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[EXPIRED] $20 Worth of Shopping Square Vouchers
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Pkumak on 26/05/2010 - 18:20 shoppingsquare.com.au (4120 clicks)
Last edited 01/06/2010 - 12:35 by 2 other users

Received an email from Shopping Square this morning:

Today is the official launch of our new Shopping Square Facebook page and to celebrate we're giving away $500,000 dollars.

We'll give away $500,000 dollars if you click like and become a member on our facebook page.

If 1000 people click like, those 1000 people will receive $10 worth of Shopping Square Vouchers.

If 2000 people click like, those 2000 people will receive $20 worth of Shopping Square Vouchers
and if 10,000 people click like, those 10,000 people will receive $50 worth of Shopping Square Vouchers

Any of these vouchers can be used on absolutely anything you want in Shopping Square!

So spread the word around, the more people that click like, the more you get to spend! All you have to is click! This offer goes til May the 31st. There's nothing to lose and free money for everybody!

Facebook address:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sydney-Australia/ShoppingSquar…

MOD (Davo): thanks for the reports, the deal is now active as 1000 people have joined. As far as posting guidelines go, it has met the criteria
You can withdraw your vote by clicking "votes", then finding your name and clicking the little grey button next to your name.

Mod Update from SS Rep:
Since we reached 2000+ fans by cut off time, we decide to order the $20 wouth of Shopping Square Vouchers to ALL (instead of 1st 2000) of our facebook fans who clicked like [and maintain ‘like’] before 12am AEST 1/6/2010

the fans will be offered a choice of

  • a $20 voucher
    or
  • $5 voucher x 2 plus $10 voucher x 1

You can lodge your claim via the following link
https://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/facebook.php
Please NOTE: you must lodge your claim by 12pm AEST 3rd June 2010, if you are entitle for the claim.

For more details please visit
http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/n_162_500000_Dollar_Promotion_Starts_12pm_26th_May_

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  • zzyss on 30/05/2010 - 16:39

    LOL, and now they're releasing "piggy keyrings" for 6k and 7k… they've obviously noticed the decreasing sign ups as the 31st May deadline approaches and they're offering incentives so that they can show the powers that be that they made their numbers. I'm guessing that means their plan was to spend $20k to get around 7.5k Facebook fans. Now if people start "unliking" them after the promo finishes… will be interesting to see whether they'll count it as a successful campaign or not.

  • FloatingPoint on 30/05/2010 - 16:41

    Just hop in facebook and saw this posted 10 mins ago:
    " It's the Shopping Square Turbo Boost! If we get 6000 members by Monday 12pm AEST, we'll release a Free Piggy Keyring with $1 Shipping! If we reach 7500, the Piggy Keyring will not only be free but will have a postage charge of only 1 cent. You read correctly 1 cent. The link to Free Piggies will be released by 1pm if… we get those numbers! So, start sharing for Piggies!"

    Crap crap crap! Now they try to sell us a Piggies Flashlight Keyring for $1 (If they hit 6000 in the counter)? DealExtreme always have them @US$0.78 delivered!
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1138

    Don't dream about 1c piggy anyway. It is still 5148 members atm it won't get 7500.

    EDIT: beated by zzyss :(

    • inherentchoice on 30/05/2010 - 18:44

      I've got 3x piggys from DX just sitting in my cupboard doing nothing.

  • inherentchoice on 30/05/2010 - 18:52
    +1

    So their ad says "$500,000 to be given away", but if they only get 6000 people @ $20 each then that's only $120,000. Does it make their ad misleading if they don't give away the remaining $380,000?

    • Roja on 30/05/2010 - 19:21

      From my understanding it goes like this: just say it finishes off with 6000 fans by the deadline. Only the first 2000 people get the $20 voucher and the other 4000 get nothing. Hope i am wrong on this though. Also theres been no reply from SS on how the reward gets distributed

      • zzyss on 30/05/2010 - 22:31
        +1

        Nope, you've got it right. They'll only be forking over $40k worth of "value" - which is to say that not all of it will be pure loss for them so in real terms their "cost" will be < $40k despite their ads loudly proclaiming the possibility of $500k. I have to hand it to them, it is a very good marketing concept. I'd love to steal it (long enough down the track so that people have forgotten about this, obviously), but the company I work for would never allow something like this to fly.

