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  • Have they conned me out of a fiver?
  • DezB
    Free Member

    SportPursuit that is. I can’t get my head around their sums!

    So I order 2 items, both £30.
    Postage is £5
    I use a discount code for £5
    Total = 60

    I send one £30 item back. They refund me £30 minus the £5 discount code
    So £25.

    Doesn’t that mean I’ve now paid £35 for the 1 item I’ve kept? And my discount code has gone *pfft*?

    cp
    Full Member

    did the £5 voucher have a minimum spend?

    weeksy
    Full Member

    What was the criteria of the £5 discount ?

    e.g £5 off if you spend £50 and over… etc.

    IHN
    Full Member

    Yep.

    perchypanther
    Free Member

    I’ve consulted with my 8 year old and he has confirmed that your calculations are, indeed, correct.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Yes.

    Unless they’ve also re-instated the discount code?

    dooosuk
    Free Member

    Doesn’t that mean I’ve now paid £35 for the 1 item I’ve kept?

    Yes. £30 for the item and £5 postage. HTH

    DezB
    Free Member

    Nope, discount code no longer on the site.
    No criteria on the code, it’s just a referral bonus.

    Thanks, I’ll ask em 🙂

    Yes. £30 for the item and £5 postage. HTH
    NTDH

    tish
    Free Member

    You’ve paid £30 plus £5 postage

    DezB
    Free Member

    You’ve paid £30 plus £5 postage

    I KNOW that! But I had a DISCOUNT. Can’t you read?

    tish
    Free Member

    Yep, my ears are ringing a little now though.

    DezB
    Free Member

    GOOD!

    Drac
    Full Member

    Doesn’t that mean I’ve now paid £35 for the 1 item I’ve kept?

    No, it means you paid £30 unless they took another £5 off you.

    tish
    Free Member

    Sshh he already knows that

    DezB
    Free Member

    No, it means you paid £30 unless they took another £5 off you

    But perchy’s 8 year old checked my sums!
    60-25=35. I fink.

    tish
    Free Member

    FWIW I’ve used the referrals without a minimum spend before so get on to them and they will probably just apply it.

    Drac
    Full Member

    But perchy’s 8 year old checked my sums!
    60-25=35. I fink.

    Correct but as tish pointed they’ve charged you £5 postage.

    I’d email them ask them about it.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    Can I be outraged on your behalf DezB?

    gray
    Full Member

    In my experience their customer service is excellent. Drop them an email, I’m sure that they’ll sort it out.

    toby1
    Full Member

    If it was your company and you offered a discount if the customer bought 2 items, they did, then returned one of the items, then would you still apply the discount?

    BigButSlimmerBloke
    Free Member

    No, the discount was £5 for 2 items so discount is £2.50 per item. They’ve conned you out of £2.50.

    DezB
    Free Member

    Can I be outraged on your behalf DezB?

    I think you should be.

    If it was your company and you offered a discount if the customer bought 2 items, they did, then returned one of the items, then would you still apply the discount?

    Yes, the discount applies to the other item. I could’ve bought it separately and only used the discount code for the non-returned item.

    I have asked them. They are usually pretty good. I’ll say I’ll never buy from them again and they’ll give me a free trolley dash I reckon.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    If it was your company and you offered a discount if the customer bought 2 items, they did, then returned one of the items, then would you still apply the discount?

    I’m properly on the outrage bus now: it was a referral reward with no other qualifiers?

    mikewsmith
    Free Member
    DezB
    Free Member

    “has me”, is me or was me? (I can’t log in to check)

    cp
    Full Member

    If you return an item purchased using Account Credit, SportPursuit will issue the refund as an Account Credit of the same value used, with the remainder due refunded to your payment card or PayPal or Amazon account (as applicable), where part payment was made via your payment card or PayPal or Amazon account.

    Have you got £5 now on your account credit?

    RichPenny
    Free Member

    No, the discount was £5 for 2 items so discount is £2.50 per item. They’ve conned you out of £2.50.

    Depends how it’s applied. Some get proportionally applied, some on the whole order value.

    DezB
    Free Member

    Have you got £5 now on your account credit?

    See here

    teethgrinder
    Full Member

    Was it a crown race?

    cp
    Full Member

    See here

    see what?

    theotherjonv
    Full Member

    Yes, but the question is whether they have charged you £35 (not in dispute, I agree with 8yo maths) but also converted your voucher / code into an £5 account credit that you can use at a later date. £35 – £5 = £25 + £5 postage.

    I can see both sides, would have been good to apply the credit to the item you kept, and refund you the full amount for the item you returned.

    OTOH, if you bought one item for £30 – £5 voucher, and then returned it would you expect to be given £30 ‘cash’ back; seems reasonable it goes back to whence it came and maybe their system just does this automatically.

    Anyway, didn’t you get a mug, that must be worth at least a fiver given the size of the ****

    DezB
    Free Member

    mug
    SportPursuit, not Sports Direct.

    see what?

    the answer to your question

    cp
    Full Member

    the answer to your question

    genuinely can’t see anywhere where you state you haven’t been refunded £25 to your card and £5 to your SP account balance. Their terms state that’s how it’s going to work on refunds with codes/referall bonuses etc…

    Are you trying to say no you haven’t?

    DezB
    Free Member

    Sorry cp, was trying for brevity, cos someone already asked that.

    You asked: “Have you got £5 now on your account credit?”

    I linked to:

    DezB – Member
    Nope, discount code no longer on the site.

    Meaning not on my account on the site.

    cp
    Full Member

    DezB – Member
    Nope, discount code no longer on the site.
    Meaning not on my account on the site.

    Aha, I thought you meant there was some codes listed on their site and it’s now not… rather than £5 credit in your SP account.

    theotherjonv
    Full Member

    mug
    SportPursuit, not Sports Direct.

    Ah, who’s the giant mug now! 😳

    (I thought you’d escaped a massive flaming for buying from Ashley.

    I also wondered if you’d bought two £30 items, which must actually be worth about £7 bn before discounts are applied, why you were complaining about a fiver 😉 )

    DezB
    Free Member

    I also wondered if you’d bought two £30 items, which must actually be worth about £7

    I always thought SportsDirect’s model was more like to charge £7 for items worth £30 (or sold for £30 elsewhere anyway) 🙂

    DezB
    Free Member

    It worked:

    Hi me,
    “The £5-points have been added back to your SportPursuit account to spend on a future order.”

    Anyone want a referral code? 😉

    DezB
    Free Member

    They did it again! I had to beg for my fiver discount back again… I got it, but that’s not the point.
    Any other SportPursuit customers experienced this?

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    Some things never change…. except PP’s 8 year old will now be 9.

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