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Just wondering if anyone has any experience with Quidco? It's one of those sites which you can earn cashback on with a large range of merchants on things like insurance, credit cards, purchases, mobile phones etc.
Copied and pasted from their site:
"Quidco is the web's cashback cooperative. Quidco collects referral commissions from online merchants and passes them all on to our members. The Quidco cooperative is a cashback revolution where members keep their full earnings in exchange for giving Quidco £5 out of their earnings once a year.
The Quidco model works for both the merchant and you. It enables the merchant to reach a large base of motivated savvy buyers and it enables you to get back big savings by buying from merchants who participate in the model."
My boss at work absolutely swears by them and has earnt (and received) a large amount of money back in the past year from them including ridiculously cheap car insurance due to the amount of cashback she received and an essentially free mobile phone contract.
In all honesty, I don't understand how they can work and get you all this money back... but apparently they do, and I know someone who has hard evidence of this.
Anyone else got any experience with them? I've signed up and bought our home/contents through them today. It was a saving on what we're currently paying and I should get £120 cashback on top of that... I'm just still feeling a little pesamistic on whether it's going to come to fruition or not! Still, worth a try and I can always cancel the policy within 14 days if I'm not happy. It was with a reputable company. :)
I love quidco :D
I don't quite know how it works but I made £82 from signing up for a Vodafone contract online in the summer and got £95 coming shortly for signing up with Prudential Car Insurance.
I've also used it for smaller transactions too, just checked and not including my car insurance which is going through now, I've made £96 out of quidco. Not bad at all :)
Oh well that's good :) One more person who likes them. How long does a transaction usually take to show up?
I'm sure you've seen adverts on other sites, right, well they get commission back for referring people who then go on and buy stuff. Quidco use the same referral schemes, but instead of keeping what they get back as profit, they give it back to you (after deducting £5/year). It takes a while (months) to get the money (though they usually acknowledge the transaction within a few days - it'll give you a rough idea how long it should take on the Quidco site), and I've not had any yet, but hopefully it'll start turning up within a month or two (I only signed up in September and haven't used it much yet).
Tip - if you're going to sign up, consider having a seperate browser just for buying stuff through Quidco. Firefox portable is a good one. The reason for this is because Quidco uses cookies to track their referral links, and all the other advertisers do this too, so you can end up with money that should have gone back to Quidco going to someone else. You should clear the cookies in this 'other' browser every now and then too.
A few days usually depending on the retailer, though it takes a few weeks for the payment to be authorised. I make quite a bit with Quidco and eBay as the payout is pretty good (35% of the seller's fees)
Ooh, didn't know it worked with eBay otherwise I'd have used it there at the weekend. Mind you, it was only a £12 winning bid, so wouldn't be that much. :)
I've never bothered clearing my cookies especially for quidco and never had a problem :) Although it is a wise thing to do I guess.
Also never bothered worrying too much about how long it takes for money to show up, as long as it's tracked, I know it's coming eventually and I could always do with the money ;D
I do always forget to use it for ebay though, really must get into the habit of it.
I started using it a coupla months ago and currently have made...£294.15 confirmed
Of which £60 has been paid to me, the rest will dribble in over time.
Its fantastic!
* 2x sets of car insurance (on when pru offered £130, and one now when they offer £95)
* 1x carphone warehouse contract
* various bits from play and HMV
Will renew home insurance next year through it aswell and redo the cars. Its very very good.
Ah fantastic. Was worried people would post lots of horror stories based on very little fact :D Glad everyone's having a positive experience. I don't really mind if it takes a few months to get the cash back as long as I get it.
Read all their bumf about cookies and browsers etc. before I went and did my quote/buy for the home insurance. I use Firefox anyway, so I just stuck with that. Just checked and I have £120 showing as "Validated". WOOHOO!! How exciting :D
How does doing car insurance for someone else work? If I put Leon's through on my account and he paid using his bank details, could he still get cashback on my quidco account?
I keep forgetting about Ebay too. MUST remember that next time... and play.com. It's just getting into the habit isn't it :)
There's absolutely tonnes of stuff to get discount/cashback on. My mobile contract is up this month, so that's next :D
Re - someone else's insurance. I'd guess that's down to the insurer as they'll decide whether or not to pay out. If the insurer pays out, Quidco will pay you, doesn't matter who the insurance is for or whose card you used to pay it.
What's all this cookie business? Are they used to track you from quidco, so if you already have a shops cookie, you might not be tracked properly?
Arrrgggghhhhh! I never realised they were good with eBay! Is that when buying or selling as I do a bit of both?
What's all this cookie business? Are they used to track you from quidco, so if you already have a shops cookie, you might not be tracked properly?Yep. If you read the FAQ bit on cookies, it tells you how to set up your browser and stuff :)
SidewinderINC
07-01-2008, 22:24
Right, here's one for you quidco-ers :p
I tried on saturday to get my home contents insurance with More Th>n, it went through fine apparently and Quidco have validated the £65 cashback I should get from it. Since then I've not had a confirmation email from more th>n and on calling them apparently my policy doesn't exist.
I've ended up sorting out the insurance over the phone, I know that Quidco say they can't track when it's not done online but seeing as it had already been tracked and validated do you think that I will recieve the cashabck or will they remove the validation?
I'm not sure whether to call quidco and see what they can do, or leave it and hope.
:confused:
Unlikely you'll get it, but no harm in trying.
Wellington
07-01-2008, 23:13
We've started using it recently, (just before Christmas) need to check to see if we've got any money back....
Flibster
07-01-2008, 23:48
Got a few hundred quid back from them over the past couple of years.
Top notch. :D
SidewinderINC
07-01-2008, 23:53
Unlikely you'll get it, but no harm in trying.
I don't think I'll get it :( the online system has 14-days to sort itself out before my cheque based cover has to be paid or I lose it :p
The bloke on the phone was great actually, I said I was using quidco and that I didn't particularly want to sort it out over the phone and he said fair enough - he'll sort out a cheque based cover that gives me 14 days to pay, but I'm covered as of the phone call. And hopefully the internet policy will sort itself out by then so I'll get the rebate.
GO GO QUIDCO :D
Just got £100 back from Natwest on our house insurance :)
Ner ner, I got £120 a few months ago :p
I've got £80 coming at the end of the month from Legal and General for my life insurance :D
Pays for over a year of the cover :D
Dunno how you all do it. I have a paltry £5.