      • inherentchoice on 30/05/2010 - 22:41
        +2

        If you read it word for word it could mean that they only have to give away money if they get exactly 1000, 2000 or 10,000 fans, and there's clearly a fat chance of that.

        The whole thing seems quite ambiguous as their initial statement promises $500K as does the graphic. I think the lack of terms and conditions generally confirms that no solicitors were involved here. If your interpretation is right, I'd hate to see what happens after the 4,000 people who miss out start making some noise and complaining to the authorities. Having disappointed people could see this end up like the UBank PR disaster we saw here on OzB not too long ago… or worse. Imagine them trying to argue their liability in court on the basis of the ambiguous ad.

        If they said "up to $500K" that would be different.

  • tanoshiiki on 30/05/2010 - 21:39
    +2

    Hmm, if it is split up vouchers then it is a bit dodgy…
    Will refrain from voting until I actually see what the vouchers really are.

    Edit: And here's my downvote…

  • djones145 on 30/05/2010 - 22:26
    +3

    means we need someone to create 4000 accounts!

  • zzyss on 31/05/2010 - 12:54
    +6

    Well, here we have it:

    You asked us so here are the answers!

    So here are the T&Cs for the $20 Voucher!

    You will receive 2x $5 Vouchers and 1x $10 Voucher, all you'll have to do is click on the link!

    All of our Facebook Fans can claim the vouchers via our Facebook link which will be posted at 12pm noon 1st June 2010, the link will only be up for 48 hours. So get in quick!

    $5 Voucher T&Cs

    1) $5 voucher x 2
    - minimum spend of $5
    - This $5 Voucher does not apply to promotional items
    - only 1 voucher use per order
    - The voucher only applies to item value and not postage costs

    $10 Voucher T&Cs

    2) $10 voucher x 1
    - minimum spend of $20
    - This $10 Voucher does not apply to promotional items
    - only 1 voucher use per order
    - The voucher only applies to item value and not postage costs

    If we reach 10,000 by 12am midnight 1st June, We will release 1x $30 Voucher and 2X $10 vouchers

    $30 Voucher T&Cs

    $30 voucher x 1
    - minimum spend of $60
    - This $30 Voucher does not apply to promotional items
    - only 1 voucher use per order
    - The voucher only applies to item value and not postage costs

    And all the rest:

    Limited to 1 claim per account
    1 claim per household
    The voucher valid from 4 of June 2010

    • furyou on 31/05/2010 - 13:00
      +2

      well there ya go, totally useless.
      spend $20 in 3 goes to claim $20? Is there any crap worth buying at $5 anyway?

      "does not apply to promotional items" - everything is promotional.

      postage costs extra?
      1 claim per household?

      well I'm going to unlike it right away. You can keep your $5 voucher, I can find anything that's not "promotional" from somewhere else much cheaper.

    • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 15:49
      +4

      Any of these vouchers can be used on absolutely anything you want in Shopping Square!

      Now they add so much restrictions.
      Shopping Square is so dodgy… Some of us all know this along and we had been patient to play their game.
      When can we say enough is enough? It is time to punish Shopping Square!!!

  • baz123 on 31/05/2010 - 13:08
    +3

    yep - the skeptics were right - rubbish deal

  • baz123 on 31/05/2010 - 13:09
    +3

    shame I'm unable to revoke my vote as I voted over 720 hours ago, else I'd surely have done it

  • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2010 - 13:13
    +7

    crap deal as others have noticed since the T & C's have been released…

    forget it, i am not going to spend money to save money…its contradictory to the extreme

    load of rubbish , i am very angry with them and wont ever bother to buy there anyway…

    i hope they go bankrupt!

  • jjsnacks on 31/05/2010 - 13:40
    +1

    ^ yep same.

  • pokerplayer on 31/05/2010 - 13:50
    +6

    they should have posted their T&C before the promo started

    • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 14:29
      +4

      Agreed. This is a SCAM!!!
      Finally I have a reason to vote a BIG FAT -

  • bartracer on 31/05/2010 - 15:03
    +3

    time now to vote - on this

    the site should get a ban from ozbargain

  • aurotaro on 31/05/2010 - 15:15
    +3

    scam. shoo'ed away more customers than what they thought they would attract.

