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quenching

Access wrote: »

In fairness irishchick, lets not kick a person when they are down... a lot of people on here have Pigsback MBNA credit cards and are worried about whats going to happen regarding it and MBNA.

No need for anyone to worry, MBNA will just issue you with a new card that doesn't carry the Pigsback branding and doesn't accumulate Piggy points. They sent me a letter last week saying so.

The fact that MBNA are supposedly being sold is a completely separate matter.

Doodlebug

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

They wouldnt accept them

Where was this?

Haven't used mine in a while, but they're always accepted in Dunnes & Tesco. The odd time a new staff member will have to go & ask someone, but then it's straightforward.

kendragon

Irishchick wrote: »

Why don't we get this thread back to what it was made for, piggypoints. There is a consumer issues section for complaints.

AIB give 10 piggy points a week for the quiz.

Get a quote with AA and you get 100 piggy points.

If you do the Johnson baby puzzle you get 5 piggypoints

There is no harm in people telling you about the problems they are having with pigsback here. That way they can hopefully make a more informed choice as to whether to avail of an offer or not. Chances are, if they are anything like me, they would not be looking in the consumer issues forum for problems with offers.

JP Liz V1

Are the cinema tickets in rewards a double or single ticket?

deRanged

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Are the cinema tickets in rewards a double or single ticket?

single.

litup

cvwallace wrote: »

Hi all, just a wee warning. I bought the megadeal for Lynam's hotel today, hoping to use it for a specific event. When I called to book they told me they had availability for that date but when I mentioned the voucher i was told it couldn't be redeemed for that date! I assume it was because I wanted to book a Saturday night but they surely could have mentioned that the offer excluded weekends on the add. Not very impressed with the hotel but I've applied for a refund from Pigsback. Has anyone else had similar problems redeeming any of the other hotel offers?

This is common enough, not only with megadeals, but with other discount deals too. They only have a certain number of rooms available on a specific night that can use the deal. I have even had restaurants say they had reached their 'quota' of deals for a particular evening.

If I have a specific date in mind I usually call the business before I buy the deal to check availability.

sweetie

cvwallace wrote: »

Hi all, just a wee warning. I bought the megadeal for Lynam's hotel today, hoping to use it for a specific event. When I called to book they told me they had availability for that date but when I mentioned the voucher i was told it couldn't be redeemed for that date! I assume it was because I wanted to book a Saturday night but they surely could have mentioned that the offer excluded weekends on the add. Not very impressed with the hotel but I've applied for a refund from Pigsback. Has anyone else had similar problems redeeming any of the other hotel offers?

Just do what I did last friday! I called them to reserve a table and before I even mentioned the number of people, time or voucher they said they were busy. However when I was looking for their phone number previously I checked their website and saw an online reservation thingy so I went back to it and booked table for two for 8.15 and got an email confirmation. I then rang them and told them id be using a voucher. They seemed a bit miffed but let me use it. The place was about 30% full when I ate there so I dont know what they are playing at and they have offers every week nearly! The steak was very good too

I am a member of pigsback for years. I live in Limerick and there are very few megadeal offers on the site. I bought a megadeal voucher in September for 40 euro and could not spend it as everything was mostly in Dublin. Then a megadeal for the Spa at Bunratty castle hotel for 45 euro came up, Thrilled I was. Went to buy the offer and my voucher would not work. I contacted customer support and got an instant reply saying they received my message and would reply in 3 working days - offer would be over then of course. No rpely, I contacted them on facebook and they were so nice on the public page not to worry, they would sort me. But then they blocked me from posting on their wall and never game me the offer. After 3 weeks and loads of hastle they cancelled the voucher and gave me the 4000 points back - no offers in Limerick since and still have the 4000 points that I cant spend since,
Now my daughter tried to use her 20 euro megadeal voucher to buy a handbag set, same thing, wouldnt work. offer sold out no bag. Posted on facebook and now blocked from posting . She is afraid now if she publishes any problems that they will close her account so she is putting up and shutting up, Surely that is not fair and there should be some regulation against this sort of treatment. I would like to hear your views,.