Do you cancel your insurance and start again just to get the bonus? Do you have to do that every year? :huh:
SidewinderINC
23-01-2008, 18:16
GO GO QUIDCO :D
Just got £100 back from Natwest on our house insurance :)
Well until quidco realise their error I'm getting £131 back from More Than on one policy :huh:
Dunno how you all do it. I have a paltry £5.
Do you cancel your insurance and start again just to get the bonus? Do you have to do that every year? :huh:
Well our insurance was up for renewal anyway so I just did a search. Got a cheaper quote and the cash back on top :)
Also use it for work stuff too :D Found a place that give back 17.5% on the ink cartridges we use.
Well our insurance was up for renewal anyway so I just did a search. Got a cheaper quote and the cash back on top :)
That's what I did with my car insurance :)
Also done it with mobile phone contracts in the past too and will be again in June.
Otherwise I get smaller amounts from other purchases like I'll have £12 soon from dixons for my TV.
Must admit I should have got about £20 back from the new laptop. Except I got the salesman to knock it off the price instead. :D
Our home insurance was due for renewl too, so no cancelling involved. Hopefully car ins will go through Quidco once it's due too. Not sure if my mobile contract was 12 or 18 months though. I really should ring Orange and find out.
Apart from the recent £100, I've built up £33 over the last few months on things I would have bought anyway. Can't grumble at free money :)
Looking through, I just found £95 from my car insurance that I forgot about that. That'll be nice in a month or so :D
It's just a matter of remembering to use it but I've got it along the toolbar now so I never forget.
I fail at Quidco :(
I bought Rob's GH3 through it and because they ****ed up royally I ended up paying as normal.
What a croc.
BB x
LeperousDust
24-01-2008, 01:38
I've got an account and just keep forgetting to use it. Annoying really...!
Davey_Pitch
24-01-2008, 11:16
£166 so far \o/
Well, if that just worked, should be £85 more for me, on top of the £165 saved by switching insurance providers. \o/
so Kate - did you not have to do anything? renewal automatically gave you quidco discount? ONly, when it comes to redo our car later I figured we'd have to cancel policy and take out a new one / look elsewhere...
Hmm...
If I go through quidco to Vodafone's website - it sends me to their sales page.
Does this mean in order to get the £95 - I have to buy one of these or can it be any contract?
Hmm...
If I go through quidco to Vodafone's website - it sends me to their sales page.
Does this mean in order to get the £95 - I have to buy one of these or can it be any contract?
Any contract as long as you've gone through the quidco link. That's how I got £80ish last year. :)
The dilemma is that I've been with Vodafone for nearly 4 years - so do I phone up and go through them or the quidco link.
£7.40 now \o/
In for some big cashback soon. Need to get home contents insurance, and switch electricity providers. :)
so Kate - did you not have to do anything? renewal automatically gave you quidco discount? ONly, when it comes to redo our car later I figured we'd have to cancel policy and take out a new one / look elsewhere...
No, you have to take out a new policy. I've never ever found an insurance company (car or house) who gives me an incentive to stay with them at the end of the year anyway, so I usually swap for a much better deal. Only difference is I clicked the link in Quidco and went through that way rather then going straight to their website.
The dilemma is that I've been with Vodafone for nearly 4 years - so do I phone up and go through them or the quidco link.
I would guess that you have to change networks for it to actually work.... that's usually how these phone offers work. I.e. you have to be a *new* customer.
Now, given that in my house I sort out all the bills, pay them out of my account and then get them back from my flatmates, would it be morally wrong to get insurance etc renewed through quidco but charge them the same?...:p
My favourite option so far is not telling them, but putting all the quidco money into a drinking stash for a night out in the future :D
Yeah, you could give them a nice surprise night out :D
you have to remember that the average payout is around 3 months.
How long does it take for the insurance deals to track? Did mine yesterday but no sign yet. I had a previous transaction fail too so I wonder what I'm doing wrong.
Yeah, you could give them a nice surprise night out :D
you have to remember that the average payout is around 3 months. Aye that's what I was thinking, not gonna give them the discount/cashback now cos I'd end up out of pocket!
Could probably get quite a bit really with all the various house expenses, if only you could get quidco on council tax, lol
How long does it take for the insurance deals to track? Did mine yesterday but no sign yet. I had a previous transaction fail too so I wonder what I'm doing wrong.
It should say on the quidco site, the length differs depending on who it's with. Says on the right hand side when you're looking at the company. :)
I've just saved myself around £500/year by combining both gas and electric (as I should have done ages ago) and picked up £61 from Quidco for the privilege of doing it!
Yeah, I combined years ago and also try to make use of capped price offers while the market is heading upwards like it is now (the rate can be a little higher than standard to start with, but it can soon pay off with all these 15% hikes going around). The price usually takes a shocking jump when the offer ends though.
PS - thanks Jen. It turned up this evening. \o/
Added another £29 yesterday ordering a toner cartridge and two ink cartridges for work :D
That's at 17.5% quidco :shocked:
How long is it normally before the transaction appears in the Quidco account? I just cancelled a play.com pre-order and re-ordered through Quidco.
It varies from company to company. My last order for the ink and toner was only made yesterday afternoon and it's showing on my account this morning. Some can take longer, even up to a week. Each company has tracking details on it's page....looking at Play, here are their stats...
Statistics
Tracking Speed
Fast (0 - 30+ days, 1 day average)
Tracking Reliability
High (99% tracked, 1% enquiries of which 35% successful so far)
Payment Speed
Slow (3 month avg)
So it should be showing within a day or two I reckon :)
Ah right, I assumed it would show up immediately in the account but isn't transferred for however long it takes them to do it. I shall sit and wait!
Just seen this at the bottom of the Play page...
This merchant does not accept enquiries on pre-orders until they have been fulfilled and shipped. Any enquiries raised before this has occurred will be declined.
So don't expect it to show until it's been despatched. Just something you'll have to remember to keep an eye on.
Upto now I have about £340.00 tracked in Quidco and am exepcting it all be in for April time. It should be more but for whatever reason PruHealth is showing as being validated yet they still havent paid out after signing up for it nearly six months ago. Thats the only problem I have had with it.
