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Aidan9800 on 03/05/2024 - 22:43 cashrewards.com.au (1083 clicks)
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Refund and purchase again if it doesn't track
I also purchased this morning and didn't receive an email. But shows it has tracked with $121.92 cashback pending in the app.
I had the same thing… No email notification, but the cashback is tracking on the website now.
(Apologies to cashrewards, I should have ever doubted you!)
I had the same issue, and still not tracked, neither email, nor on CR website. Let us see.
Any recommendations for VPNs that value privacy instead of your data?
Mullvad
I've been eyeing Mullvad for awhile now, my NordVPN subscription finishes in a month or two.
How you like Mullvad - if you use them?
Can even get the Mullvad 12 month cards via Amazon which is handy.
I did use them a bit last year, service was good, fast servers, but they did remove port forwarding if that matters to you. Overall slightly more expensive than your average VPN such as Nord or Surfshark but I think it's worth it.
@ldd-mn: Doesn't seem to many providers that have port forwarding these days. Express, PrivateVPN, PureVPN, Proton, PIA?
How are Mullvad any better than Nord?
Nord only store Login credentials and payment (encrypted) but no data or logs. In turn wouldn't their privacy be equal as no data is saved OR is one just worried about credentials?You don't even need to give Mullvad an email address to sign up.
This page gives a list of issues that NordVPN has had in the past: https://kumu.io/sobeyharker/vpn-relationships#vpn-company-re…
@ldd-mn: I realise that but beyond that and my query more relates to the initial comment of "Any recommendations for VPNs that value privacy instead of your data?"
Surely ones email address isn't of any concern other than saying that one has a VPN account with them…..which isn't in itself a big deal?
you browse the table here.
work out what privacy features you actually want & pick one.https://thatoneprivacysite.xyz/
ProtonVPN also is popular.for privacy.
But remember, these are all companies in a very murky industry known for lying..There is no way for you to check their claims.What about this - Mullvad was raided by the Swedish police and wanted them to hand over customer data. They couldn't, because there wasn't anything to take. https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/21/23692580/mullvad-vpn-raid…
Also the page you linked is very old, published 20/07/19
well that's just a regurgitated press release from Mullvad. It's quite strange that the police apparently left with no information. Can you imagine a country where the police were sent ro investigate an computer crime which leads back to their data centre & nothing is taken for evidence? (details are pretty scant, but it appears to have been a ransomware attack on a German local govt authorities). I find it a bit suspicious myself.
Mullvad don't publish warrant canaries, they don't publish annual transparency reports.
One of the big problems with pretty much all VPN providers is they don't own their own hardware, data centres or backbone to the Internet. As anyone half knowledgeable in the IT security sector will tell you when someone has physical access to hardware or virtual machines it's all over. That's what happened to NordVPN with their breach.
as for the 3yo That privacy Guy, it is quite a good matrix breaking down what protection each provider does & doesn't provide. Mullvad is in Sweden & is part of the 14 eyes security pact. So whilst Sweden might limit what spying it can so autozone citizens. it doesn't stop another country spying on Sweden citizens and handing the information over. This is what the CIA does it's not allowed to spy on American citizens but it can get other countries to spy on them and hand them the data.
I wasn't knocking Mullvad, it & proton are the darlings of the Reddit VPN world. But it's an industry full of BS salespeople and I wouldn't trust the word of any of them.
But more importantly it also depends on what you're using it for. When I'm say torrenting I use Ivacy because it's based in Hong Kong and the Chinese don't seem to have any hang up about protecting Western Intellectual Property. If I'm just connecting to another country for streaming I'll use Nord, PIA or TorGuard, as I just want fast & works. If I'm using a public WiFi network and doing something like banking I'll either use one if my own VPN's or Googles.
The idea of funnelling all your traffic through a single VPN entity is not really secure. You don't know who they are. You can't actually trust them. Who have no idea what they're actually doing with your data.
It all depends on why you're using a VPN. I don't believe the privacy angle, as moat traffic is encrypted these days, so the idea of your ISP snooping on you isn't really much of an issue anymore. The biggest privacy concern are trackers,.which most VPN's won't stop. You're better off with ublock origin or other ad/tracking blockers (pi hole), also use DoH or DoT and a DNS provider whom you think you can trust (But like VPN providers who knows what data they actually keep).
A shame that this table hasn't been updated since 2019. If I find a newer equivalent I will add it to this post.
there's a different one on Reddit these days. it also includes "deals"
https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/comments/m736zt/vpn_comparison_…
What's the exchange rate for cashback in AUD from price charged by Nord in USD (assume no forex charge)?
How do you pay in USD? I only see that Payments are processed in AUD.
I signed up in March for this deal and I've had no issues with Nord, just wish the cashback didn't take so long.
Should i use same cashrewards account but sign up nordvpn with a different email address than the cashrewards’ one?
Yes
There are the three plans Basic, Plus, Complete, are they all included? Or just Basic?
It does say on the cashrewards page:
Cashback is ineligible on the following:
Upsold products such as NordPass & NordLocker.
The plan page doesn't actually say NordPass or Nordlocker, just
Tracker and ad blocker
Cross-platform password manager
Data Breach Scanner
1 TB encrypted cloud storageGet basic, plus and complete are just extra junk you don't need
Bitwarden for passwords
And google drive/onedrive/whatever you use for storage
So the basic plan cost me $140.04, and the cashback tracked as $121.92.
Is this some new definition of 100% that I'm not aware of?Did you change your region to a tax-free state in the USA? If not you paid GST which is the reason. I used Florida, zip code 32003, no tax.
I just paid $127.31 with cashback tracking same as you, $121.92. I put that down to currency conversion. I can live with $5 net for 27 months. My current 27 month sub expires in a week.
