Folks: I ALMOST fell for the oldest trick in the book by a site that has treated me VERY WELL in the past, but they are now pulling the old "bait and switch". I'm talking about Jann's Netcraft. I went there to price some materials, and an ad said "take our 30 second ad and win $100". Well, that does sound too good to be true, but I do know that some companies do these surveys to try and get different demographics etc in order to try and target more customers, thus, coming out ahead in the long run. Well, I took the survey, and yes, it asks questions about my purchase history, whether I would refer Netcraft to friends, what type products I bought, my age group etc. Then, at the end of the survey, it asked for my name, email addy, and a cell phone number. Fine. It said that a text file would be sent to my phone with a code to use to "redeem" my $100. I got the code, typed it in on their site like it told me too, and BANG, the bait and switch happened. It was just about to charge my cell phone acct $9.95 a month for some "credits" of some sort (I guess that is where the $100 came in, but it was SUPPOSED to be FREE (or in exchange for taking the survey). Luckily, I read the "fine print" and hit the right button to "decline" the $9.95 a month authorization. If you go to their site, BEWARE of this "scheme". You can bet I fired them off an email (as live chat had already closed for the day) that will make the email reader's ears BURN LOL... I told them though, that not only mad, but I was sad, as I might expect this from some eBay seller or "fly by night" seller, but not from a site like Netcraft that has been in business a long time, and has treated me well for at least 7 years now. Chuck
In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle "Fool me once, shame on YOU, fool me twice, shame on YOU", and you can bet I won't get fooled like that TWICE...... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
