What Is The Catch?

[anotheoldgit]

Today I received two vouchers totalling £50.55 from a company called Windsor mint so as to purchase a special 24 caret gold plated 50 mm diameter Houblon £50 banknote commemorative strike, plus a wristwatch worth £9.95, all for the total cost of £6.94 inclusive of £1.99p&p plus the £50.55 vouchers.

[Mamyalynne]

Read the small print, there's always a catch with those offers.

[Bazile]

aog - have a look at this

http://boards.fool.co.uk/windsor-mint-12046082.aspx

//And then I find in very small print at the foot of the letter:

Windsor Mint* by HMK, Weir Lane, Worcester, WR2 4 AY
HMK Gmbh, Leubernstrasse 6, 8280Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.

Just another foreigner trying to take us Brits for a ride. They must think we're a soft touch.//

[sandyRoe]

The value of the items offered would be considerably less than the £6.94 you'd be charged. That's the catch.

[gingejbee]

The main catch is that the stuff they flog is worth very little...the watch is probably a quids-worth from China and the "commemorative strike" is 24c gold-PLATED....ie very little gold involved.
The other catch...once you accept, you will be bombarded with "offers" from them and many other similar companies.

[wolf63]

Years ago I was lucky enough to win ownership of a time-share - but only 50% and I would have to purchase the other half.

A few days later my mum got the same letter. I got in touch with the company and asked if the two half wins would mean that we had actually won a whole time-share between us.

It was worth a try