MoneySaver's 'unbelievable' £675 refund from Complete Savings – how to check if you can claim too

MSE_Molly_G

MoneySaver Ray secured a £675 refund from Complete Savings after reading our warning about the 'cashback with a catch' site's misleading 'click to claim' ads. And Ray's not the only one, as we've been swamped with similar successes.

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MoneySaver's 'unbelievable' £675 refund from Complete Savings – how to check if you can claim too

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born_again

If only people look when clicking links for cashback & checked spam/junk for emails. They would nip this in the bud. Then monitor their bank accounts...

Personally have see a couple of refunds in 1000's

All it took was a call to the 0800 number & a email to confirm, funny that customers deny any knowledge of doing this, but the company have all their details?.

CompleteSave one of the better sites out there for this. 👍

wild_life_fan

It seems that MSE has got it in for Complete Savings….
Although I greatly respect much of the work that MSE does, the recent article about CS is a bit unbalanced.
I’m not here to defend CS or speak on their behalf or to encourage anyone to sign up. 

I think it’s fair to say that their membership can be very rewarding and isn’t sneaky once you understand how it works. 

The two of us have two CS memberships between us and make good use of both accounts each month of the year. My wife’s account has earned us almost £3,500 since she joined more than 10 yrs ago. My own account ‘only’ around £1,000 over a shorter period.
We use them for both cashback and discounted giftcards.

Sure, CS has been very infuriating at times, with some unfairly rejected cashback claims, but most of these were resolved eventually. For the past year or so they have used a new system & website - the c/back tracking is much better and the monthly claims process much easier. This has been a big improvement, which is why I’m (reluctantly) springing to their defence, because I believe in fairness.

I know that not everyone reads the small print each time, but why don’t people check their card or bank statements each month? They would have spotted the unexpected charges and there would be no need for the “I secured massive refund for sneaky charges” drama and look-at-me headlines.
If you sign up for something, please don’t use the advert as an excuse for not reading the conditions and details, nor for overlooking a recurring charge for months on end.
Perhaps this could be included in the financial literacy training that Martin is so keen on?

We still also use TCB and Quidco but it’s CS that brings in most of our monthly c/b 🙂

pauled

MSE started me on my money saving ways many many years ago, l will always find a deal on top of a deal with something else extra on top as well!! 

So it’s disappointing MSE only focuses on the (admittably questionable) sign up practice (and people not reading what they’re signing up for) rather than how to use Complete savings properly and save a potentially large amount of money. It’s by far the best cashback site there is and ever has been and pays out in a couple weeks not 6/9/12 months. 

Yes there’s a bit of monthly admin (make a purchase and send email in) to get the monthly £18 back, but then you have 10% back (sometimes more) on all online shopping, this really adds up on big purchases/holidays etc. and £20 discount every month on a £100 One4all gift card too. 

It’s really worth taking the time to look into.