Having worked in the finance department of a large player in the mobile
business I can confirm what you probably already know - some companies will
use any device to avoid paying out cashbacks.

Make sure you know who is financing the offer - look at the small print. It
can be the retailer or the service provider.

I'm currently in dispute with T Mobile over a £100 Cashback, payable in two
£50 stages. First they claimed that it was the retailer's responsibility,
now they are claiming that they never received the forms.

I would advise all claimants to pay a little extra and send cashback
applications by Recorded Delivery, otherwise forget it.

But give them a hard time anyway!

I've written to the Consumers Association about it.

David W

"David Meyer" <david_meyer_nospam@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:b8rgf6$3h8$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> VMT
>
> David
>
> "Simon Birley" <webmaster@irwebonline.com> wrote in message
> news:b8r9gi$458$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> >
>
http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-...ilemadness.com
> > &SearchType=do
> > check the above link shows who owns the domain and has an admin phone
> number
> > on it.
> >
> >
> > --
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > Mobile Spares + Repairs
> > www.irwebonline.com
> > webmaster@irwebonline.com (MSN + Email)
> > TEL : 07740360253
> > --Mobile Phone Accessories--
> > Retail + Trade Supplier
> > "David Meyer" <david_meyer_nospam@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> > news:b8pogp$3ii$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > Mobile madness ( www.mobilemadness.com ) are being strangely reticent
> > about
> > > answering my emails on how to claim the £50 cash back on the 6310i I
> > bought
> > > from them last November. Before I get into the boring Trading
Standards
> > > bit, does anyone by any chance have contact details, or past
experience
> of
> > > them?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

"David" <news@abwhitly.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Having worked in the finance department of a large player in the mobile
> business I can confirm what you probably already know - some companies will
> use any device to avoid paying out cashbacks.
>
> Make sure you know who is financing the offer - look at the small print. It
> can be the retailer or the service provider.
>
> I'm currently in dispute with T Mobile over a £100 Cashback, payable in two
> £50 stages. First they claimed that it was the retailer's responsibility,
> now they are claiming that they never received the forms.
<snip top post>
>
It is the dealers responsibility, T Mobile don't give cashbacks !
No Network does

and can you bottom post and trim

Steve Terry

"Steve Terry" <g4wwk-remove-to-reply-@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> It is the dealers responsibility, T Mobile don't give cashbacks !
> No Network does

I know T Mobile don't give cashbacks, that's the problem!

But seriously, some schemes are run by the service providers and some are
run by the retailers. T Mobile may not be running any at present but the
scheme I referred to was T Mobile's, not the retailer's. T Mobile should
have been able to structure the scheme to reduce its VAT payment to Customs
and Excise; it is unlikely that the retailer would have been able to do so
for a scheme of this type, making it very inefficient from the tax
standpoint.

David

Steve Terry reckoned that:
> When did T Mobile run a cashback deal, and what was it ?

the last one I remember was about 3 years ago, but it was defintiely funded
by one2one.
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 00:35:48 +0100, someone purporting to be "Steve Terry"
<g4wwk-remove-to-reply-@tesco.net> wrote:

> T Mobile don't give cashbacks !
> No Network does

BT Cellnet did a cashback promo in 2000:
http://tinyurl.com/g313

john

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