I am officially turning into a grumpy old gyt!!! Ranting about business things which annoy me with alarming frequency. Imagine what I’ll be like when I reach my 30’s….

Today’s subject. Currys. Grrr

Basically I wanted to buy a TV as the one in my bedroom had conked out! Obviously I looked online and found this cheeky little offer giving 5% off all orders over £249. RESULT - the TV I wanted was £249.99.

I logged on to their website and placed the order. As it was Friday night I opted to collect the product on Saturday morning from my local store as there is a Currys about 10 miles away from where I live.

On arriving at the store I had the following debate…

Sales chappie “That’s £249.99 please”.

Me “Not so fast sunshine, I’ve got my 5% discount” I replied

“Sorry sir, that’s only for online orders” he countered

“But I did order it online - here’s my online reference number”

“No Sir, you can’t get the 5% discount because the online store has less costs than us” he claimed

“How? They offer free delivery on all orders, so surely that is going to cost more as they now will no longer have to pay the delivery fee” I responded getting slightly more annoyed….

“Sorry sir, we don’t have the facility to give discount“.

You get the picture!

Now obviously they’ve got different costs attributed to keeping a product in a store, rather than at a warehouse, but surely these costs would have been offset by the fact that they wouldn’t have had to pay the £5 - £10 delivery fee to cover their promise of free delivery.

In the words of Dizzee…. BONKERS! I don’t think I’ll be going there to get my Fathers Day Gift.

Toodle pip.

TBW.

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Hi guys,

Voucher codes, and particularly (some) voucher codes websites have come in for a bit of flack of late.

Some affiliates aren’t happy with the way in which some voucher code sites are doing business, affiliates are “borrowing” other affiliates vouchers and using them when they shouldn’t be, whilst at the same time some merchants are either dropping voucher codes altogether or reducing the commission that they pay to voucher code affiliates.

All in all it’s getting a bit messy, so me and the guys at PB.HQ thought we’d best do something to lighten the mood surrounding voucher codes.

So, I’m pleased to say that we’ve developed a system whereby users of Prezzybox can either redeem their voucher code against their order as normal, or if they are feeling generous donate their gift voucher to charity.

You can see how this is done here:

We’ve been running this for approx a week now and it’s proving pretty popular. To tie in with Fathers Day we’re donating the vouchers to the Orchid Charity for Male Cancer and we’ll be changing the charity on a regular basis.

Want to get on board?

If there’s anything you need from a promotional point of view then give either Ben or myself a shout and we’ll gladly assist.

Cheers,

TBW

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