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jembeth

Hi

I just made an online purchase and clicked on the 10.00 off your next purchase link, I did not like the look of it so checked on here and found this thread so I have come straight out does this mean I am safe or can they trace my details via my purchase.

I did not log any details at all just closed the link.

thanks

Jembeth

ballyblack

If you used your credit card for the orginal purchase then its possible this outfit now is going to take £8 a month membership from your card (just because you clicked on the link).

Watch out for this entry on your next credit card statement, then cancel/claim refund as mentioned above.

However if you haven't received an email from them confirming membership you might be OK? (check your SPAM email inbox to see if its there?)

jembeth

ballyblack wrote: »

If you used your credit card for the orginal purchase then its possible this outfit now is going to take £8 a month membership from your card (just because you clicked on the link).

Watch out for this entry on your next credit card statement, then cancel/claim refund as mentioned above.

However if you haven't received an email from them confirming membership you might be OK? (check your SPAM email inbox to see if its there?)

Thanks for replying, I actually phoned them on the number I found on this thread and they assure me that they had not got any of my details on file and that if clicked out then it would not have taken them anyway. I shall wait and see.

Hobbin_Rood

Hi,

Thought I'd add the following for info:

Another company offering this "£10 off deal" is DVD.co.uk. I placed an order and then a hyperlink came up with the following. This is the actual link so clicking on it would take you to the site. Useful for info though, take a look:

Click here to claim your £10 cash back incentive on your next purchase! By clicking here you can claim your reward from our preferred partner! Terms & conditions apply

I got a £20 voucher for DVD.co.uk before via Lovefilm so thought I'd check it out - to see those T&C it mentions. It's then I saw it was a voucher for a subscription service I'd never heard of. There's even an audio file on the site talking about this so called reward - "congratulations...etc" rather misleading and got me worried right way

So, immediately was cautious and thought I'd check on the ever-reliable moneysaving forums for any info before taking any further action. Glad that I did!

At that link it's a webform and you have to fill in your name/address etc then add credit card details and then choose a password. So it looks like I haven't been signed up. However, considering I clicked through from my DVD.co.uk a/c the way others have from say Easyjet I am a little worried that they are able to auto-link from that and start the service.

I will be keeping a very close eye on the credit card a/c in quesion and will NOT and HAVE NOT signed up for this offer. Not worth it, especially due to the dubious tactics / problems others have experienced.

I just hope I don't have to go through any hassle cancelling a service I have definitely not signed up for. I will be extremely angry if this is the case.

Please be careful all, and I feel sorry for those who have already had hassle. Such an inconvenience.

Hobbin_Rood

Just found this site:
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2006/05/18/webloyalty_call_center_reps

WebLoyalty are the parent company. It appears this has been going on for a few years, and started in America.

On that site, the following posts were made. I think they're telling:

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comment: I’m a rep in the call center at Webloyalty. I have no pity for any of you people. You’re all suckers, plain and simple. Didn’t anybody ever teach you that nothing is free? When all of you idiots made your purchases on whatever website you did business on at the end of your transaction there was an offer asking if you wanted to save $10, or get award miles, or whatever. When you clicked on that link you were not automatically signed up. What happens is that you’re brought to the Reservations Rewards website. On that website it tells you that you are on the website for Reservations Rewards. You see, you can tell that because the banner at the top of the site says “Reservations Rewards”. Unfortunately you were too stupid to notice or remember. It then gives you instructions on how to redeem your “reward”. At that point you are instructed to enter you email address in twice and click accept. Now you have to manually type in the email twice in those boxes. No cut and paste is allowed. Then it tells you to click accept. Now, if you had any !!!!ing brains in your head you would have noticed that right above the box where you enter your email mail address its says, in regular sized type, in plain sight, right out in the open, that entering your email twice will act as an electronic signature and that by clicking accept you are accepting that the website you just made a purchase on can share the billing information with Reservation Rewards. Also in the big box next all of this it gives the exact details of what you are signing up for, again in regular sized print, in plain sight, right out in the open. If you are too stupid to take the time to notice all of that then you deserve what you got. which was a membership in a overpriced !!!!!!!! ptogram.

Webloyalty depends on idiots like you to not notice this stuff. To be blinded by the idea that you are getting something for “free”. To not look at you credit card statement so charges go through every month. Its unbelievable the amount of dummies out there that fall for this stuff. Even if you do catch the charges eventually, and get a refund they still made money off of you by collecting interest on your money when they had possesion of it. Stay a member or cancel its win-win for webloyalty.

