| |||||||
Still waiting?
This is a discussion on Still waiting? within the GiveAway Network forums, part of the Old Networks category; my £90 cheque has been processing for 6 days now.. how long can it take to write a ****ing cheque?...
| | Thread Tools |
| |||||||
This is a discussion on Still waiting? within the GiveAway Network forums, part of the Old Networks category; my £90 cheque has been processing for 6 days now.. how long can it take to write a ****ing cheque?...
| | Thread Tools |
07-02-09, 06:11 PM
| #21 |
| Mini Mac  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland!
Posts: 4,415
   | my £90 cheque has been processing for 6 days now.. how long can it take to write a ****ing cheque?
__________________ |
|
07-02-09, 06:17 PM
| #22 | |
| Mini Mac  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Midlands
Posts: 11,689
 | Quote:
wrote another ticket to which i was told 2 days ago that "shipping" would respond to my other ticket in 24/48hrs ..nothing yet but still a few hrs to go  , tbh i getting a bit annoyed with it and am finding it hard to keep my mod hat on and bite my tongue. | |
|
07-02-09, 09:40 PM
| #23 |
| iPod 60gb  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SKEGNESS
Posts: 1,898
| cant even remember what day i'm on now ....  it took ages to verify, now ages to send out a measly £135 cheque  |
|
09-02-09, 09:36 AM
| #24 |
| Mini Mac Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Midlands
Posts: 11,689
| well its a long 24/48 hours... anyway whilst checking if my ticket had been replied to i saw this : Customer Notice Please note the following changes to Giveaway: 1) A Custom Order can now only be chosen before you reach 4 green referrals. 2) Once you have added a custom order to your account, it may not be changed. so for people like me that collect refs till they decide they want something or get bored and want to cash out looks like this is no longer possible. |
|
09-02-09, 09:55 AM
| #25 | |
| ..is a Muppet!  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swindon
Posts: 10,100
| Quote:
__________________ | |
|
09-02-09, 10:07 AM
| #26 | |
| Mini Mac Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Midlands
Posts: 11,689
| Quote:
 the refs i am trying to claim now were got in october im bored of it tbh | |
|
09-02-09, 10:48 AM
| #27 | |
| iPod 60gb Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 1,878
| Quote:
 that's terrible! Really sucks for you guys that collect loads of refs, a terrible move on their part. The custom order thing is clearly just to get people that have 4+ refs but struggling to get their item to just give up instead of cash in. How long til they add a time limit I wonder?I'm beginning to think giving giveaway a try may have been a big mistake. I was hoping to get my fried a ps3 for his 21st, but I'm refusing to refer anyone to this network until I receive the cheque they owe me.
__________________ Spoiler  | |
|
09-02-09, 11:27 AM
| #28 |
| iPod Nano 4GB  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The 'Pool
Posts: 349
| I just saw the note about custom orders too. I got my order in before this rule which is good, but i was trying to change it to a bank transfer. No chance of this happening now, just gotta wait for them to send my order which could take months! Sucks for you guys who always get custom orders, wont give you much of a chance to think about what you want. And also agree with kevin. For people who dont get the full amount of refs needed they will give up without being able to put a custom order in. |
|
09-02-09, 11:39 AM
| #29 |
| ..is a Muppet! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swindon
Posts: 10,100
| The reason it is an even bigger issue with GA is that they do not automatically update LOVEFiLM pendings. That means you can only refer for one month out of three by the time everything is sorted.
__________________ |
|
09-02-09, 03:37 PM
| #30 |
| iPod Nano 1GB  Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 77
| ahh man this is an unbelivable pain! been saving up for ages and this really screws me up as my current custom order is for an LCD which is basically near the end of its life but I was not that worried as I could change the custom order when the new LCD's are released in a couple of weeks Its also difficult because the prices of LCD's are up and down (mainly up!) at the moment. |
|
09-02-09, 05:09 PM
| #31 |
| ..is a Muppet! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swindon
Posts: 10,100
| When things like this have happened in the past, Tab has normally been pretty reasonable to those affected by the changes. No idea if that will be the case this time since he is not around (although, he must be around to make the change  )
__________________ |
|
09-02-09, 05:39 PM
| #32 |
| Mini Mac Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bonnie Scotland!
Posts: 4,415
| is tab even around atall? not had any contact for ages now.. Maybe somethings happened to him? All i know is that im not using giveaway again. im sticking to freebiejeebies!