I will be sorting out House & Car insurance tonight when I get home as well. All going towards our Holiday spends :)
Just broke a £100. <3 quidco.
We're due a payment for about £140 this month into our savings account. It'll be the first one we've had and is showing up as "received" with a payment date now. VERY exciting :D
Does anyone know the schedule payment dates and how it works. If I let it come into my account now then it will be spent but I want to make sure I get it before I go away. So if I set the minimum payment amount below what's in there it should trigger the payment. Is it a certain day in the month ?
Think it's paid on a schedule. Don't know what the schedule is but you're not likely to get paid instantly.
I think it's always the end of the month. Not 100% certain though :)
I've got £95 coming through the end of the month from my car insurance policy, ironic really :p But at least it's going towards a new car :D
Yep it's the end of the month, but sometimes payments run over to the first few days of the next month :)
i tried to use it once... but it looks like i failed...
No transactions currently tracked.
lame.
FREE £10 :D http://www.quidco.com/mylotto24/
Sign up for a German lotto account and place a £5 bet and get £15 quidco, that's a £10 profit and maybe more if you win :D
MarcLister
04-06-2008, 16:18
Going to have to sign up for this. :D
Wanting to switch to BeThere broadband and if we switch over and use Quidco we'd get £40. That would almost pay for the switch I want to get.
Also I note that Play and HMV are also in this to the tune of 4% and 9% for CDs respectively. :D
Plus I can get MU kit from Kitbag and 10% there.
FREE £10 :D http://www.quidco.com/mylotto24/
Sign up for a German lotto account and place a £5 bet and get £15 quidco, that's a £10 profit and maybe more if you win :D
Anyone else tried this and got it to work? I tried it but the tracking failed (already submitted an enquiry).
PS - the original offer has expired but they're still offering £5 profit.
Anyone else tried this and got it to work? I tried it but the tracking failed (already submitted an enquiry).
PS - the original offer has expired but they're still offering £5 profit.
No, mine's not showing either :(
There are reports in the blog that some had problems with it, but it's still comforting to know it's not just me.
Signed up for it Friday and submitted the enquiry yesterday (they say wait 3 days before submitting the enquiry, then the system will wait 14 more before doing anything about it).
Not got it showing yet so will wait another week and then do an enquiry.
Still, got my first Quidco payment today.....£169 :D
I got £101 last month, so I can't complain. I also claimed - and got - Quidco equivalent cashback from EuroPC because their system messed up my order and I had to re-do it by phone. Other than that, I must try harder. :)
My biggest prob is forgetting to go through Quidco when I use Ebay. Could have racked up so much more by now!!
eBay doesn't pay out that well. It looks good on the surface but it's a percentage of the fees, so the more you pay for an item the smaller that percentage actually gets. An item at £19 netted me 40p, for example.
I'm aware of how it works, it's just that I buy a lot of stuff through Ebay so I'd be earning quite a bit if I actually put it all through Quidco.
I had £90 from them today, most of that was from changing my electricity/gas suppliers but I really don't see how I can get much more out of them. There seem to be some huge payouts going on but I'm not sure how.
Car/home insurance due soon? Those usually give a good payout. We got £120 from Natwest for our home & contents insurance.
Life insurance, car insurance and new mobile contracts are the main sources I've made decent amounts from. Each one I made at least £100 from and I needed them anyhow.
Sorting out the home insurance and my Mum's life insurance soon so that should give us a fair bit too.
I'm aware of how it works, it's just that I buy a lot of stuff through Ebay so I'd be earning quite a bit if I actually put it all through Quidco.
Ah, fair enough. I must admit I forget to do it as well.
Just spotted that my Mylotto24 transaction has turned up. Don't know if the ticket kicked it or it just happened anyway, but in any event it's there. :cool:
Didn't win anything on Euromillions but I'll take that £10 profit, thanks.
I just signed up :huh:a few questions
Do you guys all put in your bank details or just leave it as paypal details? Also taking advantage of Quidco is as easy as clicking on their link on the site rather than entering the shop's URL direct, correct?
Thanks :)
Bank. PayPal charge and the transactions are limited to £50.
As for clicking links, yes, pretty much, but keep an eye on your cookies - if you've ever clicked through on banner ads they may still get the commission. I usually clear (or at least remove a lot of) cookies first.
So people clear your cookies when planning to shop through Quidco?
I use ie with all cookies allowed - its the only thing I use ie for so I haven't got to worry about running into problems
My main Browser if Firefox so I just use Safari for any Quidco purchases. Saves messing around with cookies a lot. Even then, I always delete all cookies when I launch Safari :)
so using firefox is a no no, and does IE default to allow all cookies or do i need to change the settings in it ?
SidewinderINC
12-06-2008, 20:10
My main Browser if Firefox so I just use Safari for any Quidco purchases. Saves messing around with cookies a lot. Even then, I always delete all cookies when I launch Safari :)
Hehehe, SNAP!
I have quidco as my safari homepage :p
MarcLister
12-06-2008, 20:10
Why not setup another profile in Firefox and make a shortcut to it on your desktop so that you can still use Firefox but have a special Quidco profile?
SidewinderINC
12-06-2008, 20:12
Why not setup another profile in Firefox and make a shortcut to it on your desktop so that you can still use Firefox but have a special Quidco profile?
Brain...Stop...Function...Profile?!
You can set up profiles in firefox? I just use it as a sleek, fast and simple browser, never done anything more fancy than that :p
And I'd only confuse myself, or forget :p
Why not setup another profile in Firefox and make a shortcut to it on your desktop so that you can still use Firefox but have a special Quidco profile?
I think double click IE icon would be easier than "switching" profiles :p
MarcLister
12-06-2008, 20:19
Brain...Stop...Function...Profile?!
You can set up profiles in firefox? I just use it as a sleek, fast and simple browser, never done anything more fancy than that :p
And I'd only confuse myself, or forget :pYes.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Running+different+versions+of+Firefox+at+the+same+ time#Starting_the_right_version_of_Firefox_with_th e_right_profile
I think double click IE icon would be easier than "switching" profiles :pMeh. :D
I have quidco as my safari homepage :p
SNAP!!!! :D
Or, if you really want to keep it simple and still want to use Firefox, Portable Firefox (http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable) is for you. :)
Quidco don't list eBay any more :(
Good while it lasted I guess. I've noticed a few others disappearing recently too. :(
Just noticed this before I ordered my new sink. Damn!!