  • motlking on 31/05/2010 - 15:20
    +6

    So I guess my initial instincts were right! $500,000 give away? more like zilch! Those coupons would have costed them barely anything!

    Hmm, $10 voucher with $20 min spend.
    Looks like they probably didn't have to spend anything given the voucher would just reduce their gross profit.

    This is very very dodgy from Shopping Square. Looks like thousands and thousands of free advertising for them with ozbargain as the side portal! I am sure they attracted thousands of hits on their website from this promotion and generated many sales from new customers who found the site via facebook "likes".

    Is there a way to "dislike" them on facebook? If not, people not happy with this should update there status to "avoid shopping square" or something similar so friends/family don't think you are promoting their business/service since you have said you "like" shopping square.

    SPREAD THE WORD! Don't let them take advantage of us!

    Also I think ozbargain is partially to blame for not stopping this "bargain" or at least enforcing the poster to obtain more details about the deals before reposting, not just that the deal was "active".
    I questioned this deal but no mod responded.

    If we let this slide it will open the floodgates for other advertises posting while not providing all details of the actual deal (in this case, $20 "worth" turns out to be $5x2 & $10x1 with min spend).

    People need to know what they are voting for, that was my point.

    • muzzamo on 31/05/2010 - 15:40
      +4

      These guys should be banned from ozbargain for posting rubbish.

      Either way i'm going to neg everything that comes from these guys now.

      • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 17:36
        +1

        A ban is better as it's less work for the mod.
        ie. some1 report and mod come in remove -ve votes

  • quackster on 31/05/2010 - 15:41
    +2

    completely misleading

  • Dan_ on 31/05/2010 - 15:48
    +1

    The $5 vouchers are pretty useless, and the $10 vouchers only covers shipping. So its pretty much just free shipping. I would give a negative vote too but I can't because my account is less than 30 days old, lol…

    But anyway, you won't see me buying anything from shoppingsquare… this is a bs marketing scheme.

    EDIT: HAH, look at all the bad comments they're getting on their facebook page, everybody get on FB and give em a piece of your mind.

  • jazzymc on 31/05/2010 - 15:50
    +3

    What a SCAM! To wait over 72 hours to release the terms and conditions to prevent us from revoking our OzBargain vote … I can't change my vote to help sink this non-bargain! My vote to definitely ban these fraudsters from OzBargain and Facebook!

    • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 15:57
      +4

      Maybe Scott need to change it to 100hrs so everyone can remove their +ves.
      Same as motlking, my initial instincts were right too so keep the -ves comming. I would like to see 100+ -ves for this.

      • motlking on 31/05/2010 - 16:01
        +2

        POWERevolution, lets puts them on the record books. Highest -ves on ozbargain! 100+ -ves would be awesome LOL

  • monkp on 31/05/2010 - 15:57
    +2

    dislike now … their vouchers are useless

  • FloatingPoint on 31/05/2010 - 16:28
    +6

    Obviously their claim "vouchers can be used on absolutely anything you want in Shopping Square" are not honored.

    Mod please consider to PERMANENTLY BAN Shopping Square for any future deal. Shopping Square lure so many people into this facebook scam. We can't tolerate such a irresponsible business using OzBargain for their pure advertising activities.

  • stumo on 31/05/2010 - 16:34
    +2

    Also when they said "If 2000 people click like, those 2000 people will receive $20 worth of Shopping Square Vouchers" of which I was one of them (took a screenie at 1300) they were outright lying.

    I agree, these d1cks should be banned right now.

    Can someone tell me how to do a dislike in FB?
    EDIT: found it, bottom left "unlike" link.

  • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2010 - 16:41
    +1

    neg for shopping square, they are a terrible mob at the best of times

  • maybeamacy on 31/05/2010 - 17:06
    +2

    Assholes!

    • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 17:08

      LOL, should read 1st b4 you vote!
      You can't vote -ve now. :)

  • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 17:07

    Can't believe 2 +ves from these 2 users

    helloworld 1 31/05/2010 - 16:30
    Gravatar maybeamacy 1 31/05/2010 - 16:36

    • maybeamacy on 31/05/2010 - 23:08

      I didn't know I had to post first before negging. I thought I already posted a +ve so I couldn't negged so I clicked on + to fnd out and apparantly I didn't vote yet so I took it off shortly after :).

