Clumsily put,but recently I have been receiving emails claiming to be
from various stores, e.g. Jl, however when looking at them hey are
asking for a fee to join their "free" draws. Do they actually originate
from the stores named? I suspect not.

On Saturday, 29 October 2016 17:29:15 UTC+1, Broadback wrote:
Clumsily put,but recently I have been receiving emails claiming to be
from various stores, e.g. Jl, however when looking at them hey are
asking for a fee to join their "free" draws. Do they actually originate
from the stores named? I suspect not.

No - they are a scam.
You fill in a form and they sell your mobile number to a 3rd party.

On 29/10/16 17:29, Broadback wrote:
Clumsily put,but recently I have been receiving emails claiming to be
from various stores, e.g. Jl, however when looking at them hey are
asking for a fee to join their "free" draws. Do they actually originate
from the stores named? I suspect not.

Probably not. Inspect the email source to see who sent it and where it
wants to send you to pay money


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On Saturday, 29 October 2016 17:29:15 UTC+1, Broadback wrote:
Clumsily put,but recently I have been receiving emails claiming to be
from various stores, e.g. Jl, however when looking at them hey are
asking for a fee to join their "free" draws. Do they actually originate
from the stores named? I suspect not.

https://www.lovemoney.com/news/26495...t-voucher-scam

"Broadback" wrote in message
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Clumsily put,but recently I have been receiving emails claiming to be from
various stores, e.g. Jl, however when looking at them hey are asking for a
fee to join their "free" draws. Do they actually originate from the stores
named? I suspect not.

wouldn't by any chance be this?

https://www.lovemoney.com/news/26495...t-voucher-scam

(other news reports available)

Probably not. I'd have thought this was easy to check up on. Who would buy
anything cold emailed to you in any case. I certainly would not.
All these women who want me are quite obviously bogus, and I tend to
suspect most other emails that come from companies that I have no dealings
with are also.
Brian

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"Broadback" wrote in message
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Clumsily put,but recently I have been receiving emails claiming to be from
various stores, e.g. Jl, however when looking at them hey are asking for a
fee to join their "free" draws. Do they actually originate from the stores
named? I suspect not.

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Probably not. I'd have thought this was easy to check up on. Who would buy
anything cold emailed to you in any case.

Apart from the fact that some do....

There are hundreds of thousands of "savvy" shoppers who sign up for every
genuine email offer that they see. (as in, always sign up to receive offers
by mail, not accept every offer)

My sister does this and she isn't normally a value for money shopper.
(She's a buy everything in Waitrose person.)

So when you have an inbox with a dozen genuine vouchers a day, how will you
notice the bogus one?

tim

On 30/10/2016 10:49, tim... wrote:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Probably not. I'd have thought this was easy to check up on. Who would
buy anything cold emailed to you in any case.

Apart from the fact that some do....

There are hundreds of thousands of "savvy" shoppers who sign up for
every genuine email offer that they see. (as in, always sign up to
receive offers by mail, not accept every offer)

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers
are charging


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On 30/10/2016 10:49, tim... wrote:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Probably not. I'd have thought this was easy to check up on. Who would
buy anything cold emailed to you in any case.

Apart from the fact that some do....

There are hundreds of thousands of "savvy" shoppers who sign up for
every genuine email offer that they see. (as in, always sign up to
receive offers by mail, not accept every offer)

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers are
charging

In my sisters case it's restaurant offers

buy one get one free (drinks not included) type deals

If you are going anyway, they are worth having

But if it forces you to choose chain restaurant rather then local
independent, perhaps not

But we have that argument even without the voucher (I don't know why she
likes going to the mega chains, she's usually far more discerning in her
purchases)

tim

On 30/10/2016 09:39, Brian Gaff wrote:
Probably not. I'd have thought this was easy to check up on. Who would buy
anything cold emailed to you in any case. I certainly would not.
All these women who want me are quite obviously bogus, and I tend to
suspect most other emails that come from companies that I have no dealings
with are also.
Brian

Not much cold email spam comes my way (or maybe it gets stopped before I
see it?), but when I do get any, the company goes into my mental "don't
touch with a bargepole" list. Obviously that opens the possibility for
competitors to cold email spam looking to mislead me, but should overall
provide a marginal disincentive.

