AS others have reported, yourgiftcards.com (aka, yfdirect.com, netblue.com, AnyFreeGift.com, EveryFreeGift.com, MarketSurveyGroup.com... Etc) is an internet ripoff and should be avoided by all consumers.
Reasons:
A) your email in-box will now be overwhelmed with SPAM.
B) They do not respond to emails,
C) They do not answer their customer service phone calls (801-316-0555) (adds to your phone bill & frustration)
D) Consumer must EXACTLY FOLLOW there PROCEDURES to the letter.
E) If you do eventually get your FREE gift card, expect to wait at least 10-14 weeks or more. (keep emailing, calling, pestering them to speed up process)
I normally don't get "caught" by these marketing tactics, but I was in a "frisky" mood last week. Because of www.yourgiftcards.com offer of FREE $50 Red Lobster gift card and their ad partner's CITICARD additional $50 offer, I decided to take a chance.
I do not expect to get anything from yourgiftcards.com, but I wanted to post a TOLL-FREE phone number (866-383-3733) for others to use to save on their phone cost. That number did get answered in about 15 minutes (on their nickel).
The lady was nice, and set-up my account password on phone (I never received original confirmation email from them... Or treated as SPAM?).
After logging into yourgiftcards.com, my offer is shown as PENDING. Nice lady says their AD partner has 45 days to confirm to them, at which point, my offer will be "APPROVED".
Consumer must repeatedly check this status until "APPROVED", THEN click on "APPROVED" to create a "certificate" to be mailed to yourgiftcards.com ; gift card to be set out in 6-8 weeks after that...
Is this worth the hassle... Probably not to most.
P.S. Funny thing is, the corporate parent (netblue.com) has a "Satisfactory" rating with the Better Business Bureau.
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