It clearly states on the cash rewards page GST isn't included in cashback
Furthermore when you went through the checkout you've selected a country that has GST/VAT you should have selected America say California for example and just chucked in a ZIP Code
it looks like I was Down voted by the moron above that wasn't smart enough to choose a country that doesn't charge GST ahahahahaha
Bought yesterday and still not tracked.
Is this expired?
NordVPN cannot be used for 7-11 fuel lock anymore.
I missed it. 😫
Oh…missed it.
Wait for another month.Looks like it’s back, can you check?
Had two transactions of $90 each declined by Cashrewards as apparently the store didn't approve a cashback to Cashrewards without giving any reason. This seems so dodgy as if the store does that, they should be not advertising cashback for that store in the future otherwise what is the point. It appears to me that Cashrewards simply pocketed the money on this occasion.
It's a common frustration faced by many customers. No matter how much evidence you show them.
Apparently this deal is back!
Signed up this morning, received a tracked email around 3 pm, but I spent $127.31 AUD ($83.43 USD) for a 2-year plan, but the cashback was tracked as $87.26 AUD. Did I miss anything? :( (I chose a country that doesn't charge GST)
Ditto!
I spent A$152.04/2 years and had it tracked at A$104.21. I've sent an enquiry to CR. Why was your plan cheaper?
I got the basic 2yrs plan, no addons and tax free country
Me too, California 90210. Weird.
@stickyfingers: The 2 year basic plan cost a few of us $127.
How did you pay? Did you pay with a credit card that has international fees or (even worse) Paypal?
@gadgetguy: Weird. I paid with a Macquarie Platinum Debit Mastercard. No international fees.
My Nord receipt is actually where it says A$152.04.
I just went through again and I’m still getting the same price 🤷♂️
@stickyfingers: My receipt:
Received this by email after purchase.
I see the same price as you now on their site, looks like the price increased.
On the checkout page it says 2 year plan, $3.69 per month + 3 months free. But 3.69 x 24 is $88.56 not the $99.63 shown. It is charging for the "free" months.
Prices in USD.
@gadgetguy: Cashrewards got back to my ticket and without hesitation updated my account to show the correct amount.
I've got the same basic 2-year plan, and noticed it on the website with a 75% discount plus an extra 3 months free.
@worryroots Today, the cashback amount jumped to $122.60 AUD! Not sure if it's because of the email I sent to the support team, but I haven't received a reply from them yet.
@ririkol910 my cash back still sitting at around 87 AUD and haven’t heard back from support yet
@worryroots: Update: My support ticket got resolved and they manually updated my cash back to AUD122
I tried to access the NordVPN website, but the price has increased to $99.63 USD. It seems like they've raised the price.
It shouldn't matter as it's 100% Cashback. Just avoid upsold products as per CR T&C.
@gadgetguy: Yeah, strange indeed. One would hope that as the CR deal offers 100% that they sort the ones that were noted as under paid. My past purchase was fine with them so can only guess that they must be having systems issue with this one?.
File a ticket. See the comments above :)
Thought of sharing my experience
Bought the 2years3 months basic plan for AUD127.31 via paypal and exactly after 2.5hrs got tracked email from CR for AUD123.04Merged from Declined Cashback NordVPN - May 2024 Cashrewards Deal
Went through this deal - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/844213 and just got declined cashback recently.
It was annoying because the status changed after the 30 day cooling period - any ideas on what I can do (other than escalating to Cashrewards?)I know I'm going to get a few comments around "you shouldn't go for a deal and rely on cashback" and that is fair enough - I'm just wanting to clarify what levers I have
This was the first response I got back (which I replied saying I strongly believe none of the reasons apply and I should be eligible for the cashback).
"I hope you're doing well. Thank you for touching base with regards to your purchase from NordVPN.
After having a look at your cashback within the store’s system, I can see that the store has declined your cashback. As a result, cashback has been declined in your account.
I have included the most common reasons for declined cashback below:
Transactions being fully or partially returned or refunded
Transactions being attributed to a different channel
A coupon being used that was not advertised on Cashrewards
Not complying with the store’s special termsIf none of these reasons apply to your purchase and you believe this has been declined in error, please let me know.
understand that this is not the outcome that we were both hoping for when I checked up on your transaction. Your understanding is greatly appreciated. "
I hope you're doing well.
I've messaged you because I'm totally pi$$ed off and you ask me this.
Stop the fake nicities and just give me the facts.
That's one way to put it! Haha frustrating for sure but I'm willing to give benefit of the doubt till there's no avenue left!
im exactly in the same boat but with shopback :(
The obvious question is that you're a new customer and never ever had NordVPN before that? And you didn't include the extra addons it tries to push onto you?
Spend more money. Claim rejected. T&C aside, that really doesn’t make sense. Same like if you go to a restaurant with 10+ people and you’re suddenly forced to order off the high priced tasting menu. Ffs I’m giving you more money you should be more flexible not more restrictive.
Even if you include addons it will only calculate the basic plan. It won't affect the cashback.
That's very sneaky of Nordvpn. Lots of people sign up because of the cashback. I did too and luckily I did get my cashback from previous promotion. But now I will think if I should still sign up when next cashback offer comes up.
Hmm, I just got approved from this same deal - $122.51 back (CR). I presume you used a new email and signed up from scratch?
This is my second successful cashback and it's a lot to lose if you don't get it.
Yeap used new email address unfortunately
Luckily my cashback just got approved for $123.04. Suppose to be approved by 23 Aug but Cha-Ching!!
Nust paid $4 for 26 months subscription and it works awesome. Far better than Surfshark.
Signed up this morning and still haven't received the tracking email yet 😞