I agree the points are highlighted on a monday morning and so few of them they are easy to spot, When I joined they had call credit etc all gone now, MBNA gone now. So very few points available, I posted here earlier re problems with mega deal vouchers where it says the code is invalid when trying to redeem it, I had a 40 euro voucher and my dauthter had a 20 euro one, both said code invalid when we tried to use it, by the time they got back from customer support the offer was closed and we got no satisfaction, we posted on facebook to say we are not happy and they have now blocked both of us from posting on the pigsback.com wall, That is not good enough; So if you dont say something good you will be blocked so then the posts are not genuine as we only see the favourable ones. Do you think this is fair guys???

kendragon

kendragon wrote: »

There is no harm in people telling you about the problems they are having with pigsback here. That way they can hopefully make a more informed choice as to whether to avail of an offer or not. Chances are, if they are anything like me, they would not be looking in the consumer issues forum for problems with offers.

The mega deal vouchers are nothing but problems, I posted on the pigsback facebook wall that I had a problem and pigsback blocked me from posting, I got replies from 12 other members that had simular problems with mega deal vouchers, I would advise to keep your points and do not buy the vouchers as they say code invalid and it gets sorted when the offer you want is gone. No good that. Its great that you can speak your mind here on boards.ie as pigsback block unfavourable posts.

PeterDuggan

Have also had problems recovering Fatcheese cashback due on Pigsback deals. Sometimes PB deals don't track properly on Fatcheese site or are slow to pay. Fatcheese (if they respond at all) blame Pigsback and of course Pigsback blame Fatcheese.

Once the problems are sorted I am leaving pigsback and good riddence its nothing but hastle, Irrelevant replies. blocking members from facebook in case they say something negative, Not worth it.

roversully

Hi Guys,

I got my bean bag on the 6th of Feb I ordered it mid October.

The beanbag came, and it is VERY poor, very few beans (polystyrene balls), its only about 1/10 full and when you sit on it the few beans go to the sides and your bum ends up on the hard floor.

Word of warning DONT BUY FROM INFURN

They also dont reply to emails or answer their phones

discombobulate

quenching wrote: »

No need for anyone to worry, MBNA will just issue you with a new card that doesn't carry the Pigsback branding and doesn't accumulate Piggy points. They sent me a letter last week saying so.

The fact that MBNA are supposedly being sold is a completely separate matter.

I dont think its the fact of people worrying that the card will still be active its that the main benefit of having the card will be gone. It already lost a lot of its value anyway when pigsback decided to halve the points it was giving for using it.

terriepodonnell

I used the code MEGACHEESE10 @ 1630 today (Thursday 1st of March) & it worked no problems for a 10% discount.

Now (20:00) the code is showing as invalid.

Has anyone another code by any chance ?

Many thanks.

TP

Libera

terriepodonnell wrote: »

I used the code MEGACHEESE10 @ 1630 today (Thursday 1st of March) & it worked no problems for a 10% discount.

Now (20:00) the code is showing as invalid.

Has anyone another code by any chance ?

Many thanks.

TP

Getonit (only valid until March 11th)

paddyjoe183

terriepodonnell wrote: »

I used the code MEGACHEESE10 @ 1630 today (Thursday 1st of March) & it worked no problems for a 10% discount.

Now (20:00) the code is showing as invalid.

Has anyone another code by any chance ?

Many thanks.

TP

Just wondering what discount code you used? The 10% codes doesnt work for me any more

paddyjoe183

paddyjoe183 wrote: »

Just wondering what discount code you used? The 10% codes doesnt work for me any more

GETITON worked! Thanks guys!

Thegalwayman

any 10% off code available now?

Libera

Thegalwayman wrote: »

any 10% off code available now?

Getonit is still working (for now!).

PeterDuggan

Has the Jai Ho restaurant on Rock Rd in Booterstown closed?

I bought a voucher for the Pigsback Megadeal there but now I can't get an answer from the restaurant. Anyone else have similar problems?

Do Pigsback refund if the business goes wallop?

