DDD lets 3rd party firms have access to your credit card.
06-30-06, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by scarredgod
PS- hey PILOT, any update on your request for DDD to get involved in this thread? if theyre refusing or ignoring the request, i think thats something that should be posted. as i mentioned, Dave from DDD is participating in another ongoing thread.
08-04-06, 04:21 AM
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Unbelieveable. I received one of these checks last year & tore it up. You'd think, after all the hoopla from the last time they did this that they wouldn't do it again. Guess what I got in my mail today. Oh yes, yes they did. They sent another $2.50 check. THEY HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING !!!
08-04-06, 10:40 AM
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I got one of these checks in the mail today also. I thought it was some kind of rebate or class-action deal until I read the fine print. I have ordered very little from DDD and this whole thing seems real shady to me. It's like other posters said, anyone can cash these checks. This is one way identity theft happens, and it's like DDD is helping in a way.
08-05-06, 08:42 AM
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Thanks for the heads up!
I'll be keeping an eye out on my mail, theoretically they have taken me off this list since I complained about getting a "check". But I 'd be angry but not surprised if one shows up anyway.
I'll be keeping an eye out on my mail, theoretically they have taken me off this list since I complained about getting a "check". But I 'd be angry but not surprised if one shows up anyway.
08-08-06, 10:56 AM
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I got one yesterday....my last DDD order was 5/05/06 for 4.99.
It's not the first time I've gotten one of these type of things [though the first from DDD; I've gotten lots of 'checks' from car lots etc], and when I get them, the first thing I do is read the fine print; but it does seem a little fishy/unnerving. If the check got lost or cashed by someone else, it would activate something on my credit card.
I don't necessarily blame the company whose services are being offered, at least in this case--as long as the fine print is complete and legible, and if I were to do it, and call to cancel, they would cancel within a reasonable amount of time [say, 3 business days]. The one time I used that other one, Reservation Rewards, it took a week to cancel. I think their offerings are stupid, they don't offer anything I couldn't do myself for free, but as long as they're honest about it and make it easy to cancel, I don't care.
It is kinda close to a 'scam' though, since they're sending checks through the mail [not real safe] that are linked to your credit card [not real safe] and that are if not misleading, at least not incredibly easy to follow. It's sneaky, if not a scam.
It's not the first time I've gotten one of these type of things [though the first from DDD; I've gotten lots of 'checks' from car lots etc], and when I get them, the first thing I do is read the fine print; but it does seem a little fishy/unnerving. If the check got lost or cashed by someone else, it would activate something on my credit card.
I don't necessarily blame the company whose services are being offered, at least in this case--as long as the fine print is complete and legible, and if I were to do it, and call to cancel, they would cancel within a reasonable amount of time [say, 3 business days]. The one time I used that other one, Reservation Rewards, it took a week to cancel. I think their offerings are stupid, they don't offer anything I couldn't do myself for free, but as long as they're honest about it and make it easy to cancel, I don't care.
It is kinda close to a 'scam' though, since they're sending checks through the mail [not real safe] that are linked to your credit card [not real safe] and that are if not misleading, at least not incredibly easy to follow. It's sneaky, if not a scam.
08-10-06, 05:43 PM
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I got my first such check in the mail today. I can't remember the last time I ordered from DDD, but it has been well over a year. I love how it says "CHECK ENCLOSED" in bold type on the front of the envelope :/
08-10-06, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ResIpsa
I got my first such check in the mail today. I can't remember the last time I ordered from DDD, but it has been well over a year. I love how it says "CHECK ENCLOSED" in bold type on the front of the envelope :/
08-11-06, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo
Agreed, however I have had mail misdelivered in the past. In this case if the mailing fell into the wrong hands and someone else cashed that check, then DDD would have passed my credit card over to the 3rd party company and I would not have known anything about it until my card was hit.
08-11-06, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo
It's also possible the check was intercepted before it got to the delivery address,
Anyway, they are pretty good about refunding your money once you call them or email them.
Originally Posted by Ginwen
I get stuff like this all the time from other companies, and for a lot more than $5 many times (lots of $10,000 checks).
Originally Posted by Xbox69
Anyone else try that before? Is it indeed stackable with current DDD sales/promotions -- this would make it 25% OFF.
I too received a $5 check, but shredded it. Only because it was such a low amount though.
Through m y points I've joined PC safety Plus, Great Fun and several other Trilegiant companies on trial memberships to get their incentives (usually $20 giftcards to Circuitcity (got about $80 worth), Lowe's, B&N (got $60 worth), gas cards and so on). I always cancel over the phone within 30 days and most of the time I'm not charged a penny (sometimes they state that the trial is $1).
I particularly like Great Fun (used them about 20 times now). They get me $20 off at columbiahouse and DDD. Last time with Columbiahouse I got 19 DVDs for about $66 ($3.89 average per DVD) and I will get a $20 check from Great Fun in about 4 weeks making the price per DVD less than $2.50!
And today I received a $20 check from an order during DDDs 20% off sale (Alien Quadrilogy for $31.89, which makes it $12.28 after the check and using a 1st class stamp to mail in for the rebate).
I also do all these trial memberships for my credit cards (payment protector, ID theft protector etc.) when they send me $10 to $30 checks for it.
I figured since we live in a digital age where we leave traces of our habits everywhere then I might as well take advantage of it and make some cash out of it. Of course I'm always careful only to use my credit cards in legitimate, well-known places online and in B&M stores and I always shred, burn or tear up (usually separate my name/address from the paper) any mail that can pose a potential threat to your own identity if placed in the wrong hands. Like someone else said here; it's all about being alert and aware of what you are doing and what's going on.
PS! Several of these companies will let you cancel by email too if you mention you had problems getting through to them on the phone or something and some of them will also refund you your first month's fee if you cancel within 60 days (and forgot to cancel within the 30 day trial).
08-11-06, 10:37 PM
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I was able to cancel in time. I still had about 2 weeks left on my trial membership. The CSR tried to convince me to continue but after only a 5 min. call she processed the cancellation and I got a confirmation number.
$5 check + an additional $4.xx discount when I ordered the PotA Ultimate Collection ($77.xx). All in all, a good deal.
$5 check + an additional $4.xx discount when I ordered the PotA Ultimate Collection ($77.xx). All in all, a good deal.
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Originally Posted by Ginwen
I didn't get anything like this from DDD (I've never clicked on their links, but I do have the "newsletters" box checked).
I get stuff like this all the time from other companies, and for a lot more than $5 many times (lots of $10,000 checks). If I get a check and I don't know what it's for, I don't just cash it, I read what it's for, and then I shred the sucker, so I don't have much sympathy for some dumb lady depositing a check when she doesn't know what it's for.
It's cheesy and sleazy, but it must be legal--they aren't giving 3rd party firms your credit card unless you sign the thing authorizing them to do so.
I get stuff like this all the time from other companies, and for a lot more than $5 many times (lots of $10,000 checks). If I get a check and I don't know what it's for, I don't just cash it, I read what it's for, and then I shred the sucker, so I don't have much sympathy for some dumb lady depositing a check when she doesn't know what it's for.
It's cheesy and sleazy, but it must be legal--they aren't giving 3rd party firms your credit card unless you sign the thing authorizing them to do so.
Bank takes fake $95,000 check