£20 back for my new oven though. That's the delivery charge free :)
Upto now Quidco is working quite well for me as by Sept I should have about £400.00 validated and ready to take out. Still disappointed that the following haven't paid despite numerous earnings enquiries
Prudential Health Insurance £190.00
LV Car Insurance £70.00
Paddy Power £20.00
Betfair £20.00
Got another £30 for ordering ink cartridges at work and £150 for signing up with Orange for my next mobile :D
OMG, I've just received £12 from a shop where I cancelled my order. Get in!!! :D
OMG, I've just received £12 from a shop where I cancelled my order. Get in!!! :D
THIEF !
I had that from Powerplay Direct whilst waiting for GH3. Cancelled the order but still got my £3'odd Quidco :D
TinkerBell
18-07-2008, 17:34
Woooo £36.50 winging its way to me :D I think I may like this site!:p
Excellent - glad my suggestion was of some use :)
JackpotJoy are offering £30 quidco for new signups who deposit a minimum of £10. So that's £20 profit straight away :)
They also match your initial deposit as well although to withdraw money you have to bet at least four times that. Doesn't bother me as if I win I'll just bet again, if I don't win I've still gained my £20 profit from Quidco :)
Don't know if anyone has checked the Quidco blog recently. Had a quick nosey last week and it looks like the number of merchants will be dropping. Interesting reading
Great news on the Jackpot Joy :D
Got the £30 Quidco through fine but I've also turned my £10 deposit (along with their £10 match) into £30. I've also met their criteria of betting enough money that I can now withdraw at any time :D
So, £60 profit all in along with a bit of fun playing Deal or No Deal ;D
/edit...cheeky sods keep the £10 match. Still, makes me £40 profit in total :)
Creature
05-08-2008, 20:14
Hmmm, just won £18 at betfair from a £2 bet, £50 profit from there now \o/
Buildings and Contents insurance is due, did it all through Lloyds for the £90 cashback from Quidco but it wouldn't give me an online quote so I phoned them up and got a quote that's £80/year better than my current insurers for a better level of cover.
Shame that I won't get the quidco on it though :(
It is important that you generate a new quote and purchase directly. If the quote has been generated via another site or advertisement the sale will not be attributed to the affiliate and the customer will not receive the cashback
At least I got a better price from them than Norwich Union.
Yeah it's a shame that you can't get cashback if for whatever reason the website doesn't work. Great saving though!! We got £120 quid cashback for going with Natwest last yr. I've found that stuff like home/life insurance gives the largest amount of cashback through Quidco. Currently waiting on £160, which is due towards the end of the year for 2 life insurance policies and pet insurance.
I've been saving up my Quidco all year(Well since March anywho) and I got a cool £491.47 wingging it's way via bacs as we speak. Should do nicely for getting some Xmas pressies in and toys for Loki :D
I've been saving up my Quidco all year(Well since March anywho) and I got a cool £491.47 wingging it's way via bacs as we speak. Should do nicely for getting some Xmas pressies in and toys for Loki :D
I joined quidco as I saw you posting about it (cant remember if it was on here or sps) and got £90 for getting my phone contract :D
Just received £60 for my car insurance in October and £20 for pet insurance. I've taken Loki's advice and am saving it up until we have a couple of hundred to draw out. Still have another £210 in tracked/pending for life insurance and home insurance. The life insurance was done in Sept, so I really hope it's going to validate. Home insurance was only done last week, so not worried about that at the moment.
Just received £60 for my car insurance in October and £20 for pet insurance. I've taken Loki's advice and am saving it up until we have a couple of hundred to draw out. Still have another £210 in tracked/pending for life insurance and home insurance. The life insurance was done in Sept, so I really hope it's going to validate. Home insurance was only done last week, so not worried about that at the moment.
Well the big drop came in without a hitch so with the pressies bought through Quidco it's a nice little starter that can go towards hol next year or Xmas. I just wish they had Amazon and eBuyer on there.
I have my payment set at £100. Anything less and it just sits there :)
Like the sound of this.
Definately going to give it a look.
We've had just short of £500 so far in just over a year. Not bad for doing nothing :)
Yeah mine was £100 but I've raised it to £200 now :D
Greenlizard0
15-11-2008, 16:46
Any problems using this in Opera? I've just joined up.
Greenlizard0
15-11-2008, 16:52
If I choose paypal as a payment option - do I lose fees?
Most likely. I get mine paid direct into my bank.
No idea if it works with Opera. I use it with Firefox. Try doing a Kelkoo search and see if it tracks your 2p within the next couple of days. Easy way of testing it without having to buy anything.
Opera will be fine, but I'd turn off any adblocking/filtering first - otherwise it might block any tracking cookies (which are needed for this to work).
If you get done for Paypal receiving fees, then yes, you'll lose those. There's also a payment limit. I'd do as most people do and avoid the whole Paypal saga in the first place.
Greenlizard0
15-11-2008, 17:20
What's the minimum fee about? Would I benifet in keeping money in a Quidco account?
You'll get charged £5 a year from earnings. That's the only fee (unless you use PayPal).
What's the minimum fee about? Would I benifet in keeping money in a Quidco account?
You have the option of setting a limit, say £100, so that Quidco will only send you a payment once your received earnings hit that amount. You get absolutely no monetary benefit from it and the only reason I do it is because it helps to save up a decent sum, rather than getting it in dribs and drabs.
Checked my Quidco account earlier and it's gone a bit bonkers with lots of £0.00 transactions. Tried to raise a ticket but got a server error so I'll see if it clears up Monday. :)
Greenlizard0
02-12-2008, 19:42
Most likely. I get mine paid direct into my bank.
No idea if it works with Opera. I use it with Firefox. Try doing a Kelkoo search and see if it tracks your 2p within the next couple of days. Easy way of testing it without having to buy anything.
It has, there's two pence in my account lol! Thanks LK!
We have just sent a payment for $2.56 to the payment info entered in your Quidco settings.