      I can't vote -ve though :(.

  • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2010 - 17:36
    +4

    http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/icms-public/complaint/regi…

    this is a link to raise the matter formally to the Fair Trading NSW, thus get shoppingsquare listed in the scamewatch site!!!!

  • G0bbo on 31/05/2010 - 17:48
    +1

    Split vouchers, with minimum spends?? Hah shoulda seen this coming

  • inherentchoice on 31/05/2010 - 18:01
    +6

    Ah, and again we see a company try to pull off a viral marketing ploy, only to move the goalposts have it backfire with negative publicity. I shall draft a complaint that we can mass submit to the ACCC, if nothing else then just to make Shopping Square and other retailers more accountable for their actions.

    Vote retracted. Edit: Duh! Can't retract it's more than 72 hours… maybe SS planned this.

    • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 18:03
      +3

      I shall draft a complaint that we can mass submit to the ACCC

      +1 I'll put my name down for this and I'm sure others will join-in.

      Vote retracted.

      I still see green there.

      Edit:

      Can’t retract it’s more than 72 hours… maybe SS planned this.

      Sure is.

  • neil on 31/05/2010 - 18:05
    +6

    If anyone needs wants their vote revoked, just hit the report button and one of the mods can do it.
    @Jazzy,@baz. Removed your pos votes.

    • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 18:07
      +2

      Good to see a hard working mod! +1

    • jazzymc on 01/06/2010 - 09:18

      Thanks for that - but can I change mine to a -ve vote instead … I need to vent my anger and frustration somehow. I wish there was a Shopping Square Rep here … now that would be fun to watch the "creative" comments come flooding in :)

      • neil on 01/06/2010 - 10:20

        Nope, can only go pos to no vote, or neg to no vote. It's a technical issue.

  • KuroiDatenshi on 31/05/2010 - 18:08
    +2

    BALLS!

  • northerly on 31/05/2010 - 18:11
    +1

    Never buying from shopping sq ever again

  • tanoshiiki on 31/05/2010 - 18:26
    +4

    I want to see that green positive number go down!

  • Livert on 31/05/2010 - 18:47

    I'm surprised no one who voted positive on this deal in the past 72 hours has retracted their vote.

    • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 18:51

      My guess will be soon. I'm sure this post will get more RED than GREEN.
      They all working hard & save up to prepare for OzB visit :)

  • CyberMurning on 31/05/2010 - 18:55
    +1

    i think we have to set up another facebook page called " i dont like shopping squeare"

  • x Moe on 31/05/2010 - 19:04

    LOL poor effort shopping square, never have purchased from you and now never will.

    Mods can you revoke my positive vote please?

  • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 19:05

    They want us to spread the word around… I'm gonna help them since SS too kind give us ½mil :)
    http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/26278

  • arcticmonkey on 31/05/2010 - 19:08

    They wasted my time for nothing. Very unhappy. Will never be shopping at Shopping Square.

  • quackster on 31/05/2010 - 19:11
    +7

    My negative vote would have been a positive had you not lied to me

  • ranma on 31/05/2010 - 19:15

    did my share, having my voted revoked. i've bought from them before, and had a problem with one of the items, but i thought i'd try and stick them out. after this though, i'm done. i'm taking myself off their e-mail list, through with their shenanigans.

    edit: also, i'm happy to support having them banned from ozbargain.

  • Megan on 31/05/2010 - 19:17

    Heading over to FB to "unlike" right now. I have never purchased from them, thought this would entice me. Not! Has done the complete reverse, shall not bother even looking in future. Glad I saved my vote… I think I did anyway? Let's have a look shall we.

