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I think my local supermarket thinks I'm scamming them!
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toshkininny
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I dont think I am?! Through my work I get discounts at certain places and get 4% off my local supermarket. So if I put £100 on the supermarket's gift card, it only costs me £96. So with this gift card I have been buying Amazon gift cards - I have spent a lot at Amazon recently and so have bought quite a lot of the gift cards from the supermarket, in effect I'm getting 4% off of Amazon. Anyway, went to buy one today for someones birthday, none there, I asked one of the "colleagues" and was told the Manager has stopped selling them as someone has been buying alot of them and thinks there is a scam going on! Since they know it's one person, they must know it's me and I feel really awkward now about shopping in there. I've bought about £400 worth of Amazon voucher this year roughly, it can't be me they are referring to , can they? !
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Some SMs limit purchases of other items including gift cards with their gift cardsOther items are often petrol & lottery but may include gift cardsCheck their T & CsEight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens2
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Go to a different branch of the supermarket where they don't know you and buy buy buy!4
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£100 to get £4 off ? Is it worth it ?3
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Yup, sure is. 4%!!
I'm writing a book on plagiarism. It wasn't my idea.2 -
Contact the customer service team and ask if they could be available to buy again.0
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£400 of Amazon vouchers doesn't seem excessive1
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They don't think that you're scamming them. They think it's you that might be being scammed.
Theres basically a scam going round where they pretend to be the tax man & demand payment via amazon vouchers. The supermarkets know about it so won't sell vouchers in large quantities.9 -
Are people really that stupid to fall for such a scam? Really that stupid??0
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Bacman said:Are people really that stupid to fall for such a scam? Really that stupid??4
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Bacman said:Are people really that stupid to fall for such a scam? Really that stupid??
It's a big scam now and realise on people blindly trusting the messages they get on social media , we've had a few mentions of it on boards on here. Look up the warning board I think it was, about 4 -6 weeks ago we had a couple of them.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.2
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