I am rich ! :D
Another £70 in the bag after getting home insurance though NU :)
Cheaper premium than last year too :D
I've got my first potential non-payer. Took out Life Insurance policies with Legal & General in September and got £140 in total. However, they haven't paid out yet so I did a quick search and it looks like people were signing up, getting the cashback and then leaving again so L&G canned it. There are a few people who got their money after 3 payments left their accounts, but I'm not hopeful. Such a shame that a few stupid idiots have to spoil it for those of us who actually earn the cashback legitimately.
Ah well, we also got £70 paid out last week. Think it was from car insurance :)
Doh :( You never know though.
I waited 5 months for £70 to come through from O2 as there were problems to do with it and it eventually came through :D
YESSSSSS, the home insurance I took out with Halifax with £70 has finally validated. Woohoo :D I also got a fiver off Novatech, who paid superquick and a few quid from a couple of other places where I bought Christmas pressies.
Still no sign of the Life Insurance tracking though. Still, £70 is better than a clip round the ears :D
Finally got something worth having with mobiles.co.uk. My play and dabs dribbles have so far totalled £15. Most of the decent cashbacks are with insurers who's premiums are higher than my current rates :(
I quidco'd home insurance last year because my previous rates had shot up. Now the current company have done the same, it's back to quido - to find my previous insurance company are now offering. Wonder if it'll get paid. :)
Finally got something worth having with mobiles.co.uk. My play and dabs dribbles have so far totalled £15. Most of the decent cashbacks are with insurers who's premiums are higher than my current rates :(
I always do moneysupermarket or a comparisson first on IE, then see if the cheapest places have Quidco deals in Firefox. Done very well so far :)
Careful with that though - if you enter sufficient details into a price comparison site to allow them to identify you, then using a different browser may not help. There was a big blow-up about that last year when some of the insurers paid the price comparison sites instead of Quidco.
Well Quidco is money for nothing, so if you lose out because you entered too much detail into a search engine then no big deal. Anything which tracks is a huge bonus. They don't owe me anything!!
I noticed yesterday that the car hire company I use when working abroad give 5% through Quidco. Nice!
Blimey, you could probably do quite well out of that :)
Apart from the occasional big insurance payouts, my best is the Ink Factory where I get our cartridges for work. They give 17.5% :shocked:
I'll have a look at the Ink Factory too, we get most of our consumables from a stationary company who I'm sure aren't exactly cheap.
But yeah, I could make a few £ out of that. From the car I'll be hiring in Paris I'll get about £15 back. Not bad!
I've got my first potential non-payer. Took out Life Insurance policies with Legal & General in September and got £140 in total. However, they haven't paid out yet so I did a quick search and it looks like people were signing up, getting the cashback and then leaving again so L&G canned it. There are a few people who got their money after 3 payments left their accounts, but I'm not hopeful. Such a shame that a few stupid idiots have to spoil it for those of us who actually earn the cashback legitimately.
Ah well, we also got £70 paid out last week. Think it was from car insurance :)
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, our Life Insurance from September just got validated :D :D :D Fingers crossed that means £140 for us to use for holiday money. Chuffed!!
I always forget to check quidico. I so need to get in the habit, especially when I use ebay, it's not a lot but it all helps.
I was just about to tell you that they stopped doing Ebay. And they did, but when I just checked, it's back again. Fantastic :D
I have it in my bookmarks toolbar on Firefox so I don't forget to use it. I'm glad I can start using it with Ebay again though :) All mounts up!
Yeah, they did stop and then restart. Not sure why and I'm not sure how much the terms changed. Useless really. ;D
My new home insurance didn't track at all, but I got £30 cashback direct and I've managed another significant year-on-year premium reduction, which I really didn't expect, so I can live with the lack of Quidco. :)
I have it in my bookmarks toolbar on Firefox so I don't forget to use it.
Same :) Really handy at times. Not profited much lately, mainly 50p here and there but all adds up :D
My home insurance didn't work but I've just done my RAC through there and it's tracked it already.
Also just done some eBay purchasing too which is useful, even if it is only pence :)
Found a site that does Frontline too so just trying to weigh up if the cashback is better than the slightly cheaper other site I use :)
Ohhh, let me know the outcome. Our darling little fleabag could do with fumigating
Well VetDirect do it at about £9, and the one on Quidco do it for £10.13, but you get 5% from Quidco.
Greenlizard0
02-03-2009, 18:03
How long do these things take roughly? I succesfully earned 2p (giggidy) just by doing a quick search through Kelkoo..
I today then went to Novatech through Quidco, the latter's website says that it takes on average 0 days tracking, but I ordered a bit earlier today and nothing appears to have been added?
It can vary quite a lot. I'd wait until tomorrow and you'll probably find it's tracked by then. It can then take weeks for it to validate and more weeks to finally pay out. Sometimes you'll not see any actual cash in your pocket for months.
I've just had another £100 off them and my next £100 is only about £4 validating away :D
Greenlizard0
02-03-2009, 22:17
Ah patience is a virtue! :) It's appeared.
I ordered something from Novatec the other month and it tracked within hours. They paid out within the month too. Pretty good performance!!
My L&G Life Insurance policies, however, tracked immediately then took 5 months to validate and have just paid out. HURRAH!!!! £140 went in our bank account today :D
I got £12 yesterday. Nice little surprise considering it was mainly from games and DVDs I was buying anyway.
Greenlizard0
17-03-2009, 14:59
Just a quickie - what has to happen via eBay? Do I have to win an auction, or sell an item to somebody else through an auction?
I think with eBay you only get Quidco when you pay for an item you've bought (so make sure you follow the Quidco link when paying) and you get 40% of what the seller would pay in eBay fees.
That's how I understand it (and how its worked for me).
I logged in the other day to discover my home insurance did track. That took a while. Whether they'll pay up is another matter but we'll see.
Greenlizard0
28-03-2009, 23:55
Another question, if I empty out my account before it gets to a year, will they still charge a fiver?
They automatically take it from your first set of "earnings". So if you earn £8 on your first one, as it's paid, they'll take £5 and then give you the £3. So basically, they always take their £5 before you even get to see it :)
Greenlizard0
29-03-2009, 14:32
Oh the rascals. Fair, thanks fella. :)
OK, I think this is what you're asking:
You signed up in March 2008, earned lots, and paid your £5.
It's now March 2009 and your next £5 is due, but you've not earned anything yet.