  • herbie_ford on 31/05/2010 - 19:39
    +2

    What rubbish they were getting so good publicity and now they destroy it in one stupid move

  • inherentchoice on 31/05/2010 - 19:45
    +11

    As promised I’ve drafted the following which can be pasted in the ACCC online complaint form in about 30 seconds and conforms to the 1500 char limit. Sorry if you don’t like how I’ve worded it or whatever, but feel free to change it up etc…

    Product description: Shopping Square $500,000 Promotion
    Product provider: ShoppingSquare.COM.AU - Apus Corporation Pty Ltd (ABN 11 109 351 877)
    Complaint description:

    On 25 May 2010, Shopping Square announced “We'll give away $500,000 dollars if you click like and become a member on our facebook (sic) page.” I clicked in the belief that “There’s nothing to lose and free money for everybody” and that “these vouchers can be used on absolutely anything you want in Shopping Square!”

    Online forums speculated the ambiguity in the announcement, including that 6000 ‘likes’ equates to only $120,000 worth of vouchers. It was noted that there were no terms and conditions nor any other details to clarify their promotion, aside from the initial announcement.

    It was only on the last day of the promotion (some five days later), that Shopping Square revealed their “T&Cs”. Suddenly it was uncovered that the 5000+ individuals who were led to click ‘like’, would not be getting “free money” and nor would they receive “vouchers which can be used on absolutely anything you want in Shopping Square”. Instead they will get 3 separate vouchers which cannot be used in the same order, nor for “promotional items” and neither for postage costs. Therefore the vouchers cannot be used without spending some money. Their famously high postage will also help them to unfairly capitalize on the promotion.

    I strongly feel that Shopping Square has committed a dishonest and blatant bait and switch in breach of trade practices law. I trust that the ACCC will take all appropriate action against them and work to discourage other businesses from such conduct in future.

    • bartracer on 31/05/2010 - 19:54

      that will save a lot of time im in

    • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 19:57

      Wont let me send as Character count is 1532. Just though I let you know.

      • inherentchoice on 31/05/2010 - 20:00

        1494 for me. Might be something to do with your browser and line breaks? Maybe copy it to notepad first or something.

        • POWERevolution on 31/05/2010 - 20:02

          No line breaks. I'm using FF, are you using IE? I'll give IE a go.

          Edit: IE has the same problem.
          When you paste those text in the box it only show 1483 chars but won't let you "save & close" so I just do Shopping Square = SS.

    • rack on 31/05/2010 - 21:16

      done. Thats another complain from me.

    • illusionarybreeze on 31/05/2010 - 21:19

      Hey thanks for the effort of putting this together, but I worry that it is not an accurate description of the situation.

      I did not receive the original email, but in the description of this deal, by kumak, it does say that "if 1000 people click like, those 1000 people will receive $10 worth of Shopping Square Vouchers." Bad English, yes, but it is assumed that it is a first come, first served offer. If that is the case, it is also assumed that those "5000+ individuals" who clicked after the 2000th click do not get anything until the 10 000th click is registered.

      I agree whole-heartedly that it was bad form for the SS to withhold T&Cs until the last day, and should be reported for misleading the public. Since we have passed 2000 "likes," the picture on their website specifically says "$20 vouchers," but there is no $20 voucher, only vouchers adding up to $20. However, the $500,000 to be given away, in context of the web page before the addition of the T&Cs, is contingent on 10,000 "likes." In all seriousness, the page also reads "If 2000 people click like, those 2000 people will receive $20 worth of Shopping Square Vouchers." Deliberately misinterpreting that sentence, it could well mean that there is $20 worth of vouchers to be split between those 2000 people.

      Hence I do agree that it is bait and switch, and while they do renege on their "absolutely anything" statement, I worry about the accuracy of your second paragraph and the beginning of the third. Hope you'll take it into consideration. Cheers

      • inherentchoice on 31/05/2010 - 22:05
        +1

        Bait:
        - We’ll give away $500,000 dollars if you click like and become a member on our facebook page.
        - these vouchers can be used on absolutely anything you want in Shopping Square
        - nothing to lose and free money for everybody! (i.e. not just 1000/2000 as you suggest)

        Switch:
        - three seperate vouchers
        - only 1 voucher use per order
        - minimum spend of $20 for $10 voucher
        - voucher does not apply to postage costs - (different to "absolutely anything you want")
        - Voucher does not apply to promotional items
        - 1 claim per household (so if each voucher is a 'claim' does that limit me to 1 voucher?)

