Energy firm apologises after offering £10 for 5* reviews - MSE News

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Small energy supplier Eversmart Energy has apologised after 1,000 customers were sent an email offering an incentive for leaving a five-star review...
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'Energy firm apologises after offering £10 for 5* reviews'
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  • VT82
    VT82 Posts: 1,079 Forumite
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    I got a free month from 24/7 Home Rescue for giving them a review. Hope you appreciated your 3 stars hun :beer:
  • Matty36
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    A lot of them are at it in one way or another. Only got to look at trustpilots reviews for spark & bulb to see thousands of fake reviews
  • Frozenpines
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    How do you get the £10? Did you have to follow a certain link or could I just leave a review and email them asking them to add the credit to my account?
  • Frozenpines
    Frozenpines Posts: 20 Forumite
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    FYI wouldn't give them 5 stars...
  • JStewer
    JStewer Posts: 41 Forumite
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    You can't trust Trustpilot. Don't know why anyone would pay to put a review on that scam site.

    Trustpilot scores just 1.45 stars (out of 5) here
    https://www.reviews.io/company-reviews/store/trustpilot

    ... and that is with trustpilot employees themselves writing some of the reports, according to the pop-up warning!
  • phillw
    phillw Posts: 5,594 Forumite
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    I'm not a customer, but how can I get the £10 for writing them a good review?
  • OPMDaze
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    Do people really still take any notice of review sites? Countless numbers of happy customers that have reviewed once.
  • bishbut
    bishbut Posts: 15 Forumite
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    I never give any reviews about anything or to anybody , just quickly delete Some firms are making much money by asking for reviews that why they operate
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