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BlueScouse

Got caught on this after opting for a £15 discount at the end of a trainline.com booking.
To be honest, I'm more upset with myself for getting caught, as all the information was there; it was just that I was greedy!
Cancelled and requested refund on line and received e-mail confirmation that I would receive a full refund within 10 days. I'm happy with that, but I'll update this forum if and when the refund arrives.

Trickmeister

Got myself caught via a 'mail' order catalog easylife.co.uk, checking box asking if I was interested in getting future discounts, so beware of this crew as well.
Thanks to the info on this thread, I was able to confidently phone shoppers discount direct and have been released with a refund, v efficiently indeed!
Thanks to all contributors.

brocky63

Just realised i have been paying into shopperdiscounts scam fund for 5 months. Only just noticed the £8 charge and backtracked to find it had been going on for some time.I have called the free phone nuber given in this forum and have cancelled any further payments and after having a bit of a rant at someone from there customer service dept, I have been promissed a refund of charges. they have told me that they have a ceiling for these repayments which is 3 months. We`ll see if I get some of my charges back. I have also emailed Flymonarch to let them know of my anger at being hyjacked while making an online payment to their company.

elaine_anderson

Arrghhhh!

I'm so angry with myself, that I was suckered.

I'd noticed it before on bank statements, but as I'd often buy things on the net I just assumed it was something I'd bought. I became suspicious when I'd paid off my credit card completely last month and purchased nothing. I've just contacted them and the £8 has been coming off my account since March, thanks to EXPEDIA! :mad: :mad:
They say I will get 3 months worth refunded and I've to fill out a form for the rest. But this was only given/said after I called a second operator, so don't be fooled with a 'sorry' the first time you call.

I am going to a wedding in New Zealand soon, and EXPEDIA will definitely not be getting my custom this time.

marleyboy

I am flabbergasted that this is allowed to go on like this

jakmcnally

We have also been hit with this scam via booking a flight in Expedia. Going to try and get £36 back.

dealer_wins

The best way to "get your own back" on these thieving companies is to try not to use them again.

I now (and my family) dont use Interflora which has cost them over £450 of orders this year. I also dont use expedia even though I find their site really good.

I refuse to payroll any company that thinks its ok to fraudulently sign customers up to this con.

macmalka

I received a full refund thanks to reading of other's experiences on this forum. I was firm and persistent, and after making several phone calls to the freephone number people here recommended, I got the first three months back, then I filled in the form, for the other five months I'd unwittingly been paying thanks to Easyjet "sharing" my bank details with Shoppers Discounts. I phoned again to check they'd received the completed form, and soon after I received the full amount back.
I am ashamed of myself for falling for the £10 off scam, not reading the small print and not checking my statements properly, but as they were from my current account and the transactions were marked P.O.S. , it looked as if they were retail purchases. I also did not realise that my bank details could be passed around from company to company by merely giving them my email address twice. I hope others learn from my mistake, and also perhaps something could be done to stop this barely legal practise. Thanks again for all the help on this forum.

bcrabtree

Rats, I've been done, too - though I've yet to figure out which site has allowed me to be ripped off this way by providing a link.

Only noticed it today when I went to pay off my Barclaycard bill - and really only spotted it because the £10 deduction from Shopper Discounts & Rewards was the only item on the bill.

When I went to phone Shopper Discounts & Rewards, I got a recorded message saying, "...due to system maintenance, our phone system is unavailable..."

I'm worrying, now, that they're getting ready to take the money and run!

I have emailed Shopper Discounts & Rewards demanding cancellation and a full refund, of course, but judging from what I'm reading, that's going to have no effect.

I also started a formal dispute with Barclaycard (was told it might take eight weeks!) and cancelled my current card - which is a serious pain in the behind, cos it means setting things up again on every site where I use the existing card.

How the hell is this company getting away with this scam and just how greedy and stupid are the companies who provide these scamming links (and get a cut of the action?)?

Indeed, why the devil are the banks and credit-card companies (who presumably get a slice of the action too?) and the police not doing anything about these and other such scams - they surely can't be legal? Can they?

Bob Crabtree

FH754

I recently found out I've been done with this one too. :mad: Trying to get several months' worth back but the main thing I take from this is...I won't be using Interflora again.