        2nd Switch:
        - They removed the minimum spend… I think they saw our complaints here and got scared, but it shows how they are making things up as they go.
        - They also removed the promotional items disclaimer

        • illusionarybreeze on 31/05/2010 - 23:44
          +1

          Agree with most of your points. The 1000/2000, however was not my suggestion, but rather in the first half of the OP. My point is that the "everybody" in "nothing to lose and free money for everybody!" is used very loosely, if read in context of the 1000/2000/10000 parameters. I am not condoning this inconsistency though.

          The number of contradictions present at the beginning of the deal, however, is unacceptable even if we do not consider the switches. If you look at the ss web page the deal is on, and the poor fomatting/grammar, it almost seems like they are using poor English as a front for the ambiguity and poor business practices. I hope this is not the case.

          I had the same question as you did about the 1 claim per household. When I posted it on their facebook, I received an equally ambiguous reply that shed light on nothing. I haven't seen a debacle like this in a while, and they do need to be held accountable lol. Next time, it should just go straight to the ACCC.

    • illusionarybreeze on 31/05/2010 - 21:39
      +2

      Actually, can you also report them for an issue with the $20. If the two $5 and one $10 voucher can't be used in conjunction with each other, and each household can only make ONE claim, then noone is actually getting their $20 voucher. You can only use either $5 or $10 or your "voucher" that isn't really "a" voucher. lol

      • Roja on 01/06/2010 - 01:50

        True that makes sense. So in this case everyone is just getting 1x $5 or 1x $10 voucher. Sneaky

    • zzyss on 01/06/2010 - 00:40
      +5

      Thanks for putting this together. For the record, I used my own version:

      "Last week, shoppingsquare.com.au promoted a “$500,000” giveaway, with vouchers of reportedly $10, $20 and $50 value as an incentive for signing up with their Facebook page. Their banner referred to these as "free money" and specifically stated that “these vouchers can be used on absolutely anything you want in Shopping Square!” The language was clear and unambiguous, in both the amounts offered, and the lack of conditions placed upon their use by successful claimants.

      Several days after the launch of the promotion, they released the Terms and Conditions of the offer, which painted a substantially different picture to those that appeared in the promotional materials. Given the way events unfolded on Facebook, I believe that the promotion was deliberately designed to mislead: that shoppingsquare.com.au had never intended to give away anywhere near the $500,000 claimed, and deliberately withheld important details in relation to the particulars of the promotion in order to drive increased Facebook sign-ups and participation.

      While I suffered no direct financial loss, recommending this promotion to my friends, colleagues and peers has harmed my reputation. As a marketing professional in an IT organisation, maintaining a good Social Media standing is of no small importance. Therefore I strongly urge that the ACCC take punitive action towards shoppingsquare.com.au, to prevent them and other similar businesses in future from harming others in the same way that they have harmed me."

  • bartracer on 31/05/2010 - 20:01

    i took this of the end (and work to discourage other businesses from such conduct in future.)

  • gb12345 on 31/05/2010 - 20:35

    oh my…
    Gosh…

    This is bad SS.
    never visit your site nymore!

  • illusionarybreeze on 31/05/2010 - 21:31

    Update:

    1. Minimum spend has been lifted for $5 and $10 vouchers
    2. The T&C about promo items has been removed

    I guess you can always unlike them after using the voucher if you feel compelled to do so lol

  • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2010 - 21:38
    +1

    as if you'd trust them with your money now!!??

    I mean you still have to pay for postage…so its still a bit of a gamble

    whats to stop them adding additional conditions after your purchase?

  • Dan_ on 01/06/2010 - 00:10

    New comment has just been posted by ShoppingSquare at the end of their latest status update.

    "Please remember be back at 12pm on facebook to claim your vouchers.
    The vouchers only available for claim with 48 hrs since it posted."

    If that means we have to buy something in 48 hrs after 12pm, I'm going to be pretty pissed I got tricked into this. They better mean claim as in claiming the voucher for later use.

  • whichtyler on 01/06/2010 - 00:27
    +1

    And the facebook page is gone.

    • bartracer on 01/06/2010 - 00:30

      they now try to hide

      facebook page will be temperately offline for maintenance, and scheduled to be online again at 11am AEST 1st June 2010

  • Dan_ on 01/06/2010 - 00:41
    +1

    Wow… One per household now? What happened to "free money for everybody"?