You do, however, have paid earnings that you've not taken out yet, and want to know how much of that you'll get.
Answer: All of it! The £5 fees are taken when the money is paid into your Quidco account. If the money is already there, you can withdraw it whenever you want.
Greenlizard0
05-04-2009, 15:44
Has anybody had any problems with Jaxx? I clicked through as per normal onto their site yesterday and played with their £20 minimum, but it doesn't appear to have even tracked yet. I might leave it for another 2 days or so and then write off an email.
Made 96p so far rofl from ebay.
But thanks for the reminder getting a new phone when the LG arena is released and Mobiles.co.uk is £40 with quidco. So just depends what o2 offer me direct.
Greenlizard0
17-04-2009, 17:53
Has anybody had any problems with Jaxx? I clicked through as per normal onto their site yesterday and played with their £20 minimum, but it doesn't appear to have even tracked yet. I might leave it for another 2 days or so and then write off an email.
Is it bad that I dreamt about this last night?:huh:
Greenlizard0
28-05-2009, 17:52
How do I force a withdrawel into my account on Quidco? I could use the £35 I have on there.
Go to Settings and there should be an option near the bottom for minimum payout :)
Greenlizard0
28-05-2009, 18:19
Go to Settings and there should be an option near the bottom for minimum payout :)
I saw that, and I've set it out to 0.00, but the money's still in Quidco?
Hmm maybe it doesn't like 0. I set mine to 0.01 and haven't had a problem.
You can't 'force' a withdrawal.
They pay out at the end of each month. If you've told them where to send the money, and it's more than the minimum payout (0.00 is fine), it'll be out in a few days.
In other news, I used both a promotion code and Quidco when I got my buildings and contents insurance this year - which even without discounts worked out cheaper than last year (and much cheaper than the renewal). I've now received both payments. Re-sult. :)
PS - These payouts should cover the cost of fixing my fridge. :D
Forgot about the end of the month thing :o I was looking at it from a different perspective and assumed Greenlizard hadn't received anything before :D
Greenlizard0
28-05-2009, 19:35
Forgot about the end of the month thing :o I was looking at it from a different perspective and assumed Greenlizard hadn't received anything before :D
I haven't though, it still remains in my account.
As said, it's run on a monthly cycle so it gets paid out near the end of the month. You can't change the date unfortunately.
Greenlizard0
28-05-2009, 19:55
I'm sure e.g. the money from Novatech's been in there for longer than a month (green lettering). I'll wait until the end of this one and will see.
Did you tell them where to send the money? Bank account? PayPal?
When did you do that? If it was after April 15th they wouldn't pay out in April, but provided you haven't changed anything since they will pay out in May.
If all else fails, raise a ticket. They've responded to every one I've ever raised inside a working day.
Have you clicked on the month under My Earnings to check what month the payment is expected?
Greenlizard0
28-05-2009, 20:42
Have you clicked on the month under My Earnings to check what month the payment is expected?
It was recieved (green lettering) in March.
Yeah but did you drop your payment level to £0.00 in March? If you only did it recently, it won't pay until the next payment run.
But when you click on the month and it comes up with the list of transactions for that month, what does it say under payment date? I think I've had a few that have been received but taken an extra month to arrive due to cut off dates. Can't remember exactly as it's been a while!
I would have thought you've still got time yet for the end of May payments to arrive though but again, dunno as I haven't had a payment in a while. The problem with quidco is you need to have money to spend in the first place ;D
Edit: What Kate said too :D
Greenlizard0
28-05-2009, 20:54
Yeah but did you drop your payment level to £0.00 in March? If you only did it recently, it won't pay until the next payment run.
Nope, I did it as soon as I joined. Even if I did it in March, shouldn't it have come in for May or April though?
I think we've covered all the bases. May's payments haven't gone out yet, so give it a week and if that doesn't work, raise a ticket.
Greenlizard0
31-05-2009, 23:55
Just seen that they've made a BACS payment. Cheers for the tips. :)
Same here. £59.99 on its way to me. :)
I've got my minimum payout set to £500 but I do have £125.44 available to withdraw.
Assuming everything gets received in the next couple of months I should have £383.24 soon :)
Psymonkee
01-06-2009, 21:10
****ing get in!
£0.77 richer! :D
For those of you who use Quidco, you may also be interested in Top Cashback.
Top Cashback is the same as Quidco but they have a few differences in retailers signed up offering cash back and/or slightly difference cash back amounts.
I signed up as Dixons were listed and I've accrued £24.05 so far.
If anyone is interested in signing up then please could I ask for the referral via this link: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/ZicoUK
For every member signup that reaches £5.00, I will earn a referral fee of £2.50. You don't loose anything from signing up directly if you choose to do so.
Whoop Whoop got £469.76 saved up in there ready for Xmas. Hopefully with a few more little odd's n sodds it should tip the £500 all tracked, validated & received just in time for a November pay out.
Whoop Whoop got £469.76 saved up in there ready for Xmas. Hopefully with a few more little odd's n sodds it should tip the £500 all tracked, validated & received just in time for a November pay out.
That's a lot of shopping!
I'm currently up to £415.97, all of which should be received by August. Can't see that getting much higher so I've set my pay out to £400.
That's a lot of shopping!
I was having a look through last night and a good proportion of it has come from changing Car insurance on two cars at renewal and our house insurance at renewal. £40.00 from Jet2 and £90.00 from when I changed phones. Other than that, nothing out of the ordinary really
I'm currently up to £415.97, all of which should be received by August. Can't see that getting much higher so I've set my pay out to £400.
Do you not just get paid as soon as the funds are given to you?
Do you not just get paid as soon as the funds are given to you?
No. First off payments are only done once a month so say your account receives a payment today if won't get paid into your bank account (or paypal depending on your settings) until Quidco hit their next payment cycle.
By default they will pay out everything in each payment cycle, so if you've got £10 available they'll pay it but I've got my minimum payment set to £400.
I've used it for ages but could have sworn I got my money as soon as the quidco payment cleared (can be a few months), you learn something new every day :)
Why are you delaying your payment though?
Just personal preference.
Fair enough, I was basically asking if there are any advantages to offset the lost potential interest.
Fair enough, I was basically asking if there are any advantages to offset the lost potential interest.
