Scam Shopping Deals: Offers You Should Refuse!
PayDayBuddies.com
There is a fine line between marketing hype and
outright lies, but some "deals" are are only good
for the company selling the product and and for you!
Another example of this is
www.PayDayBuddies.com, currently advertising on satellite radio, Fox News,
etc.
which sends you an email that implies that you can easily get a free laptop
computer by registering for 1 "offer" and referring some friends to the program. In fact, it is simply a marketing scheme to get you to buy their
sponsor's products. Whether you will ever get the "free laptop" remains to be
seen. Shoppers experiences with similar programs, like
ShopperSavingCenter.com indicates that
this is not likely!
Above is an image of the home page for the PayDayBuddies.com website.
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Complete at least one offer within 90 days of a new account signup and
receive credit for the offer within that timeframe.
- Refer at least 10 unique people who signup (via the user's unique
referral URL) for new accounts, and each must complete at least one offer
within 90 days of referrer's new account signup date and receive credit for
it within that same timeframe.
- In order to connect these referrals to the user, PayDayBuddies issues
the user a unique referral link to our site. Users of this web site may
distribute their unique referral URL in anyway they may choose, including
using our form located on our "Refer Friends" page of our web site.
- The original user must then download and print his/her "Order Approval
Form", fill it out in its entirety and mail it with a postmarked date that
is no later than 30 days from the 90-day time period of his/her account
signup date to the following address:
- PayDay Order Approval
NetFree Direct, LLC
P.O. Box 455
Haverford, PA 19041
- Once an account has been approved, a user has 60 days from the approval
date to submit an order on our web site. Users failing to submit an order
within this time frame will have their eligibility to receive a free product
revoked.
See their home page and click on the "terms and conditions" link for their
full terms and conditions.
The "Mac mini laptop" is not the only "offer" they have going. They
also run these in the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) and U.S.
territories such as Puerto Rico:
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Is this a good deal? It sounds like you will need
to purchase other products AND get 20 of your friends to sign up and purchase
other products in order for you to get one free laptop. And of course, your
friends will want their free laptop, too; so they will each need to sign up 10
MORE friends.
According to the BetterBusinessBureau, "The
company has been responsive to any complaints brought to its attention by the
Bureau." Click here to read the BBB's current report about PayDayBuddies's
owners:
http://www.dc.bbb.org/report.html?national=Y&compid=182253635
The Bottom Line:
in order for you to get your free laptop and not have 10
angry friends, together you will need 110 other people to sign up AND purchase
at least 1 "offer". Considering that you can buy a decent new laptop for as little as
$600, that sounds like a terrible deal!
It appears to us that it is VERY unlikely that most people
will be able to get 10 friends to sign up and buy, meaning many of the people
will be left buying something they didn't really want and getting nothing free.
CFR's Recommendation:
AVOID
PayDayBuddies.com! Do NOT sign up for it!
How to file a complaint against Shoppers Saving Center
To file a complaint against them, go to the
BetterBusinessBureau and click on "file a
complaint". For the address of the business use the information below:
NetFree Direct, LLC
P.O. Box 455
Haverford, PA 19041
They don't have a phone number listed (surprised?)
What are victims saying about PayDayBuddies?
See this page for emails and
comments from
victims! (being developed)
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