"Reestit Mutton" <NOBODY@NOWHERE.IN.PARTICULAR> wrote in message
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> Ken wrote:
>> Can't remember who but I have learnt to read the terms thoroughly now.
>> One company were offering three cashbacks but in the small print said a
>> maximum of two cashback claims were allowed under the contract. Is this
>> common or just a rogue one off?
>>
>> Ken
>
> That's certainly not a retailer that I would deal with on my site. It
> looks very much like a rogue site rather than the norm.
>
> To the best of my knowledge, the worst sins of the masses are as follows:
>
> (1) subsequent claims dependent on success of previous claims
>
> (2) original bills only - if a network or the royal mail lose one of your
> bills, the duplicate that the network will send you upon request can often
> be refused by the retailer.
>
> (3) additional paperwork (claims voucher, despatch note) also required
> which isn't always included on despatch and for which you only have a
> limited window of opportunity to raise concerns about its absence. For
> some retailers, I hold copies of a lot of this paperwork where it is not
> specific to your purchase and I'm only too happy to email copies to anyone
> who asks.
>
> (4) short claims windows - the worst offenders here only allow 14 days
> from the date on the relevant bill for the claim to reach them. Far too
> short in my view.
>
> I firmly believe that 2007 will be the year that a lot of these practices
> become officially outlawed - Three and Orange have already set minimum
> standards for cashback retailers which effectively outlaw some of the
> above practices. Retailers who do not fall into line could be struck off
> the network's list of approved retailers and also placed on a "do not
> deal" list with the distributors to prevent them sourcing network-supplied
> product via indirect means.
>
> HtH
> Reestit Mutton
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>
Why you still list phones2udirect on your site, I don't know. There are
countless complaints on online forums about them, including several that
have had to resort to small claims to recover their cashbacks.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....html?t=262386 http://forum.niftylist.co.uk/index.p...54%3btopicseen
etc. etc.