EricPraline

PeterDuggan wrote: »

Has the Jai Ho restaurant on Rock Rd in Booterstown closed?

Apparently it got closed by the Food Safety Authority last month:

http://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/press_releases/four_enforcement_orders_served_in_January/08/02/2012.html

paddyjoe183

This is very poor!!! I got the deal on Groupon first before it came onto pigsback so I can tell you what its like and thats crap and not worth the money! I wouldnt be going here with a hunger!

I am extremely
disappointed, I went to lunch with my partner to use the voucher as I
thought I was getting a good deal. The voucher states that its value is €30,
this was clearly not the case. I got the smallest cup of coffee I ever seen, I
could not avail of the irish coffee as I was driving.

As for the selection of sandwiches and desserts as per
details on the voucher, this again is clearly not the case. I would not classify
what I was served as a selection of sandwiches or desserts, as there was only
two types of sandwiches and two types of desserts this is a choice not a
selection and one was fish and one was salad. I do not eat tuna and therefore could only eat the salad sandwich, I was not even offered a choice or an option it was brought to the table and that was the end of it!

The sandwiches were not even fresh as they were extremely cold, the bread was hard so obviously
they were pre-prepared and stored in a fridge, this is not acceptable on any
level especially from a hotel that said they were offering fresh food. And then the desserts again was not a selection it was a choice a selection is three or more two is a choice so its false advertising all over, the desserts were tiny and 1 was edible and the other dessert was offal as it was so bitter and did not seem fresh as I could not get the offal taste out of my mouth. Thirdly the scones well they were barely visible, the jam and cream serving were bigger than the scone. Overall I feel I was ripped off and the afternoon tea serving was atrocious. I would not recommend this to any one, the tea arrived ten minutes after our food as the waiter decided he wanted the bathroom first and it was more important than serving us.


At no stage where we asked was everything ok which is a
downfall in itself as with the economic times that are in it. I believe it is
vital that all guests or customers of any description should be at least asked
that and if there is an issue there and then rectify it but clearly this hotel
seems to think they are doing so well they don’t need repeat customers!!!

Overall, I am extremely disappointed and don’t think I will
be buying any further vouchers as I’d be afraid to receive this type of
deal again. I felt like a complete rip off and not value of money as it should
be and as competitors now offer you al-la-carte menus for these types of prices never mind afternoon tea. :mad:

millymash12

@paddyjoe183, I have learned the hard way when you use the voucher from sites like groupon and pigsback a lot of companies don't threat u like a regular customer. As soon as I mention 'i have a voucher' they seat u in the corner and serve you the leftovers. I have been disappointed on the 2 or 3 times iv got resturant vouchers. Lesson learnt.

uck51js9zml2yt

I've bought several restaurant vouchers and never had an issue with the food or service

Kingp35

Athena Stocky Polygamy wrote: »

I've bought several restaurant vouchers and never had an issue with the food or service

Likewise, I have never had a problem. And in fairness it's not the fault of pigsback or Groupon etc, it's the fault of the restaurant so your issue should be with them and not the voucher company who can not control the service in the restaurant.

JP Liz V1

I wish they would get more mega deals for Cork

shot2go

i bought a deal for bunratty castle has to be used by tomorrow, its for 2 adults and 2 kids. does anyone here want it ?

PeterDuggan

shot2go wrote: »

i bought a deal for bunratty castle has to be used by tomorrow, its for 2 adults and 2 kids. does anyone here want it ?

You know you can get a (partial) refund from PB?

shot2go

i did not know that! thank you!

