Miketheconn
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 posted on 11/2/10 at 11:17 PM |
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www.shopperdiscounts.co.uk robbing whatsits
All
Please be aware.
I received my credit card bill the other day and all of the transactions on it bar one were overseas as I had been away for a month over christmas.
The one transaction that didn't show exchange rate etc. was entitled Shopperdiscounts .co.uk 08082341539 for £10.00.
I was a little concerned by this as I had been abroad all month so there should have been no uk transactions. I googled them and saw loads of forums
with people complaining about this site. What they do is they trail adverts offering discounts following legitimate purchases. Apparantly they do this
with Easy Jet, interflora and in my case ticket master. If you sign up for this discount they enroll you to there website which is free for 15 days
then they start charging you a fee each month. In my case it was £10 per month however sites on the internet report sums 0f £8 , £10 or £12.
The number that was on my bill is an automated telephone line to cancel the arrangement. I phoned them up and advised them that I considered it to be
an unauthorised payment and threatened that I would report them to my credit card and trading standards if they did not refund the two payments they
have taken off me, which they agreed to do.
The upshot is if you purchase anything off the net check your statements amd make sure these robbing what nots are not taking payments from you
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prawnabie
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| posted on 11/2/10 at 11:19 PM |
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Or read the smallprint
Membership Fee: Member will be charged a monthly, bi-monthly (every two months), quarterly or annual membership fee. The amount of this fee and its
frequency is explained to Member at the time that Member joins Shopper Discounts & Rewards (the "Membership Fee" . The Membership Fee
will be billed automatically to Member's designated payment vehicle, which may include credit or debit card, ISP account, DDA account, debit
account, mortgage account, and/or other or charge account(each a "Billing Device" during the initial membership term and each renewal
term. WL may from time to time change the Membership Fee during any renewal term (but will not change the Membership Fee in relation to the initial
term). Member will be notified at least twenty eight (28) days in advance of any revised charge applying.
[Edited on 11/2/10 by prawnabie]
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blakep82
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| posted on 11/2/10 at 11:26 PM |
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^ yep. its all there. although i think my mum fell for the same thing
there's no such thing as a free lunch, as they say
[Edited on 11/2/10 by blakep82]
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GMPMotorsport
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| posted on 12/2/10 at 08:15 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
^ yep. its all there. although i think my mum fell for the same thing
there's no such thing as a free lunch, as they say
[Edited on 11/2/10 by blakep82]
You hit the nail on the head, if it seems to good to be true, it usually is!
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ARDS Instructer.
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will121
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| posted on 12/2/10 at 08:37 AM |
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its also one of the things some of the on TV shopping chanels sign you up for, must admit though i made call to cancel straight away with no problems
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Miketheconn
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| posted on 12/2/10 at 04:39 PM |
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The trouble is I didn't click on the link They said I had signed up after I had purchased tickets on Ticket master. I had made the purchase but
didn't ask for the discount. Not only that but they used my wifes email address not mine. They said I had entered the email address in twice and
submitted teh last 4 digits of my credi tcard. 1. I don't remember doing it. 2. Why would I have typed in my wifes email address 3. I'm
usually mega carefull about clicking on these things as I hate getting all the spam associated with them
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bassett
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| posted on 22/5/11 at 05:26 PM |
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Guess what i found on my statement although im suprised when i googled it i found a response on here.
A few months back i noticed thought it was strange but put it down to an ebay transaction. Then again this month i knew i hadnt spent anything and
this shoopersdiscount crap was still on there. I think i have had it on there 6 months what a pi$$ take and also a bad reminder i dont know really
what i purchase.
I think mine must have been added on by either easyjet or from the trainline where i remember reading about vouchers but you never realise youve
signed up to anything.
OP did you manage to get your money back?
Cheers
Adam
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