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marleyboy

They were featured on Watchdog last Year, but they did not cover the sign up issues, only covering that the service they offer, is actually offered FREE from other, more trusted sources.

nuttywoman

Simply Be are now doing it !!

Zeerust

Have just contacted them to refund the £10/month they have been taking out of my account. Linked to Trainline ... did not appear to say it will be a monthly charge.

Does anyone have an up to date list of companies offering this deal (scam) ? This has been copied from an earlier post.

Pizza Hut
Ryanair
Monarch
Ticket Master
thetrainline.com
ebookers
Easyjet
interflora
TribalUK
lookfantastic.com
emetrix
Vista print
Simply Be
cd wow


call this freephone number to get hold of someone at shopper discounts ... 08007319935

Zeerust

When I complained to thetrainline.com for not making it clear it was a monthly charge ... I got this reply.

Dear ....,
Thanks for contacting us.

At the thetrainline.com our aim is to help rail passengers save money when booking their train travel. As such, we are always looking for partnerships which fit with that ethos and benefit customers. We see the Shopper Discounts & Rewards programme as complementing our site by giving people the opportunity to take further savings on thetrainline.com as well as other retailers.
As a customer, once you have completed your transaction on thetrainline.com you are offered the opportunity to visit the Shopper Discounts & Reward website. We clearly state that your booking with us is complete. If they you to proceed, you are taken through to the Shopper Discounts site for registration where the scheme’s terms and conditions are clearly stated. Please be assured we do not pass on any customer information to the Shopper Discounts & Reward programme. Customers must agree to the terms and conditions of the programme and enter their personal information including payment details themselves.

There is a 30 Day free trial and a £10.00 monthly fee. If the membership is not cancelled after 30 days, the membership is automatically renewed and you will be charged £10.00 every month and will get £15.00 discount on your tickets at the time of booking.

You can cancel your membership by calling ... and using the automated cancel system or you can speak to a live agent. You can also send an email to [EMAIL="customerservice@shopperdiscountsandrewards.co.uk"]customerservice@shopperdiscountsandrewards.co.uk[/EMAIL] in order to cancel your membership.

Please accept our sincere apologies for any confusion and inconvenience that this may have caused.

Regards,

Burzin

sbglondon

Just by way of update.....

My wife was refunded all 10 of her £10 monthly charges. They were unapologetic but quite easy to deal with and gave the refund on time and as stated. My guess is that this scam works for them because only a small percentage of people actually complain.

This is a immoral and unethical way of making money out of people with less financial skills than oursleves and as such we should all refuse to use companies that profit from this scam.

NonGeographicalMan

Zeerust wrote: »

Does anyone have an up to date list of companies offering this deal (scam) ? This has been copied from an earlier post.

Pizza Hut
Ryanair
Monarch
Ticket Master
thetrainline.com
ebookers
Easyjet
interflora
TribalUK
lookfantastic.com
emetrix
Vista print
Simply Be
cd wow

You can add FlyBe (not connected with the clothes website SimplyBe) to that list. They are particularly bad as they not only encourage you to sign up to Rewards First on their website but even have a link in their flight confirmation email saying don't miss out on the chance to earn another £15 cashback on your flight by signing up with Rewards First.

However the FlyBe scam is with Rewards First and Credit Rating Matters and Adaptive Affinity is the scammer company directly behind those two ripoff brands.

Adaptive Affinity also has a new version of their Credit Rating Matters scam called Credit Confidential that they have incredibly also been advertising on national television lately as a way to stop identity theft! It in fact signs you up to an £x per month recurring transaction on your credit card!:mad::eek:

Shopper Discounts and Rewards seems to be run by Webloyalty whilst Rewards First and Credit Rating Matters are run by Adaptive Affinity. The parent company in each case is American. The scam is the same but is this in fact all one single scam operation or are Webloyalty and Adaptive Affinity rival scammer brands both running the same kind of recurring credit card payment scam?

Looking at the article at http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/bargains-and-rip-offs/article.html?in_article_id=488879&in_page_id=5 it would appear that Webloyalty and Adaptive Affinity are rival continuos credit card payment scam operators. Is there a thread on the forum somewhere for Adaptive Affinity or Rewards First?

tiggs08

i booked a hotel room at preimer inn the other week, and noticed that my bank are now taking 10pounds from my account for something called shopperdiscounts.co.uk? please explain how i can cancel this and stop them taking my money. thanks :mad:

sbglondon

read back through the threads of this forum - all the info you need is there.

sbglondon

Thanks to ebookers. We can all use this post to bring pressure to bear on other companies that are involved in this.

As ebookers has used Web Loyalty and promoted shoppersdiscounts.co.uk perhaps that could go into more detail about what financial incentive they received from them. In particular I would like to know if the incentive is based on the number of "sign ups" that are gained from the hosting site?

Zeerust

Looked up the address that the domain is registered under (non-uk !).... below

Also looked up 'rewards first' address as well to see if there was any connection other than the scam of taking money out of your account.

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Domain name:
shoppersdiscounts.co.uk

Registrant:
Pioneer Enterprises Limited

Registrant type:
Non-UK Corporation

Registrant's address:
Box 2296
St Johns
AG
00
Antigua and Barbuda

Registrar:
InterNetx GmbH [Tag = INTERNETX-DE]
URL: http://www.internetx.de

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 20-Jun-2007
Renewal date: 20-Jun-2011
Last updated: 16-Feb-2011

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Domain name:
rewardsfirst.co.uk

Registrant:
Adaptive Affinity Ltd

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
Cavendish House
369 Burnt Oak Broadway
Edgware, Middlesex
HA8 5AW
United Kingdom

Registrar:
Easily Limited t/a easily.co.uk [Tag = WEBCONSULTANCY]
URL: http://www.easily.co.uk

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 27-Apr-2007
Renewal date: 27-Apr-2013
Last updated: 03-Feb-2011