AVForums

Our philosophy in our forums, reviews, podcasts and feature videos is to promote audio and visual excellence by gathering and sharing the best information and resources available.

Help

To begin please visit our help section »

Not a Member Yet?

It only takes a minute to start enjoying the benefits of AVForums membership, and it's free!

Member Log in

Quidco and Play.com ??

Post Reply
Old 04-03-2009, 1:27 PM   #1
Prominent Member
 
CJPowers81's Avatar
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Willenhall, West Midlands
Experience Points:
9,875, Level: 23
Points: 9,875, Level: 23 Points: 9,875, Level: 23 Points: 9,875, Level: 23
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Thanks: Gave 501, Got 636
Posts: 3,998
Quidco and Play.com ??

I signed up for Quidco early last month when I decided it's a no brainer getting 5% + cash back on purchases from places like Play, Hut and Lovefilm. I wish I had thought of it earlier due to constantly buying Blu-Ray discs.

I've got a question regarding Play though, why is it purchases from TheHut are validated pretty much instantly and yet all my buys from Play are still at the "tracked" stage even though some orders were placed on the 2nd of Feb?

Are these Play orders ever going to get validated, does it usually take months?
  Quote
Old 04-03-2009, 1:50 PM   #2
Illustrious Member
 
krish's Avatar
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: nr. Pinner
Experience Points:
18,372, Level: 32
Points: 18,372, Level: 32 Points: 18,372, Level: 32 Points: 18,372, Level: 32
Activity: 21.2%
Activity: 21.2% Activity: 21.2% Activity: 21.2%
Thanks: Gave 2,716, Got 2,768
Posts: 15,414
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

Play are one of the fastest Quidco merchants at paying out, so I wouldn't worry about the speed of transaction status going from tracked to validated as the speed of it going from tracked to paid is very good
  Quote
Thanks from:
CJPowers81 (04-03-2009)
Old 04-03-2009, 4:03 PM   #3
Member
 
kayzee's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2007
Experience Points:
4,756, Level: 16
Points: 4,756, Level: 16 Points: 4,756, Level: 16 Points: 4,756, Level: 16
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Thanks: Gave 39, Got 31
Posts: 825
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

Different companies take different times, some up to 3 months.

I've just got my first payout today actually, about £15 exciting stuff!
  Quote
Old 04-03-2009, 4:30 PM   #4
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Wakefield
Experience Points:
9,585, Level: 23
Points: 9,585, Level: 23 Points: 9,585, Level: 23 Points: 9,585, Level: 23
Activity: 0.8%
Activity: 0.8% Activity: 0.8% Activity: 0.8%
Thanks: Gave 78, Got 90
Posts: 1,853
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

Play can take a while, but also check out HMV, as Play have got bigger sometimes they are the same price as HMV, and you get more cashback with HMV, only about 1%, but it all adds up.
  Quote
Old 04-03-2009, 4:59 PM   #5
Moderator
 
Steven's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2005
Experience Points:
61,706, Level: 60
Points: 61,706, Level: 60 Points: 61,706, Level: 60 Points: 61,706, Level: 60
Activity: 37.9%
Activity: 37.9% Activity: 37.9% Activity: 37.9%
Blog Entries: 42
Thanks: Gave 2,014, Got 4,411
Posts: 32,400
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

See it as a long term project. Set a minimum payout amount (remember they take £5 admin each year) then forget about it. You only need to check things are tracked
  Quote
Old 04-03-2009, 5:47 PM   #6
Illustrious Member
 
krish's Avatar
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: nr. Pinner
Experience Points:
18,372, Level: 32
Points: 18,372, Level: 32 Points: 18,372, Level: 32 Points: 18,372, Level: 32
Activity: 21.2%
Activity: 21.2% Activity: 21.2% Activity: 21.2%
Thanks: Gave 2,716, Got 2,768
Posts: 15,414
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

Quote:
Originally Posted by spidermanalf View Post
Play can take a while, but also check out HMV, as Play have got bigger sometimes they are the same price as HMV, and you get more cashback with HMV, only about 1%, but it all adds up.
Find DVD - Compare DVD prices from dozens of UK retailers - a DVD/BD price checker (and you can set price alerts) that many of us at the bargains forums use .. just don't click straight through to the particular retailer's item page if you intend to use Quidco
  Quote
Old 04-03-2009, 5:50 PM   #7
y2k y2k is offline
Prominent Member
 
y2k's Avatar
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Banana Republic
Experience Points:
5,011, Level: 16
Points: 5,011, Level: 16 Points: 5,011, Level: 16 Points: 5,011, Level: 16
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Thanks: Gave 244, Got 295
Posts: 3,252
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

Quote:
Originally Posted by LFC_SL View Post
See it as a long term project. Set a minimum payout amount (remember they take £5 admin each year) then forget about it. You only need to check things are tracked
I have had things, tracked then validated then refused, always seem to be the large amounts but when I have raised a ticket I have either been paid or they have moved back to validated.

Last edited by y2k; 04-03-2009 at 6:06 PM. Reason: spelling
  Quote
Old 04-03-2009, 7:13 PM   #8
Conspicuous Member
 
nheather's Avatar
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
Experience Points:
17,661, Level: 32
Points: 17,661, Level: 32 Points: 17,661, Level: 32 Points: 17,661, Level: 32
Activity: 2.7%
Activity: 2.7% Activity: 2.7% Activity: 2.7%
Thanks: Gave 595, Got 1,168
Posts: 8,354
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

Quote:
Play are one of the fastest Quidco merchants at paying out
I find they take about 3 months but are pretty reliable.

HMV are a pest - I find that they all validate but so far only about 50% of them have paid out. I have about 4 stuck at validated, dating back to June 2008.

HMV also have this annoying feature where they start with a marker of £0.00 - sometimes it gets stuck there and goes through the whole validation, received and paid - all at £0.00!

Cheers,

Nigel
  Quote
Old 04-03-2009, 8:06 PM   #9
Member
 
Dj_Sim's Avatar
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kent
Experience Points:
5,136, Level: 16
Points: 5,136, Level: 16 Points: 5,136, Level: 16 Points: 5,136, Level: 16
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Thanks: Gave 130, Got 12
Posts: 523
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

Just got £88 from my quidco, love it free monies.
  Quote
Old 08-04-2009, 3:41 PM   #10
Prominent Member
 
CJPowers81's Avatar
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Willenhall, West Midlands
Experience Points:
9,875, Level: 23
Points: 9,875, Level: 23 Points: 9,875, Level: 23 Points: 9,875, Level: 23
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Thanks: Gave 501, Got 636
Posts: 3,998
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

I've just had a look at my Quidco account again, and noticed that some Play orders placed in Feb are still at the tracked stage with a payment date of April. It's April now, so why haven't these transactions reached the validated stage/paid?

Also does it make any difference at all if you have the minimum payment at £0.00, how does that setting effect payments, do they just payout when a transactions reaches validated?

Last edited by CJPowers81; 08-04-2009 at 3:44 PM.
  Quote
Old 08-04-2009, 4:19 PM   #11
Moderator
 
Steven's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2005
Experience Points:
61,706, Level: 60
Points: 61,706, Level: 60 Points: 61,706, Level: 60 Points: 61,706, Level: 60
Activity: 37.9%
Activity: 37.9% Activity: 37.9% Activity: 37.9%
Blog Entries: 42
Thanks: Gave 2,014, Got 4,411
Posts: 32,400
Re: Quidco and Play.com ??

Probably need to wait for end of the month, May to roll over. Then raise hell
  Quote
Post Reply



Thread information and display options
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off