£a few quid here and there disappears into the maze of bills, a lump sum of a decent amount gets noticed and can be spent on "other" stuff rather than general living...at least thats the only reason for me.
Same here. It's like having a mini savings account that just slowly builds up. Ours is set at £100 and more often than not, as money clears, it's usually around £120-130 before it pays out.
So how does this work then?
http://www.ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/percent-20090726-162816.png
Transaction was actually £534 but tracks as this.
http://www.ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/huh-20090726-163049.png
Transaction value is wrong and that's not 8%!
Psymonkee
26-07-2009, 16:32
you can earn I'm guessing is the key here :(
unless it's one of those retailers that pays different percentages for software/hardware etc?
Leave it for a few weeks and see if it validates at the correct amount. If not, raise an earnings enquiry on it. If it's wrong for you, you can bet it'll be wrong for others too.
PS - this is not an unusual thing to happen. The O2 transaction I just put through will apparently also track at the wrong amount.
So how does this work then?
http://www.ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/percent-20090726-162816.png
Transaction was actually £534 but tracks as this.
http://www.ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/huh-20090726-163049.png
Transaction value is wrong and that's not 8%!
Not quite a without VAT amount either (although close). Hmm.
I noticed that too, but could be the same problem. Either that or something was excluded (VAT and delivery are the usual culprits but that still doesn't work here).
It's a holiday so no differing rates, it's just 8% and that's it.
I shall wait a while and see if anything changes then file an enquiry if it doesn't.
Could be taxes and surcharges affecting the total amount then (particularly if there's a flight involved). Still doesn't account for why the Quidco amount is showing as 6% instead of 8% but hopefully that will fix itself (e.g. if it's a recent increase in the cashback amount then it could track at the old amount and later validate at the new one).
No flying involved so no taxes and surcharges. It's a week in Lytham St. Annes so unless there's a secret Blackpool tax! :D
If there isn't, maybe there should be*. :D
* Apologies to anyone who lives/lived there
Don't expect Quidco to be of much help if you put in an enquiry. I had a transaction which didn't track so put in an enquiry which was declined. I opened a ticket giving all the required information and got this response:
Hi Paul,
We are writing to you regarding your Crucial Technology UK rejected enquiry which has been escalated with the relevant network. We have been working hard with the network to retrieve an answer from the merchant. However, they have now confirmed to us that this merchant is unable to reverse the decision made on your original enquiry.
Due to the merchant%u2019s decision, the resolution for this enquiry cannot be changed. In light of this recent development we are no longer offering the escalation facility to members as the merchants are unable to change the original outcome supplied to us.
As part of our development and ongoing commitment to improving the service for our members, we are now working to implement a new procedure to ensure that circumstances like this do not occur in future.
Kind Regards,
Quidco Member Support
I've added emphasis there on the important bit. I asked them to clarify what they meant by that as it wasn't sure if they were not offering the escalation route for Crucial or for all merchants. Turns out it is for all merchants.
I've never had any problems with Crucial via Quidco but I have had similar type responses to some enquiries raised to them. Supply all details under the sun but yet the network says no and that's the end of it.
FYI TopCashBack has like for like 7% on Crucial compared to using QuidCo (http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/ref/ZicoUK).
Cashback with these systems - whichever one you use - isn't guaranteed. There are several networks and intermediaries involved and any of them can get in the way of a successful payment. Having said that, the vast majority do work, and Quidco do occasionally pick up the foul-ups themselves.
One of mine took nearly a year to be paid, but it did eventually turn up - somehow. Was only a few pence mind. I've had a few transactions declined too.
I know it's not guaranteed but when I am able to provide them with an order number, customer reference number, email address used for ordering, credit card billing address, delivery address, order value & order contents I don't expect Crucial to reject the enquiry saying that they 'can't track the order.'
It wasn't an insignificant amount of cashback either, something like £85.
Matblack
27-07-2009, 08:47
Don't expect Quidco to be of much help if you put in an enquiry. I had a transaction which didn't track so put in an enquiry which was declined. I opened a ticket giving all the required information and got this response:
I've added emphasis there on the important bit. I asked them to clarify what they meant by that as it wasn't sure if they were not offering the escalation route for Crucial or for all merchants. Turns out it is for all merchants.
Hang on, so they are going to remove the ability to raise a query and if things don't work you just have to lump it? :shocked:
MB
Hang on, so they are going to remove the ability to raise a query and if things don't work you just have to lump it? :shocked:
MB
Yep. Though they say they are working on a new procedure. Sucks, no?
Must be a mistake but according to Quidco I'm set to get back £27.48 cashback from GAME on a £27.98 spend :D.
Bought 2x 2100 points for £16.99 - £1 discount code and -£5 points = £27.98.
Quidco is currently tracking:
10 Aug 2009 22:46:47 GAME 0.00 0.00 tracked ~ Oct 2009
10 Aug 2009 22:46:47 GAME 32.98 27.48 tracked ~ Oct 2009
Fingers crossed for 4200 points for 50p!!
Nice!
I've currently got £735.92, about £500 of which is withdrawable. I've upped my withdrawl limit to £700. It'll be nice when that lot arrives!
Damn that's a nice chunk of cashback.
Largest pay out for me was £117.10 and that was only because we got 50% back from a Lloyds TSB home insurance quote through Quidco last year.
I've got a few quid coming from TopCashBack (mostly from Dixons) as I've spent quite a bit buying new laptops and a tumble dryer for everybody else but myself.
A booking that I made for a hire car in April 2008 has finally paid out. I can't believe that after all this time it's finally come through :D
A booking that I made for a hire car in April 2008 has finally paid out. I can't believe that after all this time it's finally come through :D
They must have had a glut of payments recently at Quidco. I ordered some health insurance in April 2008 and wrote it off a long time back, yet they paid out on it a few days back.
Same day that they paid out for Virgin Media as well. I ordered via their website but cancelled within a few days. Transaction tracked and I thought it would be declined as I cancelled the install. Yeet they paid out £65.00 even though I'm not even a customer :p
Greenlizard0
30-08-2009, 22:32
I got paid twice by Jaxx (the betting site). Helped to offset the fact that I lost almost all the bets I placed lol!
When we joined O2 for our broadband, I didn't realise there was a £50 quidco available until afterwards. Thought sod it, why not try and raise a query on it and see what happens. It validated today ;D
Bonus!
