind of drawback? Is it a scam? Has anyone any experience of this?

lindens

Personally I avoid My Offers as I just get constantly spammed by multiple companies as soon as I sign up.
I also have never heard anyone "winning" anything from them

One-Eye

I think it sucks

tesuhoha

Many thanks. I think I will avoid it then.

yourgrace1234

Had a steam iron from Philips,had to do a review online then got to keep it

towser44

I get the odd My Offers email in my spam box. Says it all really! Definitely one I would avoid!

lilias

It sounds like a version of this -

http://money.aol.co.uk/2013/01/28/this-vacuum-cleaner-scam-will-cost-you/

monsieur_epargnant

I did MyOffers comps when I was a newbie. I never won a thing, though your mileage may vary. The volume of emails was crazy though and beyond even those multiple times a day ones from the women's mags.

I tried to unsubscribe from them all, over the course of 6 months, and they still kept coming. They may have since fixed this as this was years ago, but I'm yet to hear such a thing. I had to create a brand new email address to run away from the marketing emails from MyOffers and would never recommend them.

weeowens

There'll will be a very valid reason why MYOffers are not usually posted on MSE plus that that they appear on the MSE Comps spam list:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1014121
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 this is 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
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? 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 to posts 12 Nov'12 onwards)
Optimax
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 (postal junk mail even when you opt out)
Prize4U
Prizes.UK
PrizePunch
PrizeStore
RewardsToday
Sandersons Blinds (various comp sites but prize is for blinds from this company, Thomas Sanderson - pestered very badly, 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
Vaniki
VoiceInACrowd
Vouch4me
WatchMyWallet
Weatherseal
Weather Wherever
Whats On TV (now 'powered by Instant Win 4 Now')
Willowbrook (chairs) (pestered with phone calls quite badly on some comps - see here and also here)
Win 4 Now
Win24
YouLoveFreebies
Zenith Windows (linked to Weatherseal above)
Ziinga (beware emails received, see this thread for info)