__________________ |
|
09-02-09, 05:55 PM
| #33 | |
| iPod 60gb Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 1,878
| Quote:
Same, but I'm stuck with them for now. I'm really dissapointed in the way this network is being run. They 1st lured me in with the low refs on iphones, then raised them so I was pretty gutted and pretty much stopped using them. Then they had their super new same day verificatons, excellent ref rates etc. and lured me back for ps3 now that's gone too. All I can say is that I won't be fooled by them.
__________________ Spoiler | |
|
09-02-09, 06:54 PM
| #34 | |
| Mr Baldy Chicken  Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 13,996
| Quote:
What ever it is, it must be important enough for him to potentially jeopardise his business's reputation for - therefore I imagine it is quite important!! | |
|
09-02-09, 08:34 PM
| #35 |
| iPod 30gb  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lovely ol' Kent.
Posts: 1,017
| Hi all. Can anyone clarify what exactly these new changes mean in idiot terms? I was going for a custom order which has now been set, (I have the required refs also), but I have yet to click verify because I am unsure yet whether I am going to keep referring. |
|
09-02-09, 08:44 PM
| #36 |
| blah blah blah  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Here
Posts: 17,866
 | I think the thing I find disappointing is that someone obviously found the time to change that bit on the sites (might have only took a few minutes) but couldnt spend any time making a post on exceem to tell their members. I have no idea if Tab does the coding but surely if he cant post here, another of his team could sign up and message us on his behalf We get told its not money troubles. Ok, well then I would expect people who are awaiting gifts to be paid before tradedoubler pays GA their next payment. If gifts are sent after that date, great but it will just reinforce the thought that it appears us members are not allowed to speculate on. All I can say is thank goodness that the other network owners value exceem members (apart from freepain, but they have shown nothing towards our members anyway).
__________________ |
|
10-02-09, 01:15 PM
| #37 | |
| ..is a Muppet! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swindon
Posts: 10,100
| Quote:
So, for example, you start iPhone GA but have no idea what you want and build up 10 greens and 10 pendings. At that point you ask for a custom order at 20 refs. After the long wait for the pendings to turn green, maybe you lose a couple and end up with 18 greens, you can amend the custom order to 18 refs. If you then lost 1 ref on verification, in theory you could change the custom order again to 17 refs. In essence, it is like the "verify for as many greens that get through" that the other networks allow you to do. Very flexible. Well, I say "is", but mean "was", that is no longer possible on GA. As a result of the change, you effectively have to specify what your custom order is from virtually the outset. The downside for us freebie hunters it that you would be stuck if you could not get the number of greens you need. So, from the same example as above, once you specify a 20 ref custom order, you are stuck with that. If you go back down to 17, you need to get 3 more refs before you can verify. By contrast, if you end up with 25 refs, then you still only get paid for 20. The upside for GA is threefold. 1) Less admin work, 2) They get to keep greens on accounts that people can't complete and 3) They also keep any additional greens where people are forutunate enough to get extra. That is clearly a more profitable business model.
__________________ Last edited by FurbtasticM; 10-02-09 at 01:18 PM.. | |
|
10-02-09, 01:19 PM
| #38 |
| iPod 30gb Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lovely ol' Kent.
Posts: 1,017
| I see, makes sense now. In other words, you cannot change your gift, once you've chosen it that's it. That's pretty poor form I agree. |
|
10-02-09, 01:25 PM
| #39 | |
| ..is a Muppet! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Swindon
Posts: 10,100
| Quote:
It says you have to choose before you have 4 greens, not pendings, so you may be able to let them build up? And what happens if you are about to decide then a couple of greens come in and you go over 4, will they insist you have to go for the default gift? Could do with some clarification.
__________________ | |
|
10-02-09, 01:41 PM
| #40 |
| £50,000 Club  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Down Under
Posts: 1,665
| From a business point of view I think this is a good move. If it was a choice between this model and one where you could maintain the flexibility, but service levels drop (aka - current status), I'd pick the new rule any day. However, I do believe that out of fairness and for the sake of the loyalty shown by us as customers, this rule should only affect new accounts as of 01 Feb 09. Very unfair to change the rules half way through, and rather than a change in business practice this comes across as a move forced by desperation (i.e., they can't cope with the amount of custom requests).
__________________ |
| Thread Tools | |
| |