    EDIT: Which joker thought it'd be funny to give a negative vote on this comment?

  • stalker878 on 01/06/2010 - 08:44
    +2

    FB page has disappeared..

    • zhenjie on 01/06/2010 - 13:03

      I thought they banned me.

  • zzyss on 01/06/2010 - 11:27
    +1

    K, so SS has about 30 mins to make good on their promise to put up the codes to the vouchers at 12pm. Considering that their page is still down, it looks like they're going to be reneging on even that part of the deal.

  • bashar20 on 01/06/2010 - 11:47
    +2

    scam …

  • stumo on 01/06/2010 - 12:09

    It just gets better and better.

  • pinchies on 01/06/2010 - 12:17

    Check this out - they have changed it to have NO min spend AND ALL IN ONE VOUCHER!! WHOO HOO! :D
    Would have been smarter to have done this from the start??

    • pinchies on 01/06/2010 - 12:17

      We heard you and we responded so we have two new options for you!
      You can choose between:

      a) 2 x $5 Vouchers and a $10 voucher
      or
      b) a $20 voucher

      All of our Facebook Fans can claim the vouchers via our Facebook link which will be posted at 12pm noon 1st June 2010, the link will only be up for 48 hours. So get in quick!

      $20 Voucher T&Cs

      No minimum spend
      Only 1 voucher use per order
      The voucher only applies to item value and not postage

      $5 Voucher T&Cs

      $5 voucher

      No minimum spend
      Only 1 voucher use per order
      The voucher only applies to item value and not postage

      $10 Voucher T&Cs

      $10 voucher

      No minimum spend
      Only 1 voucher use per order
      The voucher only applies to item value and not postage costs

      • Dan_ on 01/06/2010 - 12:28

        They've also added:

        The voucher valid from 4 of June 2010

  • stalker878 on 01/06/2010 - 12:24
    +1

    is it just me or their FB is still down at 1223h?

    • danilochan on 01/06/2010 - 12:35

      the FB page is under maintenance, the claim details is already post on the link above.

      The FB page will be online again soon after the claim process is finished.

  • RayzorByte on 01/06/2010 - 12:45

    yes there page is gone from facebook, i guess you should all email them and tell them what you think

    • danilochan on 01/06/2010 - 12:51

      we are working on a temp forum page for the Q&A, the link will updated later.

      I will try to help here before it launch, you also can send the ticket via www.shoppingsquare.com.au

      • motlking on 01/06/2010 - 15:02
        +3

        A bit late to be responding to these comments don't you think?

        I find it all a bit dodgy considering you monitored this deal from the start but never replied to clarify details about this "bargain" when asked numerous times. You guys intentionally played your words to your advantage to deceive new customers by not clarifying the terms of the deal when asked and now that you know what has hit the fan you are trying to clean up the mess.

        "The voucher valid from 4 of June 2010" - Your not planning to bump up prices between now and then are you?

        I'm not sure about other people but Shopping Square had their chance, I'm not going to accept this anyhow considering shipping prices are ridiculous and prices aren;t great. Also based on principle.

        And also while your here, what is the expiry date of these vouchers? is there one?

        • danilochan on 01/06/2010 - 17:11

          The expire date for vouchers: will be 90 days from the date of issue.

  • Roja on 01/06/2010 - 13:10

    I clicked the 2x$5 and 1x$10, not knowing what conditions were on the $20 (wasn't posted up at the time). Not really expecting much at this point of the twisted tale anyway. Looks like a last minute effort to hold on to some of their customers.

    How likely do you guys think they'll actually deliver on this? I've never seen a business mess up like this before

    • motlking on 01/06/2010 - 15:08

      I think they will give your those vouchers but there are many other variables terms and conditions that DO NOT make this a bargain.

      Expiry date of vouchers danilochan? I would add this to your new terms and conditions to make you guys seem ah less dodgy.

  • stumo on 01/06/2010 - 13:31
    +2

    They've also added yet another new clause "one of the fans on the Shoppingsquare.com.au Facebook Page who clicked like [and maintain 'like'] before the closing of the promotion at 12am 1/6/2010 AEST. That was never in the T&C or the original scam.

    You better give me my voucher or I'm reporting you too.

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