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On 30/10/2016 10:57, alan_m wrote:

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers
are charging



That would be why Tesco keep sending me £9 off any shop over £60.You
just buy the stuff thats as cheap elsewhere and save the £9.

On Sunday, 30 October 2016 13:31:59 UTC, dennis@home wrote:
On 30/10/2016 10:57, alan_m wrote:

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers
are charging



That would be why Tesco keep sending me £9 off any shop over £60.You
just buy the stuff thats as cheap elsewhere and save the £9.

I have £25 off Waitrose for using a John Lewis credit card, another £30 off for using Shell petrol and £40 if I spend over £160.

So if I spend £161, it will only cost me £66.

alan_m wrote
tim... wrote
Brian Gaff wrote

Probably not. I'd have thought this was easy to check up on. Who would
buy anything cold emailed to you in any case.

Apart from the fact that some do....

There are hundreds of thousands of "savvy" shoppers who sign up for every
genuine email offer that they see. (as in, always sign up to receive
offers by mail, not accept every offer)

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers are
charging

Don’t see that here. Most of them are from operations
flogging the lowest price chinese stuff.

I also get cold emails from the major supermarket chains
that have spend $50 and get a $10 credit offers too and
you are free to spend the $50 on their specials and I do that
quite a bit when their specials are for what I buy anyway.

On 30/10/2016 13:31, dennis@home wrote:
On 30/10/2016 10:57, alan_m wrote:

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers
are charging



That would be why Tesco keep sending me £9 off any shop over £60.You
just buy the stuff thats as cheap elsewhere and save the £9.

Regular Tesco shoppers don't get these vouchers. You possibly will be
one of those shoppers that used to use Tesco but now don't use it as much.

Supermarkets such as Tesco are price completive on some items but this
can lull shoppers into believing that everything sold in their stores is
value for money. For instance, just checking Tesco on-line for my
preferred brand of (instant) coffee I see that their price is just under
£2 more expensive (for 200g) that I can purchase it for in many places
elsewhere. You don't need too many of these more expensive items in you
basket to make the £9 discount worthless.

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alan_m wrote
dennis@home wrote
alan_m wrote

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers
are charging

That would be why Tesco keep sending me £9 off any shop over £60.
You just buy the stuff thats as cheap elsewhere and save the £9.

Regular Tesco shoppers don't get these vouchers.

Ours do.

You possibly will be one of those shoppers that used to use Tesco but now
don't use it as much.

Not the case with the ones I get.

Supermarkets such as Tesco are price completive on some items but this can
lull shoppers into believing that everything sold in their stores is value
for money.

And anyone with even half a clue keeps track of
the best prices they have seen for the stuff they
use much of and only buy that when they see
an offer close to that best price they have seen.

I buy almost nothing that I buy much of that isnt on special.

For instance, just checking Tesco on-line for my preferred brand of
(instant) coffee I see that their price is just under £2 more expensive
(for 200g) that I can purchase it for in many places elsewhere. You don't
need too many of these more expensive items in you basket to make the £9
discount worthless.

I don’t buy any stuff like that so the discount produces a
better price than I have ever seen for the stuff on special.

My biggest problem is that I can find it hard to find enough
stuff I need to be able to spend the $50 that is sometimes
required to get the discount. In spades when the offer is
to spend at least $50 a week for 3 consecutive weeks to
get the $30 discount.

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On 30/10/2016 10:57, alan_m wrote:

Usually the offers are from retailers who charge top RRP in the first
place and the offer just brings down the price to what other retailers
are charging



That would be why Tesco keep sending me £9 off any shop over £60.You just
buy the stuff thats as cheap elsewhere and save the £9.

if you have an Aldi and/or a Lidl nearby ...

IME finding 60 quid of stuff (that you reasonably want each week/month)
that's cheaper elsewhere is impossible.

Occasionally, I get to use one of these vouchers when I find a single large
item competitively priced in Tesco, but from my day to day shopping that I
still do there, I don't come close.

tim