Apple validated my iPhone payout (about £15) and I still don't have the iPhone yet. Now that's quick! :)
MarcLister
06-09-2009, 13:34
When we joined O2 for our broadband, I didn't realise there was a £50 quidco available until afterwards. Thought sod it, why not try and raise a query on it and see what happens. It validated today ;DNice. Currently with Be* but absolutely hate their new site. Could also save a few quid a month going from Be*'s top package to O2's middle package.
How long did it take for your £50 to come through then?
Have you phoned up Be and suggested that to them? If not, please do so. Chances are they'll offer you a discount. Just watch out if they offer you a 12-month contract too - you don't need that to get a discount.
MarcLister
06-09-2009, 14:10
Ring them up and tell them I hate their new website? I was thinking that telling them I'm moving to O2 would be a hint. ;)
May I ask why you think I should tell them that?
Because I got £6pm off instantly by saying I wanted to migrate out to O2 as it was cheaper. Didn't have to argue or anything - it was just 'here, have a discount'. Many others have reported the same experience.
MarcLister
06-09-2009, 14:17
Ah OK. Might ring them Thursday/Friday. What do I do? Just say I want a MAC to move to O2 and let them respond to my request by offering a discount?
Yes, and they pro-rate the discount, so procrastinating will cost you £1. :p
Students. :p
How long did it take for your £50 to come through then?
Well I raised a ticket on 22nd June and it validated today. But bear in mind it didn't go through the system as normal.
MarcLister
06-09-2009, 15:15
Yes, and they pro-rate the discount, so procrastinating will cost you £1. :p
Students. :pQuoi? :huh: Je ne suis un studente ne plus. :D
Well I raised a ticket on 22nd June and it validated today. But bear in mind it didn't go through the system as normal.Yeah. Quite a decent timeframe then as you did the request afters.
Only recently decided to try this with some holiday bookings through expedia. Had to raise a ticket so wait to see on that but regardless but does seem to be a bit of money for nothing :)
looks like i'm waiting on my first ever payout!
got a 'sept 2009' payment set as 'scheduled'
whens the next payment date?
About as long as it takes to get to your bank account. Good timing.
Damn!
I'd got the threshold lower than I thought and it's just dumped nearly sixty quid into my bank, I wasn't expecting that because I'd hoped it'd go higher. I won't deny that it's a welcome bit of cash though.
Just got my £80 back from bewiser (who?!) car insurance :)
LeperousDust
02-10-2009, 03:11
Got 100 comin back for changing my mobile contract from 20pm with tmobile to 20pm with o2 for exactly the same deal essentially except i get o2 priority tickets and included mms and roaming texts, billy bargain. Thinking of switching to aliance for my bank for the included £150 cash back!
RAC renewal = £124.50
Swap that to...
AA new membership = £101.25
Quidco on AA = £50 :D
It'd be silly not to, really. :)
I think I've probably milked the insurance payouts as far as I can for now, but we'll see. It'll be interesting to see what my O2 payouts finally end up at (one tracked lower than it should have, and the other tracked higher).
O2 just gave me an early Christmas present! No idea how or why that happened but my PAYG account shenanigans must have got the better of them. Bonus!
Never used this before but have seem an offer for 17% cash back on a £3,100 item
The retailers site also offers 0% credit
am i likely to be able to use both ?
anything I should know re quidco, do I just sign up and then use their link to retailer ?
Check the terms carefully. For example, if you have to contact the seller to complete the 0% finance, you might lose out. Other than that, there's no reason I can think of why 0% finance should stop cashback.
What you should know re: Quidco? The most important rule with all cashback sites is that you should never assume you'll get the payout. Almost always you will, but sometimes you won't.
Classic example of that was people who had bought stuff from Woolworths. They went bust before the cashback got paid. Ergo, no cashback.
Next most important rule is to clear cookies immediately before starting the transaction and do the entire transaction (starting from the Quidco site) in one go. If you use a personal firewall, make sure it isn't blocking referer headers and/or cookies - both will stop your transaction from tracking.
Quidco are doing £150 back on Orange pay monthly phones at the moment (triple normal)
Does that include existing orange customers?
Not sure :s I'm PAYG at the moment but have been looking into some sort of low contract BB for a couple of weeks now.
All Quidco says is ...
£150 for Pay Monthly contract phone connections (per transaction, not per phone basis)*
Please note that your cashback on pay monthly contracts will be subject to a two-month validation period from connection. No cashback will be paid on upgrades or on cancelled / unsuccessful connections.
Cashback is paid per basket, not per phone.
Cashback is not paid on reconditioned PAYG phones or accessories.
*This offer does not apply to Orange 5 and Orange 10 PAYM 36 Month tariffs.
It doesn't include existing Orange contract customers. You can either downgrade and then upgrade, or port out and port back.
Ordered and tracked :D
Just got my first £7.25 from Quidco for some late August flights as well, so finally seeing the money. Really hoping the pending queries work out... note to anyone who uses expedia... book all hotels seperately. Quidco can't cope with them all being booked at once even when done from scratch it only records the first one you add.
Now I just have to convince Orange to change the delivery address to work, missed the "signature required" part I think. That or a drive to the center of Coventry Tuesday, always rewardingly terrifying.
It doesn't include existing Orange contract customers. You can either downgrade and then upgrade, or port out and port back.
Or sod it and don't bother with the cashback. That's more my style :D
leowyatt
03-11-2009, 09:50
that orange quidco would pay for an iPhone ;)
Only if you cut the iPhone in half. ;)
leowyatt
03-11-2009, 10:50
Only if you cut the iPhone in half. ;)
so the iPhone is £300? Not on contract it's not ;)
*cough* (http://www.quidco.com/mobile/orange/) ;)
leowyatt
03-11-2009, 11:09
*cough* (http://www.quidco.com/mobile/orange/) ;)
*cough* *cough* I was talking about JMC41's post :p I haven't read any of the quidco stuff on the iPhone as I don't plan on buying one :p so there :p
Only if you cut the iPhone in half. ;)
I think it's probably not worth £150 if it's in half :evil: However it has now also dropped to £50 :s
Orange never responded to my email, the order today therefore failed as planned but have managed to convince the boss that I can work from home until it arrives tomorrow. At least thats what he said earlier...
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