Money Super Market & Wine52 Free Wine - is it a con?

WXML455

I've received an email from Money Super Market with an offer of a case (3 bottles really) of wine free, just pay the postage. Here's the details: 



New UK customers only. One per household. After your trial case, you’ll become a member of Wine52 (auto-renews at £36/m for 3 wines, magazine, 2 snacks - all items sold separately, contact us to configure your plan). £2.95 delivery applies unless stated otherwise. £2.99 regional surcharge applies for H&I, NI, IOM. Pause or cancel anytime. No minimum commitment, contact customer support to cancel anytime. 18+ only. See website for full T&Cs. Wines may vary. Promotion runs 30 days. Please Drink Responsibly.My query is, how come the postage on the Free Case is £9.95, but the regular postage is £2.95. How do they get away with this? I'm not signing up for it, as I would feel conned. I'll stick to corporation pop!

How does free wine sound?   SuperSaveClub members like you can get a free case of three wines (worth £36) from Wine52. Just pay £9.95 postage to receive stunning Italian wines courtesy of the experts at Wine52.

WXML455

It's muddled up my text - 

My query is, how come the postage on the Free Case is £9.95, but the regular postage is £2.95. How do they get away with this? I'm not signing up for it, as I would feel conned. I'll stick to corporation pop!

Brie

Is this one of those companies that get you to sign up to a subscription?  So for the freebie the postage might be minimal (£2.95) but going forward you might get a bottles of wine sent to you with little notice and you'll have to pay the (inflated?) cost of the wine plus £9.95 postage.  

I may be wrong.

Floyd_Pink

Cancelling this is a major pain, they guilt trip you like your wouldn't believe, almost had to tell them I was an alcoholic to get to let me go. it really isn't worth three free bottles of wine unless you intend to stay with them.

Pollycat

Brie said:

Is this one of those companies that get you to sign up to a subscription?  So for the freebie the postage might be minimal (£2.95) but going forward you might get a bottles of wine sent to you with little notice and you'll have to pay the (inflated?) cost of the wine plus £9.95 postage.  

I may be wrong.

You're not wrong.
The info says 'you'll become a member'.
The monthly subscription is clear.

Emmia

Floyd_Pink said:

Cancelling this is a major pain, they guilt trip you like your wouldn't believe, almost had to tell them I was an alcoholic to get to let me go. it really isn't worth three free bottles of wine unless you intend to stay with them.

I absolutely echo this, Wine52, and the related Beer52 are both a nightmare to cancel (by taking the initial box, you sign up to a subscription). In the case of Wine52 I found the wines were pretty mediocre and probably overpriced.

Avoid these subscriptions like the plague.