Quidco - Is it worth it?

chrismoney1800

I have just joined... Me being me, I joined the day after i spent £500 on a laptop on the internet! But nevermind.... Will work it up.

Its alright one or two clicks. Money for nothing really.

Wouldnt buy for the sake of money on it!

James_N

Happychappy wrote: »

Better odds on getting paid through buying tickets in the Nigerian Lottery then buying something, following the rules and expecting to get paid out by Quidco !

I have £625 from Quidco in the last eight months buying things i needed anyway - a hoover from John Lewis, house insurance, two lots car insurance, internet signup, Sky and others. I always got the best price for what I needed - then Quidco on top.

In most cases the payout was automatic - maybe slow but it's happened. In a few cases I've had to query. The queries have been efficiently recorded and dealt with. Only one payment - £1.50 for some old mobiles I sent to one recycling firm - have been declined completely.

I record all significant purchases on a separate spreadsheet - and it all tallies up.

So - what exactly are YOU complaining about?

James_N

cwp500 wrote: »

Spot on. dont bother with quidco.

Use topcashback and cashbackkings - they are reliable whereas complacent quidco are not.

dont put yourself in debt though buying things you dont need for the sake of a few quid price reduction.

I am not sure that getting 2p for following links can actually be decribed as money-grabbing - but - if you are moaning about sometimes not getting your 10 - 20p tracked each day when all you are doing is cynically routinely following links to "earn" money - rather than really wanting anything - then I have very little sympathy for you.

Get out a bit! You may find 10p on the pavement. The school kids around here routinely drop coins as they gather at the shops and it seems the current "cool" is not to bother to pick it up again. They think it's beneath them to scratch around for the odd 10p.

hethmar

Ive had nearly £500 in cashback in 2 years. This is always after first checking for the best price anyway for an item and then seeing if that supplier in on quidco and if they are, using the link to them. Have to say slightly peeved with 2 large purchases from Boots kitchen appliances which were refused because I also used a discount code on the site and I am still waiting for my £50 from Betfair.

I cant see how you can think its not worth it when you are getting money for nothing. Of course if you dont buy much online then you wont get the cash backs

capmate

Quidco used to be worth it but recently i have had several transactions declined

when i query this they just say it was credited to another channel and are unable to provide any details of the alleged other channel

use them at your own risk

Muffy0

Definitely worth it - hopefully my big £70 for some crappy loan will come good.
M x

yummy-mummy-amy

you can no longer get money back on ebay - they are not listed as a merchant any more this was where i was getting quite abot of cashback from. i joined about 3months ago and have got £67 of which £21 has been paid into my paypal account.

gallygirl

Here are my quidco transactions since April 06 - yes, at over £1330 that is worth it!

I've had very few queries, one for £120 was added recently about 4 weeks after I queried, another was resolved after 15 months!

You need to be careful how you use it - for example I use quidco a lot for work, I use hotelscomparison.com & travelsupermarket.com to get cheapest prices, then go onto whichever supplier is with quidco to book. However - when you do a search via a search engine it puts a cookie on your machine, if you then go via quidco it won't track as the 1st cookie registers rather than quidco cookie, so 1st site gets the referral fee. Cookies may last for 30 days for this, so you may not even remember having been onto the site previously. I search on home PC then book on lappie, alternatively you could delete cookies before going onto quidco but I like sites recognising me (I enter a lot of comps), so that isn't a viable option for me.

I also use other sites (waiting on £50 from internetcashback), but usually find quidco best.


Transactions


Payments


Enquiries


Tracked
/PendingAddedValidatedReceivedPaidDeclinedTotalJun 08
10.7429.50£40.24May 08
9.3719.6018.44£47.41Apr 08
11.470.027.57£19.06Mar 08
120.001.07£121.07Feb 08
49.43£49.43Jan 08
8.08£8.08Dec 07
154.36£154.36Nov 07
2.88£2.88Oct 07
11.27£11.27Sep 07
22.42£22.42Aug 07
17.45£17.45Jul 07
27.90£27.90Jun 07
22.77£22.77May 07
11.40£11.40Apr 07
195.94£195.94Mar 07
11.8010.40£11.80Feb 07
9.64£9.64Jan 07
13.86£13.86Dec 06
27.49£27.49Nov 06
240.00£240.00Oct 06
34.78£34.78Sep 06
9.67£9.67Aug 06
45.74£45.74Jul 06
51.20£51.20Jun 06
4.62100.230.30£104.85May 06
36.76£36.76Apr 06
5.76£5.76All
36.20120.0049.1218.441119.4710.70£1343.23Admin Fees-13.16£-13.16Total GBP36.20120.0049.1218.441106.3110.70£1330.07

A_Nice_Englishman

As others have said, the big payouts are from financial services and utilities. It just goes to show much the sales reps get for selling these.

ali007 wrote: »

However - when you do a search via a search engine it puts a cookie on your machine, if you then go via quidco it won't track as the 1st cookie registers rather than quidco cookie, so 1st site gets the referral fee. Cookies may last for 30 days for this, so you may not even remember having been onto the site previously. I search on home PC then book on lappie, alternatively you could delete cookies before going onto quidco but I like sites recognising me (I enter a lot of comps), so that isn't a viable option for me.

Or use different web browsers - Internet Explorer for the comps and Firefox for Quidco

sonic

I've just been ripped off on Quidco. Had a look on there before buying car insurance in March. With the £100 cashback being offered by Privilege, they worked out the cheapest so I went with them. As of yesterday, the tracked item is now showing Privilege HOME Insurance and has been declined! Really not happy with this as I could have got a better overall price. Any ideas anyone?