I live near this hotel and i find them very helpful, they may allow you use your voucher at a later date as a gesture of goodwill, Probably not these 2 weeks as they are busy with school break up but maybe later in April. Is it for the spa or accomodation?

fletch

Athena Stocky Polygamy wrote: »

I've bought several restaurant vouchers and never had an issue with the food or service

Yes if anything I find they bend over backwards for you as most people using the vouchers aren't regular customers so if they impress you there is a chance you might return.

sweetie

fletch wrote: »

Yes if anything I find they bend over backwards for you as most people using the vouchers aren't regular customers so if they impress you there is a chance you might return.

mmm, most of the time but i'm having awful problems using a voucher from a rival to pigsback (Grab1.) I think they oversold in numbers and its taken me five trys to get a booking which ended up being on a wednesday and not a weekend when its easier for us to arrange to go out. I certainly won't be giving this particular establisment anymore custom unless they blow me away and I would eat out a couple of times a week so there would be potential to win me over to being a regular customer.

fletch

sweetie wrote: »

mmm, most of the time but i'm having awful problems using a voucher from a rival to pigsback (Grab1.) I think they oversold in numbers and its taken me five trys to get a booking which ended up being on a wednesday and not a weekend when its easier for us to arrange to go out. I certainly won't be giving this particular establisment anymore custom unless they blow me away and I would eat out a couple of times a week so there would be potential to win me over to being a regular customer.

I had the same with one restaurant and I complained to the manager but I got a fairly reasonable reply. Some of the deals are so cheap that the restaurants make very little profit if any so they only allow a certain amount of people using vouchers to book on each night. I have started ringing up and booking before I actually purchase the vouchers otherwise it can be very difficult to secure a booking as you say.

paddyjoe183

Any new discount codes?

GETITON not working any more

Libera

paddyjoe183 wrote: »

Any new discount codes?

GETITON not working any more

Ummm, try GETONIT instead!!! :cool:

Pretty Polly

millymash12 wrote: »

@paddyjoe183, I have learned the hard way when you use the voucher from sites like groupon and pigsback a lot of companies don't threat u like a regular customer. As soon as I mention 'i have a voucher' they seat u in the corner and serve you the leftovers. I have been disappointed on the 2 or 3 times iv got resturant vouchers. Lesson learnt.

I used a voucher that i had for Cafe Carlo on O Connell Street recently. We were given a 'special menu' when we went in and that was the main difference between us and 'regular customers'.
The food wasn't great, the chicken was dry and the spaghetti bolognese needed more sauce and was bland. Some orders passed us and i wished i had what they had in front of me, but it wasn't one of our options!
For the price and location it certainly was handy. While the food didn't impress i couldn't fault the service and the waiter was very nice.

irishbloke77

Libera wrote: »

Ummm, try GETONIT instead!!! :cool:

Quite new to this, so sorry for the stupid question, but what does this code do for you? I am a pigsback member, should I be entering this somewhere on their site? Thanks and sorry again for what is probably a stupid question

jeckle

irishbloke77 wrote: »

what does this code do for you?

It would get you 10% off any Megadeal, if you were buying one - just enter the code at checkout.

irishbloke77

Thanks for clarifying that for me. Good to know, thanks again.

jibberjive

Thanks Libera Just bought my bag with extra 10% off I had enough piggy points to get it cheers

pcomer

Looks like book rewards have been removed from Pigsback now.

rameire

I can see the rewards,
are you sure you are logged in.
if you look under the my account tab, it is shown as Rewards, which is the 3rd from the end of the list

pcomer

rameire wrote: »

I can see the rewards,
are you sure you are logged in.
if you look under the my account tab, it is shown as Rewards, which is the 3rd from the end of the list

Yes the rewards section is still there but as my original post stated the book rewards have been removed.

rameire

silly me, didnt read your post.

pcomer

rameire wrote: »

silly me, didnt read your post.

No worries - just wanted everyone to know you can no longer get books. How long now before the restauraunt vouchers are gone and then all you will be able to buy is their cr*ppy megadeals.

Sleepy

Aye, the site is becoming less and less worthwhile.

Used to be great when you could get CD-WOW vouchers or Phone Credit. Think all I use nowadays are the cinema vouchers.

pcomer

Looks like all the ads you used to get 5 points for clicking on have been removed as well.

paddyjoe183

pcomer wrote: »

Looks like all the ads you used to get 5 points for clicking on have been removed as well.

they seem to be still working for me

pcomer

Yeah seem to be working again - maybe they were just broken for a few days while the graphical user interface was being upgraded