So, anyway I hope all you dummies learned a valuable lesson and wont fall for this again. I’m sure many of you will, though. You’d be shocked at how many people are repeat members where they canceled the service a while back but fell for the scam again a few months later.

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WOW!! The level of stupidity on this board is incredible. You people don’t get it, do you?? Webloyalty didn’t sign you up for anything. You signed yourselves up. The details are right there, in plain sight, in normal sized text, right in front of your faces. It details EVERYTHING, including the cost of the service and the billing cycle. The problem is that all of you idiots chose not to read it. You saw “free”, and figured “gee, something free for me? golly, I must be special”. WRONG!! YOU’RE NOT SPECIAL, YOU’RE JUST !!!!ING LAZY AND STUPID!! YOU SIGNED YOURSELF UP! NOTHING HAPPENED AUTOMATICALLY!! THERE WAS NO SLIGHT OF HAND OR MISLEADING WORDING!! The bottom line is you’re all a bunch of stupid, lazy, crybabies who don’t want to take any responsability for your actions. NONE! Well, thats what you get for being stupid and lazy.
LEARN TO TAKE RESPONSABILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS. DON’T POINT THE FINGER AT OTHERS AND CALL THEM “THEIVES” AND “SCAM ARTISTS” AND BLAME THEM FOR YOUR OWN STUPIDITY. YOU ALL MAKE ME SICK!! !!!!ING CRYBABIES!!!!

jazzy

Another company carrying out this scam is BESTDIRECT.TV it's one of those shopping companies on cable/sky.
I just ordered an item with them had a pop up page for £10 off the next order which I duly clicked luckily I printed off the terms and conditions of the £10 off offer, on the very last page in small print it states the £8 per month charge. Print out below:



It is a scam! I canceled straight away...just hope that they do not start charging the £8, I will wait and see.

Boycott_Expedia

WE CAN ADD EXPEDIA TO THE LIST OF COMPANIES THAT WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THESE SCUMBAGS

IF ANYONE KNOWS THE ADDRESS OF THIS 'SHOPPER DISCOUNTS' COMPANY (NOT THE PO BOX ADDRESS) GIVE ME AN EMAIL ON hatebeardypricks@yahoo.co.uk

I WILL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO WINDMILL INTO THEIR OFFICE WITH PUNCHES, SOMETIMES PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER

jazzy

Their registered office address is at the bottom of my print out on the above thread.

Boycott_Expedia wrote: »

WE CAN ADD EXPEDIA TO THE LIST OF COMPANIES THAT WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THESE SCUMBAGS

IF ANYONE KNOWS THE ADDRESS OF THIS 'SHOPPER DISCOUNTS' COMPANY (NOT THE PO BOX ADDRESS) GIVE ME AN EMAIL ON [EMAIL="hatebeardypricks@yahoo.co.uk"]hatebeardypricks@yahoo.co.uk[/EMAIL]

I WILL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO WINDMILL INTO THEIR OFFICE WITH PUNCHES, SOMETIMES PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER

Debs85_2

Thanks to everyone that posted on this thread.
I got hit my this scam off the back of an easyjet purchase on 28th of Feb. They took the 1st £8 on March 31st and on the 29th of each following month until the 29th of July. Thats 5 months and a total of £40.
I noticed it a while ago and contacted my bank but it wasn't til I googled and found this thread that I realised the best way to go about things.
Anyway at the end of the day after reading over all the posts I phone Shoppers and asked them to cancel and refund me.
The operator tried to give me the 10 minute shpeel on what the company offered and what I could gain but having read about people experiencing the same thing on here I cut her sort and asked she just get on with cancelling me.
She even attempted to defend the company. When she asked me why I wanted to cancel I said I wasn't happy with the way the company had effectively scammed my details out of me, were a dodgy company etc etc.
She got fair nippy at this saying she wouldn't work for a dodgy company, it wasn't dodgy and she could explain why. I couldn't help but laugh, tell her not to waste her breath.
So in the end I got the you've been cancelled and can expect a refund in 10 working days chat.
I wasn't too hopefully but low and behold on Monday the 4th of August about 5 working days after calling my account was credited with the £40 they'd gotten out of me.
So happy ending but I appreciate the help I got from people in the same position who'd posted here.
Theres light at the end of the tunnel. Call them, don't listen to their crap and get cancalled and make sure you ASK for a refund of else they won't bother. And it should work.

How ridiculous the post from the call centre staff. I wonder if they'd be singing the same tune had they been the ones getting scammed.

Debs85_2

P.S I reported this to Watchdog as well