Swagbucks 2020

MollyR

Many people on MSE have been scammed by Shaw Academy.  If you do a search for the name in the box at the top of this page (not the search restricted to this board, but the one which covers the whole of the MSE Foruum) you will see what many people have posted about them, and how some of them succeeded in getting their stolen money back.

twinklelittlestar

unicorndeva said:

twinklelittlestar said:

Just be aware folks. I recently did the Shaw Academy cashback which was supposed to be a months trial and as long as you cancelled you wouldn't be charged. I listened to the first lesson realised it was far too basic for my existing knowledge on this subject and cancelled on day 2. Despite doing this I have been billed by them £45 supposedly for "materials" I phoned them to dispute and was told to email billing for a refund but they are insisting that because they "can't tell" if I downloaded and used the materials or not they will not refund it. I'm pretty miffed about it to be honest and will never use Shaw Academy again. Just dont want anyone else to be caught out

I almost signed up for this but pulled out when I realised they wanted my card details. Since almost getting caught out by a scam a few years back I never give my card details any more.

Very sensible! I am so cross, I feel like I have been scammed really, worked so hard on the surveys and for nothing but just have to accept it and move forward. I wouldn't have minded if the course was any good! Onwards and upwards eh

twinklelittlestar

MollyR said:

Many people on MSE have been scammed by Shaw Academy.  If you do a search for the name in the box at the top of this page (not the search restricted to this board, but the one which covers the whole of the MSE Foruum) you will see what many people have posted about them, and how some of them succeeded in getting their stolen money back.

Ah hindsight is a wonderful thing! I will go look thank you. I'm pretty fuming about it as the course wasn't what I wanted surely the consumer should be right! I will see how I get on thank you 

mjm3346

twinklelittlestar said:

Just be aware folks. I recently did the Shaw Academy cashback which was supposed to be a months trial and as long as you cancelled you wouldn't be charged. I listened to the first lesson realised it was far too basic for my existing knowledge on this subject and cancelled on day 2. Despite doing this I have been billed by them £45 supposedly for "materials" I phoned them to dispute and was told to email billing for a refund but they are insisting that because they "can't tell" if I downloaded and used the materials or not they will not refund it. I'm pretty miffed about it to be honest and will never use Shaw Academy again. Just dont want anyone else to be caught out

Problems with them have been noted before (including in this thread) - also some time ago you didn't need to give any payment details to earn SB (and I wouldn't for any offer because most of the sites are dubious at best) but they spammed for ages, fortunately to the e-mail address I set up for swagbucks offers and I lost count of the number of "exclusive", "final offer" and "last chance" emails they sent before they finally gave up.

HanSpan

Marstercard gift voucher reward - how on earth do I get it?  All I have is a 16 digit Alphanumeric code. 
Clicking on the "Claim your card" takes me to https://www.prepaiddigitalsolutions.com/ - which seemingly won't accept that code anywhere
I have searched the forum and see people are using theirs by adding them to Paypal or Amazon but it seems I need the actual Card number and expiry date for that and I don't know where to find those.  I'm completely bemused!

MollyR

You don't have to enter the code at PPDS - the link to it carries all the information.  You will be offered the choice between a digital Mastercard worth £5 or a physical one worth £2 (does anybody really take that?!).  You will be asked to confirm, and finally you will be taken to the details of the card.  Oh, you will have had to enter your name and address, as well. All you need for Amazon is the card number, your name as known to Swagbucks, and the expiry date, they don't ask for the security number.  Add it to your existing card(s), setting it to default, then top up your Amazon account from that card.  Then delete the card again!

HanSpan

MollyR said:

You don't have to enter the code at PPDS - the link to it carries all the information.  You will be offered the choice between a digital Mastercard worth £5 or a physical one worth £2 (does anybody really take that?!).  You will be asked to confirm, and finally you will be taken to the details of the card.  Oh, you will have had to enter your name and address, as well. All you need for Amazon is the card number, your name as known to Swagbucks, and the expiry date, they don't ask for the security number.  Add it to your existing card(s), setting it to default, then top up your Amazon account from that card.  Then delete the card again!

Sadly this isnt happening
I open the email and click the link that says "view my giftcard" 
It asks my password then takes me to a Swagbucks page with a button to "Claim your card" and I click that
That takes me to PPDS but with an error message that says 
"Oops there was a problem.
We were unable to verify the information you provided. You should have received an email from service@prepaiddigitalsolutions.com outlining next steps."
But I've not had an email from them. So I'm stuck!

MollyR

Oh dear!  I've been using their e-Mastercards from Swagbucks for quite some time without problems, but I vaguely remember struggling at the start.  Have they prompted you to set up a PPDS account?  Whenever I get a new card from Swagbucks it ends up in my existing PPDS account.  Next time I have one (in a day or two, I guess) I can post here with the exact procedure I go through - at the moment I'm just dredging my memory.

HanSpan

MollyR said:

Oh dear!  I've been using their e-Mastercards from Swagbucks for quite some time without problems, but I vaguely remember struggling at the start.  Have they prompted you to set up a PPDS account?  Whenever I get a new card from Swagbucks it ends up in my existing PPDS account.  Next time I have one (in a day or two, I guess) I can post here with the exact procedure I go through - at the moment I'm just dredging my memory.

Thanks for trying.  I can't seem to set up an account without having a card number and expiry date.  I feel like I'm in some mad endless loop!
I suspect I will have to try Swagbucks help unless someone else has set one up recently and solved it.  Maybe after a stiff G&T

MollyR

Searching the full Forum for prepaiddigitalsolutions comes up with a couple of discussions which may or may not be of use to you:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/76061824#Comment_76061824

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/73890177#Comment_73890177